Insights
Isabel LangWhen Grandpa Turns Extremist: Digital Immigrants, Radicalisation and the German Reich Citizens Movement
Introduction Online radicalisation studies and P/CVE research, more broadly, tend to focus primarily…
Guy FiennesThe Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote
Introduction Following the announcement on 15 January that TikTok would be banned in the United…
Clara JammotCryptocurrency and Extremism: How Social Network Analysis is Used to Track Extremist Cryptocurrency Donations
Introduction Among the digital tools emerging in today’s decentralised financial framework, cryptocurrency has been especially…
Rachel KowertBuilding Tech Capacity: Cross-Cultural, Gender-Responsive Solutions to Prevent Extremism in Gaming
Introduction When discussing social harms in online gaming spaces, the term “toxicity” frequently takes centre…
Ricardo Cabral PenteadoDigital Pathways to Violence: the Tech Ecosystem Behind the Antioch Shooting
Introduction: Technology, Radicalisation, and Security Failures On 22 January 2025, a 17-year-old student carried out…
Mona ThakkarSadaqah Jariyah: The Thriving Cryptocurrency Fundraising Efforts Behind ISKP’s Official Media
Methodology The authors monitored the official and unofficial channels, as well as internal discussions of…
Mona ThakkarFree the Captives: Islamic State Central Asian Fundraising Networks in Support of IS Families in Syria and Iraq
Methodology The authors monitored the financial and propaganda activities of IS women and ISKP propagandists…
Brune DescampsThe Rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria: From Wartime Propaganda to Diplomatic Rhetoric
Introduction Less than two weeks were enough for the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led ‘Operations Room’…
Jade BriendThe EU’s AI Act: Implications on Justice and Counter-Terrorism
Introduction The European Union’s AI Act, adopted in June 2024, represents the first multinational framework…
John Sunday OjoMapping the Enemy, Mobilising the Future: Surveillance and Recruitment Strategies of Lakurawa Terror Group in Nigeria
Introduction In November 2024, Nigerian authorities officially declared the Lakurawa group a terrorist organisation and…
Erin StonerHate, Harms and Hashing: An Overview of OFCOM Guidance for P/CVE
Introduction On the 16th of December 2024, the government-backed UK media regulation body, OFCOM, published…
Allysa Czerwinsky“Watching foids seethe is actual lifefuel”: Celebratory Male Supremacism in the Aftermath of the 2024 US Presidential Election
Content warning: This Insight contains misogynistic, racist and transphobic slurs and mentions of suicide. Introduction…
Reports
Transmisogyny, Colonialism and Online Anti‐Trans Activism Following Violent Extremist Attacks in the US and EU