- Dec172020

‘Crisis and a Loss of Control’ – Digital Extremism in German-Speaking Countries During the COVID-19 Crisis
By Jakob GuhlRead moreCOVID-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’
Read moreOn 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 WaldekRead moreFor 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
Read moreOn 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 KfirRead moreWe 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
Read moreWith the multiplication of online jihadi content and terrorist attacks in the West in recent years, some users and hacktivist…
Dr. Valentine Crosset - Nov132020

Baghdadi Fan Mail
Read moreAn earlier version of this Insight incorrectly mentioned Denmark in the table below, instead of Austria. This has now been…
Meili Criezis - Nov092020

Extremist Experimentation with Text-Based Instant Messaging Applications
Read moreThe text-based instant messaging platform Telegram has become a chief coordinating forum for several extremist online milieus over the past…
Bennett Clifford - Nov062020

Social Media and the Murder of Samuel Paty
Read moreCould better monitoring have prevented a terror attack? If we recap the spiral of events that led to the beheading…
Laurence Bindner - Nov022020

From ShamiWitness to QMap: The Movement of ‘One’ in Online Radicalisation
By Kabir TanejaRead moreThe development of the right-wing conspiracy ecosystem known as QAnon in and around the US elections has been witnessed with…
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