- Aug182023
Discrepancies Between Social Media Policy and User Experience: A Preliminary Study of Extremist Content
Read moreIntroduction Latest reports have highlighted that as of April 2023, 60% of the world’s population utilises social media for an…
Thomas James Vaughan Williams - Jul262023
Fanboys or the Frontline?: How al-Shabaab’s Social Media Influencers are Controlling the Narrative
Read moreFor over a decade, the Somali-based terrorist group al-Shabaab has prioritised media engagement as a critical component of its propaganda…
Georgia Gilroy - Jul192023
The ‘Critical’ and the ‘Sheep’: How Users of Far-Right Pages on Social Media See Themselves and the Mainstream
Read moreThis Insight summarises some of the findings presented in the article “Far-right virtual communities: Exploring users and uses of far-right…
Audrey Gagnon - Apr212023
Wilayat Facebook and Instagram: An Exploration of Pro-IS Activities on Mainstream Platforms
Read moreIntroduction Previous research has greatly contributed to establishing and building our understanding of IS spaces on Telegram, Twitter, Facebook, and…
Meili Criezis - Apr132023
Violent Assemblages: Rethinking Screens, Media, and Lone Wolf Terrorism
Read moreIntroduction Terrorist acts often confront the public with gruesome images and unthinkable suffering. Understanding the motivations of terrorist attacks is…
Manfredi Pozzoli - Mar202023
Frank James: The New York Subway Shooter’s Radical Discourse on Social Media
Read moreIntroduction On April 12, 2022, Frank R. James carried out a shooting in the New York City Subway, injuring ten…
Khalil Boughali - Feb152023
The Dangers of Pseudohistorical Conspiracy Theories
Read moreIntroduction In November 2022, Netflix released their controversial documentary-style series entitled Ancient Apocalypse. It featured the musings of Graham Hancock,…
Harrison Pates - Dec202022
How the Taliban is Building New Grey Areas for Global Tech to Address
By Kabir TanejaRead moreIntroduction It has been more than a year since horrifying images of the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan emerged. The…
Kabir Taneja - Dec072022
Influential Moms: Examining Extremist Influencer Mothers
By Ye Bin WonRead moreThis Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series in partnership with Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre. This series…
Ye Bin Won - Nov162022
Hitting Rock Bottom: The Radicalising Potential of Celebrity Culture
Read moreIn less than a month, Kanye West went from being one of the world’s most famous musicians and designers to…
Jordan Chapman
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