- Jan152021
Why Deplatforming the Extreme Right is a Lot More Challenging than Deplatforming IS
By Dr. Maura Conway in InsightsIn the wake of the mob violence at the US Capitol last week, Amarnath Amarasingam published a 17-part Twitter thread…
Dr. Maura Conway - Jan122021
Intersection of Social Media, Foreign Policy and Extreme Narratives: An Example from India
By Kabir Taneja in InsightsIn 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world and states struggled to contain the economic fallout of shutting…
Kabir Taneja - Jan112021
From #ArsonEmergency to #DanLiedPeopleDied: How Extremist Messaging Co-Opts Emergency Events on the Australian Twittersphere
By Dr. Timothy Graham in InsightsAustralia experienced two major emergency events in 2020, starting off with the summer bushfires, followed shortly after by the coronavirus…
Dr. Timothy Graham - Jan062021
Eco-Fascism: More than Tree-Loving Terrorists
By Friederike Wegener in InsightsThe climate and ecological crisis was one of the dominating issues in 2019. Boosted by the visible environmental and ecological…
Friederike Wegener - Dec172020
‘Crisis and a Loss of Control’ – Digital Extremism in German-Speaking Countries During the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 and the Extremist Hijacking of Anti-Lockdown Protests The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes to our lives and…
Jakob Guhl - Dec152020
Claiming and Glorifying Environmental Terrorism Online: The Case of PKK’s ‘Children of Fire Initiative’
By Dr. Kamil Yilmaz in InsightsOn 9 October 2020, devastating forest fires broke out in multiple locations of Hatay province and became headlines in Turkey.…
Dr. Kamil Yilmaz - Dec142020
After Christchurch: Mapping Online Right-Wing Extremists
By Lise Waldek in InsightsFor all the hate, sometimes extending to talk of violence, the extremist milieu feature is also a highly social space.…
Lise Waldek - Dec092020
Praising Jihadist Attacks on TikTok and the Challenge of Protecting Youths From Online Extremism
By Dr. Hugo Micheron in InsightsOn 26 November 2020, a Pakistani imam from a small town north of Paris was sentenced to 18 months in…
Dr. Hugo Micheron - Nov302020
Exploring the Link Between Uncertainty, Ahistoricism and Algorithms
By Isaac Kfir in InsightsWe are living in a time of extreme uncertainty. Nothing seems real because any fact is contestable. There are several…
Isaac Kfir - Nov202020
Cyberwar on Twitter: Cyber-Vigilantes vs Islamic State
With the multiplication of online jihadi content and terrorist attacks in the West in recent years, some users and hacktivist…
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