- Mar132026

Operation Herof-2: How Hakkal Media Weaponised the BLA’s Narrative Online
By Rahim NasarRead moreOn 31 January, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation, launched the so-called Operation Herof-2 (Herof is…
Rahim Nasar - Mar112026

Inside 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…
Maria Remiro Soriano - Feb232026

Undermoderated 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…
Margareta Wetchy - Feb162026

Extremist 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…
Alessandro Bolpagni - Dec182025

Participatory Memetic Violence: Legend, Ostension, and Ideologically Diffuse Violence
By Joe OndrakRead moreFolk studies are not a source of analysis often used in the P/CVE space. However, the field is littered with…
Joe Ondrak - Dec162025

Digital Weaponisation: Taliban Propaganda and Narrative Warfare on X
By Osama AhmadRead moreThe Pakistani state and Afghan Taliban forces recently clashed along the Durand Line—one of the world’s most volatile borders. This…
Osama Ahmad - Dec112025

The Weaponisation of Femininity: Gendered Realities in ISIS’s Digital Caliphate
By Riza KumarRead moreThis Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism…
Riza Kumar - Nov262025

Intersectionality in the Incelosphere: Understanding the Racial Dimensions of Misogynistic Extremism
By Ryan RatnamRead moreThis Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism…
Ryan Ratnam - Nov212025

Neo-Nazi Exploitation Online: AI Voice-Cloning and the Revival of Hitler Speeches
By Daria AlexeRead moreFor over a year, neo-Nazi networks have been exploiting readily available AI voice-cloning tools to produce English-language versions of Adolf…
Daria Alexe - Aug202025

Spreading Fire: Arson, Social Media, and the Violent Extreme-Right in Ireland
Read moreIn early June 2025, anti-migrant violence exploded in Northern Ireland following the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl by…
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