- Jan152021Dr. Maura Conway
Why Deplatforming the Extreme Right is a Lot More Challenging than Deplatforming IS
in InsightsIn the wake of the mob violence at the US Capitol last week, Amarnath Amarasingam published a 17-part Twitter thread…
- Jan122021Kabir Taneja
Intersection of Social Media, Foreign Policy and Extreme Narratives: An Example from India
in InsightsIn 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world and states struggled to contain the economic fallout of shutting…
- Jan112021Dr. Timothy Graham
From #ArsonEmergency to #DanLiedPeopleDied: How Extremist Messaging Co-Opts Emergency Events on the Australian Twittersphere
in InsightsAustralia experienced two major emergency events in 2020, starting off with the summer bushfires, followed shortly after by the coronavirus…
- Jan062021Friederike Wegener
Eco-Fascism: More than Tree-Loving Terrorists
in InsightsThe climate and ecological crisis was one of the dominating issues in 2019. Boosted by the visible environmental and ecological…
- Dec172020Jakob Guhl
‘Crisis and a Loss of Control’ – Digital Extremism in German-Speaking Countries During the COVID-19 Crisis
in Coronavirus, InsightsCOVID-19 and the Extremist Hijacking of Anti-Lockdown Protests The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes to our lives and…
- Dec152020Dr. Kamil Yilmaz
Claiming and Glorifying Environmental Terrorism Online: The Case of PKK’s ‘Children of Fire Initiative’
in InsightsOn 9 October 2020, devastating forest fires broke out in multiple locations of Hatay province and became headlines in Turkey.…
- Dec142020Lise Waldek
After Christchurch: Mapping Online Right-Wing Extremists
in InsightsFor all the hate, sometimes extending to talk of violence, the extremist milieu feature is also a highly social space.…
- Dec092020Dr. Hugo Micheron
Praising Jihadist Attacks on TikTok and the Challenge of Protecting Youths From Online Extremism
in InsightsOn 26 November 2020, a Pakistani imam from a small town north of Paris was sentenced to 18 months in…
- Nov302020Isaac Kfir
Exploring the Link Between Uncertainty, Ahistoricism and Algorithms
in InsightsWe are living in a time of extreme uncertainty. Nothing seems real because any fact is contestable. There are several…
- Nov202020Dr. Valentine Crosset
Cyberwar on Twitter: Cyber-Vigilantes vs Islamic State
in InsightsWith the multiplication of online jihadi content and terrorist attacks in the West in recent years, some users and hacktivist…
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