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Posts tagged with ‘North America’

  • Jul232025

    ‘A New Society’: Behind Canadian Armed Forces Members’ Plot to Form a Militia and Seize Land 

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    On 8 July 2025, three men in Quebec, Canada, were arrested and charged with facilitating terrorist activity, and a fourth…

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  • Apr032025

    Anonymity, Performance, and Identity: An Analysis of the Antioch Shooting

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    Introduction On 22 January 2025, a shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, left one student dead and another…

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  • Mar272025

    The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote

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    Introduction  Following the announcement on 15 January that TikTok would be banned in the United States on 19 January 2025,…

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  • Mar182025

    Digital Pathways to Violence: the Tech Ecosystem Behind the Antioch Shooting

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    Introduction: Technology, Radicalisation, and Security Failures On 22 January 2025, a 17-year-old student carried out a shooting at Antioch High…

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  • Mar032025

    “Watching foids seethe is actual lifefuel”: Celebratory Male Supremacism in the Aftermath of the 2024 US Presidential Election

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    Content warning: This Insight contains misogynistic, racist and transphobic slurs and mentions of suicide.   Introduction Six weeks ago, Donald Trump…

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  • Feb202025

    The New Orleans Attack: Vulnerabilities of Peer-to-Peer Rental Services

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    Introduction On 1 January 2025, two acts of violent extremism shook the United States. In New Orleans, a 42-year-old Army…

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  • Jan302025

    The New Orleans Attack: The Technology Behind IS-Inspired Plots

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    Introduction  The use of technology by terrorists and violent extremists is a perennially trendy issue in counterterrorism (CT) research—and for…

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  • Jan082025

    Beyond the FGC-9: How the Urutau Redefines the Global 3D-Printed Firearm Movement

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    The following is a Special Extended Insight  1.Introduction On Wednesday, 21 August 2024, the build plans for a highly anticipated…

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  • Nov202024

    The Trump Manosphere: Reactionary Male Supremacy, Misogyny and Accelerationist Violence in the Post-Election Era

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    Introduction In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, social media was replete with reactionary…

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  • Sep252024

    The Dark Truth About Cats and Dogs: The Xenophobic Underbelly of the Springfield Conspiracy Theory

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    Introduction ‘Please keep a close eye on these animals’. This is the last line of the original Facebook post behind…

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