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Posts tagged with ‘Youth’

  • Jun102024

    Gaming the System: The Use of Gaming-Adjacent Communication, Game and Mod Platforms by Extremist Actors

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    Introduction Since the live-streamed racist and antisemitic attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Halle, Germany, in 2019 and details of…

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  • Mar042024

    ‘Why Not Bring Weapons to School?’: How TikTok’s Algorithms Contribute to a Culture of Violence in Brazilian Schools

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    Content warning: This Insight contains language describing graphic violence Until 2002, there was no record of violent attacks in Brazilian…

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  • Feb082024

    Grooming for Violence: Similarities Between Radicalisation and Grooming Processes in Gaming Spaces

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    Rachel Kowert and Elizabeth D. Kilmer are members of the Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN). The EGRN works together…

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  • Jan192024

    764: The Intersection of Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and Child Sexual Exploitation

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    Content warning: this Insight contains references to child sexual exploitation and violence Introduction On 12 September 2023, the FBI made…

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  • Jun262023

    Moms for Liberty: The Use of Facebook to Spread Far-Right Propaganda and Change Public School Curriculum

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    Who Are Moms for Liberty? Over the past two years, numerous American headlines have referenced a new, so-called ‘parental rights’…

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  • May122023

    Analysing Harmful and Supremacist Narratives on Gab Homeschooling Groups

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    Introduction In January 2023, VICE news reported on a Telegram channel dedicated to sharing white supremacist homeschooling curricula with other…

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  • Dec162022

    Generation Doomer: How Nihilism on Social Media is Creating a New Generation of Extremists

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    Introduction  A report from Common Sense Media found that on average, pre-teens spend about five and a half hours in…

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  • Oct242022

    Extreme Right Radicalisation of Children via Online Gaming Platforms

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    The world is experiencing a new wave of far-right terrorism. There are concerning developments. First, the use of online gaming…

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  • Jan102022

    Youth-on-Youth Extreme-Right Recruitment on Mainstream Social Media Platforms

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    In recent months there has been a concerning number of kids and teenagers arrested for extreme-right-related terrorism offences across Western…

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