Allizandra HerberholdThe ‘True Crime Community Stoplight Model’: Understanding Digital Pathways and Tumbler Ridge
Read moreContent warning: This Insight contains mention of suicide, violence against children, and transphobic slurs. On 10 February 2026, eight people…
Zhuoheng LiHan Ethnonationalism in China: From Historical Nostalgia to Transnational Extremism Influences
Read moreIn the last year, the visibility of Han ethnonationalism in China has been on the rise. Described by scholars as…
Lea BrostPlatforms for PCVE: A Look at the Influencers Countering Islamist Extremism on TikTok
Read morePopular social media platforms have become central to Islamists’ ability to reach mainstream audiences, particularly youth. As these actors continue…
Urszula MrozowskaThe Resurgence of The Base in Europe: The Spanish Cell and a Transnational Accelerationist Network
Read moreIntroduction In December 2025, Spanish authorities dismantled a cell linked to The Base, an accelerationist white supremacist group designated as…
Eleonora Ristuccia“No shadowbans. No algorithmic games”: The Exploitation of UpScrolled by the pro-Islamic State Online Ecosystem
Read moreMajor social media platforms have intensified content moderation efforts in recent years in response to growing regulatory pressure and concerns…
Kye AllenRapid Growth, Emerging Risks: Far Right Violent Extremist Content on UpScrolled
Read moreBy the end of January 2026, the new social media platform UpScrolled became the most downloaded free app on Apple’s…
Rahim NasarOperation Herof-2: How Hakkal Media Weaponised the BLA’s Narrative Online
Read moreOn 31 January, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation, launched the so-called Operation Herof-2 (Herof is…
Maria Remiro SorianoInside the Discord Server: Echo Chambers and the Spread of Gen-Z Radicalisation
Read moreThis Insight examines how extremist aesthetics and narratives inspired by jihadist groups are produced, circulated, and normalised within digital communities…
Margareta WetchyUndermoderated and Overlooked: Arabic Online Content on the Bondi Beach Attack
Read moreFollowing the heinous attack on members of the Jewish community celebrating Chanukkah on Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025, large…
Alessandro BolpagniExtremist Content Curation: Moderation Challenges on Pinterest and Means to Move Forward
Read moreOn 17 October 2025, the Coimisiún na Meán – Ireland’s agency for developing and regulating a thriving, diverse, creative, safe…
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