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Posts tagged with ‘Social Media’

  • Dec072021

    Webmasters of Hate: Right-Wing Extremists Are Getting Smarter Online

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    As a researcher who studies the far-right, I spend a lot of time tracking extremists online. Earlier this month, while…

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  • Nov102021

    The Rise of the Far-Right Web

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    In October 2021 the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced the establishment of a new social media…

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  • Oct142021

    Algorithms, the Search for Transcendence and Online Radicalisation

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    Research on online radicalisation and recruitment has become increasingly sophisticated, with scholars looking at the processes, pathways, and triggers that…

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  • Aug062021

    White Nationalists are Driving the CRT Conversation Online

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    Critical race theory (CRT) has become an important topic of discussion, but parent activists and governments are not the only…

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  • Jun102021

    Gab’s Gift to the Far-Right

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    As major social-networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have increased their efforts at moderation to crack down on hateful…

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  • Mar052021

    Turning the Tap Off: The Impacts of Social Media Shutdown After Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks

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    This blog post is a summary of key findings from research published by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism as part of…

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  • Feb242021

    The Social Media Anatomy of New Radical Groups in Kashmir

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    In December 2020, a new militant group called the “United Liberation Front (ULF)” operating in Jammu & Kashmir made its…

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  • Jan262021

    Researching the Far-Right in a World on Pause: An Overview of Secondary, Public and Archival Data Sources

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    In the immediate aftermath of the 6 January attacks on the United States Capitol Building, in Washington D.C., it seemed…

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  • Jan252021

    “Take Nothing But Pictures, Leave Nothing But (Digital) Footprints”: Social Media Evidence From the US Capitol Siege Perpetrators

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    As the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice continue their investigations into the alleged insurrectionists at the US…

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  • Jan212021

    Countering the Veil of Deep Encryption

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    For Australians, it is an image that will forever define the scourge of Islamist terrorism. The smiling face of Khaled…

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