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🚨Application Extension🚨
The new deadline for fellowship applications is Monday, June 10th, 2024.
Don't miss this opportunity!
🚀 Exciting Opportunity🚀
Applications are now open for our Fellowship Position!
Are you passionate and driven about extremism and technology? Apply by June 7, 2024 to join our team of innovators and leaders.
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Following the Malaysian general election in November, our latest Insight by
@MuniraMustaffa
seeks to explain the strategic use of disinformation, conspiracy theories and hate speech as state tools to control the narrative and manufacture political support
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India has emerged as an unlikely source of disinformation on the Israel-Palestine war. Shweta Desai and
@AmarAmarasingam
explore the surge in posts with anti-Muslim rhetoric, expressing solidarity with Israeli strikes, and mocking Palestinian victims.
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"Western far-right extremists’ 'anti-woke' language is being adopted and co-opted by ethno-nationalists across the world to shape their own narratives and messages to encourage violence," says Munira Mustaffa.
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This Insight sheds light on the hybridisation of child sexual exploitation, terrorism and violent extremism by O9A and its offshoot, 764, outlining how these actors leverage platforms and technologies to commit sextortion and plan mass casualty incidents.
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In a new
@GNET_research
report,
@MuniraMustaffa
explores how the far-right in Southeast Asia intertwines narratives from around the world with local‑level grievances to attract, recruit, and motivate their followers. You can read the full report here:
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Today,
@utkucanbalci
@msirivia
@jhblackb
address the gap in research on left-wing extremism online, examining a far-left extremist Reddit community of 'tankies' who support authoritarian regimes, justify human rights abuses and deny genocide.
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Today,
@malikacoexist54
draws on conversations with female researchers of colour in terrorism studies to discuss the structural barriers and harmful elements of their work and suggests ways for institutions and tech companies to support WoC researchers
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Today,
@cat_tebaldi
explores the gendered 'digital traditionalism' of Granola Nazis - online influencers who celebrate farming, health and organic food and blend natural living with far-right politics, linking nature and whiteness with anti-feminism.
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In a timely Insight,
@PokerPolitics
examines the reactions of QAnon adherents to the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago and Trump's potential indictment, and outlines the narratives which have emerged online to support the conspiratorial notion of the Deep State.
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Today we released a new
@GNET_research
report, in which
@HamptonStall
,
@HariPrasad91
and David Foran analyse far-right memes propagated by three online subcultures. You can read the full report here:
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Don't miss the introduction to a four part series by
@ICSR_Centre
Research Fellows
@_MAArgentino
and
@Blyth_Crawford
on the role played by women in QAnon!
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In today's Insight,
@joshmolloy101
and
@evianeleidig
outline the historic and symbolic role of food in far-right digital subcultures, and explore the 'Great Reset' conspiracy theory and raw food movement promoted by right-wing influencers.
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"With accelerationism on the table, a subset of incels want to accelerate the collapse of society to restore the gender balance and destroy the destructive forces of progressivism and feminism," writes
@BarbarossaErica
from
@CTECMIIS
.
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📢 We are excited to announce our latest report, 'Behind the Skull Mask: An Overview of Militant Accelerationism,' an introductory guide explaining the key elements of militant accelerationism & its manifestations by the team at
@TheARConsortium
.
Read ⤵️
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We are excited to announce the publication of our latest report by
@ExtremismGaming
's
@galen_englund
and
@J_White692
which assesses the online gaming ecosystem and digital socialisation, extremism risks & harms mitigation efforts. Read the full report:
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"Extremists coordinate across platforms to maintain webs of complex ecosystems and they even create spaces where exchanges occur across ideological boundaries," says
@malikacoexist54
in a NEW Insight!
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China’s expanding influence and growing footprint in the Muslim world have drawn the ire of the Islamic State since its formation.
@LucasADWebber
traces how ISKP has become the Islamic State’s premier branch in anti-China propaganda and kinetic warfare.
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How are ISIS responding to Elon Musk's 'war on impersonation'?
@MoustafaAyad
from
@ISDglobal
examines the resurgence of Islamic State supporter accounts on Twitter since the takeover.
Islamic State Supporters on Twitter: How is ‘New’ Twitter Handling an Old Problem?
gnet-research.org
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"The field of far-right studies needs to begin to evaluate instances of violent attacks on Black women and girls and create the connection between misogynoir, technology, and violence," says
@theacostyles
in a new Insight.
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**Call For Papers**
GNET is now commissioning papers for year 2 and invites papers from anyone researching terrorist use of technology. If interested, please find more details at the following link:
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Following the attack of Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in October,
@BarbarossaErica
and Isabela Bernardo from
@CTECMIIS
examine the assailant's online presence, revealing a patchwork of conspiracies that inform his worldview and attack.
Cranking Out Violence: Conspiracies are Driving More Politically-Motivated Attacks
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Don't miss our new Insight by our amazing contributors at
@TheARConsortium
!
@mattkriner
@meghaneconroy
@AlexBNewhouse
@Jon_Lewis27
Understanding Accelerationist Narratives: The Great Replacement Theory
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Today's Insight by
@abbieasr
,
@oloonik
&
@leatortellini
examines the recent 'gnome hunting' trend on Tiktok as a case study of how the far-right create and adopt dog whistles to share virulently antisemitic material and avoid content moderation.
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Today we published a new Insight by Sara Aniano which explores comments on pro-QAnon Instagram accounts before the Capitol riots on 6 January.
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Using the case study of a Finnish neo-Nazi accelerationist cell that 3D-printed their own guns, Rueben Dass examines trends in the use of 3D-printed firearms by the far-right and possible future implications for CT/VE efforts.
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This Insight by
@malikacoexist54
,
@yebwontwothree
and
@jordan_taylorc
explores how motherhood is used by female extremist influencers across different ideological online communities as a means of radicalisation and extreme community-making.
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Discover how the rise of AI-powered jihadist propaganda is becoming a growing trend among pro-IS supporters. This new broadcast-style propaganda tool facilitates the dissemination of extremist material to a wider global audience.
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@SpinelessL
outlines how far-right extremists in Canada are weaponising the Israel-Palestine conflict - one in which they see neither side as ‘white’ - to push dehumanising Islamophobic and antisemitic rhetoric and justify white nationalist activism.
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Don’t miss our new Insight by
@maddiecannon0
from
@GIFCT_official
!
Assessing Misogyny as a ‘Gateway Drug’ into Violent Extremism
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We are excited to announce the launch of our latest report, 'Cults and Online Violent Extremism' by the team at
@InformReligion
which explores groupings of online cultic activity that can glorify and inspire violent extremism.
Read the full report here:
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Drawing on her personal experiences of being doxxed by neo-Nazis,
@WhiteKesa
outlines how the targeting of vulnerable populations online can lead to real-world harm and suggests ways for platforms to stop the spread of vitriolic rhetoric.
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Event Alert! You can now register for our First Annual GNET Conference which will take place on May 26th. A series of five panels will be held across the day- you can find registration details at the following link:
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What is the third generation of online radicalisation, and how does it differ from previous generations? What are the characteristics of each wave, and how can we prepare for the next?
@Jacob_A_Ware
briefly examines the genesis of online radicalisation.
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Don't miss our new Insight by
@mattkriner
,
@AlexBNewhouse
and
@Jon_Lewis27
which explores "the distinction between the Boogaloo movement and the boogaloo narrative, and how that has informed accelerationist exploitation of both."
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Today,
@joshmolloy101
summarises an analysis of 45 Irish far-right channels on Telegram, exploring their articulation of an alternative Irish nationalist identity that aligns with their ideology.
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We are so excited to launch the fifth
@GNET_research
report, written by
@dr_d_allington
from
@KingsCollegeLon
. In it, he explores the role conspiracy theories play in the process of radicalisation. You can read the full report here:
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To kick off our Insight series with
@ISDglobal
on the relationship between conspiracy theories and extremism,
@JakobGuhl
provides an overview of what is empirically known about the interplay between a belief in conspiracy theories and violence.
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In a novel study,
@malikacoexist54
breaks down the thematic patterns in AI-generated/enhanced propaganda created or shared by Islamic State supporters, demonstrating the concerning diversity of content and narratives shared through AI-based images.
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What is 'white jihad'?
@arielkoch1
explores how white supremacists derive inspiration from jihadists; incorporate jihadi terminology in their propaganda; support jihadi terrorism; and legitimise the collaboration between the two movements.
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What are the connections between labour precarity, gender stereotypes, and far-right mobilisation?
@_pinheira
@Debora_D_Diniz
@fabiomalini
Athus Cavalini & Wagner Silva Alves outline how these elements played a role in the 8 January Brazilian coup attempt
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We're always on the lookout for new contributors!
If you would like to showcase your research in the violent extremism and technology field, please don't hesitate to reach out! All published contributions are paid.
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📢 We are excited to announce our new report, 'Going Dark: The Inverse Relationship between Online and On-the-Ground Pre-offence Behaviours in Targeted Attackers' by Julia Kupper and Reid Meloy, examining the Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Bratislava shootings:
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We are explicitly looking for more articles on how violent extremists are using online spaces in response to coronavirus. Are you working on anything related to this? Want to get published by GNET? Contact us on: mail (at) gnet-research (dot) org to discuss further or send a DM!
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Erin Stoner outlines how ironic and exclusionary alt-right meme culture facilitates a process of desensitisation to violence, and effectively masks ideological claims as ‘edgy’ jokes, eschewing any responsibility or accountability for online abuse.
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"The vast majority of QAnon Instagram content identified in this small exploratory study was not original, but re-posted from other platforms – many from Twitter but most from TikTok," says Dr. Gerard Gill in a NEW Insight!
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We are so pleased to welcome participants of
@CrexUiO
and
@GNET_research
PhD workshop on studying online violent extremism in Oslo!
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We are over the moon to be launching the very first
@GNET_research
report, written by
@Abdullahrhmoun
@ShirazMaher
&
@charliewinter
. In it, they use experimental text analysis to classify terrorist content. You can read the full report here:
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In a new Insight,
@malikacoexist54
explores the bigoted rhetoric and conspiratorial narratives circulating on Telegram and 4Chan following the attack in Georgia.
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Today,
@ISDglobal
's Elise Thomas outlines the key trends present in many of the conspiracy theory narratives linked to violent escalation, including loss, grievance and resentment; dualism; secrets and lies; threat to innocent victims and apocalypticism.
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In the second instalment of our conspiracy theories miniseries with
@ISDglobal
,
@MiloComerford
outlines the more subtle, systemic or even domestic manifestations of violence associated with conspiracy movements that stretch beyond extremism and terrorism.
Beyond Terrorism: Understanding the Diverse Violent Outcomes of Conspiracy Beliefs
gnet-research.org
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🚨Event Alert! You can now register for our Second Annual GNET Conference which will take place on May 18th-19th. A series of five panels will be held across the days, both virtually and in-person- you can register at the following link:
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"Images glorifying Salafi-Jihadi representations emerged in neo-Nazi channels, revealing the connections between seemingly conflicting ideologies," writes
@JulienBellaiche
in a new Insight.
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🚨Call For Papers🚨
GNET is now commissioning papers for Year 3 and invites proposals from anyone researching terrorist use of technology. If interested, please find more details using the link below. Please share among your network!
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"Although humourous content can be taken at face-value, it can also be employed to impart messages beyond an initial meaning while conveying ideas significant to an ideology," says
@cldaymon
in a new Insight!
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Providing a historical overview of Islamic State supporters’ ‘exploitation and evasion toolbox’,
@MoustafaAyad
outlines five new tactics that have become a staple of terrorist support ecosystems and continue to confound platform moderation efforts.
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We are excited to launch the
@GNET_research
and
@TheARConsortium
joint event series about the key facets of militant accelerationism, which will extend throughout 2023. The series will aim to cultivate a shared understanding of militant accelerationism among a diverse audience.
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Can social media recommendation systems promote extremist content? Based on his recent report for
@GIFCT_official
, this Insight by Joe Whittaker (
@CTProject_JW
) maps out what we know about this challenge, and where we may be lacking key knowledge.
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"Memeification of violent attacks which have been banned by social media platforms represents a form of “gaming” the system because it works as a mechanism for recirculating banned content as “humour” and “parody”," says
@aamattheis
in a new Insight.
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ISKP has filled the void left by ISHP, leading anti-India media warfare online. Motivated by alleged violence against Muslims in India and India's Taliban ties, ISKP's threats are growing, as seen in the Moscow City Hall attack.
@t16_mona
explores:
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🚨Big news! 🚨
Excited to announce our upcoming
#podcast
series on technology and
#extremism
, launching this month!
Stay tuned for eye-opening discussions with experts shedding light on these critical topics. 🎙️🔍🌐
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In a new
@GNET_research
report,
@NafeesHamid
and
@CrisAriza_C
explore the differences in outcomes for those who have been primarily radicalised offline versus those radicalised online. You can read the full report here:
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🚨GNET is hiring!🚨
We are looking for a Research Manager to join our team at
@ICSR_Centre
working with
@GIFCT_official
to continuously innovate the project and adapt it to both the needs of the funder and the wider online threat landscape. Apply by 2 Oct!
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We're kicking off a new special series on extremist responses to coronavirus! Don't miss this insight by
@AmarAmarasingam
and
@4ngl3rf1sh
on how "hoaxters, grifters, conspiracy theorists, and state actors have all been feeding into the COVID-19 infodemic."
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By reviewing key elements of Christian Identity doctrine and its current manifestations online, Eliza Marks aims to highlight the re-emergence of the Christian Identity movement as a modern antisemitic threat.
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In a new Insight,
@HamptonStall
and Daniel Grober provide an analysis of Dark MAGA, "a movement that blends aesthetics and metapolitics primarily through memetics and the indexing features of social media."
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Today's Insight by
@ExtremismGaming
Research Fellow
@AshKingdon
outlines how Viking medievalism – the re-imagining and re-invention of the Middle Ages – is being weaponised within far-right memes and video games to endorse white supremacy.
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Using ideas from Black and trans political thought,
@AnnaMeierPS
proposes that the focus on mixed, unclear, or unstable (MUU) ideologies is 'white distraction' that diverts attention away from the broader power structures enabling extreme violence
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To align with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence GNET &
@GpsMonash
is releasing a series of Insights highlighting gender and gendered violence in online extremism. This series will examine trends and present actionable strategies within the tech space.
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In December, antifascist activists leaked customer data from Midgård, an online store selling white power music and neo-Nazi merchandise.
@misterEpete
parses the value of this leak to the tech industry and platforms seeking to curtail the far-right online
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New insight Alert!
@ajaltamimi
looks at Islamic State's perspective on coronavirus by analysing the group’s output in al-Naba'.
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We are so pleased to welcome Tech Against Terrorism (
@techvsterrorism
) into our research consortium!
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We are thrilled to publish our latest report, 'Understanding the Trauma-Related Effects of Terrorist Propaganda on Researchers' by Miron Lakomy and Maciej Bozek on the impact of extremist content & researcher wellbeing.
Read the full report here:
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In the wake of Dark Foreigner's arrest,
@izbernardo
and
@mattkriner
outline the significant impact the neo-Nazi propagandist had on crafting the visual aesthetic that defined militant accelerationist networks and propaganda efforts.
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"Several posts indicate that people in far-right groups may find the Ukraine crisis to be a mere distraction from what is happening in places like the United States – particularly when it comes to recent anti-mandate convoys," writes
@coolfacejane
.
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Today we're reposting Gurpreet Kaur's Insight from August which explores the Indian incel subculture, and teases out some of the patriarchal structures and sociocultural factors which underpin this burgeoning movement in the subcontinent.
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"The majority of far-right content on TikTok relates to anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, and we also found numerous postings of Hitler’s speeches including life in the Third Reich," say Gabriel Weimann and Natalie Masri from
@ICT_org
in a new Insight!
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"Given the blockchain technology structure, content posted onto Odysee cannot be removed or changed. This poses a serious dilemma on regulating the sharing of extremist content and propaganda," says
@evianeleidig
in a new Insight!
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"Extremist ideological texts often spend more time and energy criticising their own in-groups, often in greater detail and at greater length than the out-group," says
@intelwire
in a new Insight from
@CYTREC_
!
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🚨GNET CONFERENCE 🚨 You can now register for our Third Annual GNET Conference which will take place on May 24-25th. A series of six panels will be held across two days, virtually and in-person. Register here:
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How are Islamic State supporters continuing to operate on mainstream platforms like Facebook and Instagram?
@malikacoexist54
shares some initial observations on pro-IS activities, summarises key takeaways and suggests potential avenues for future research
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"Antisemitic memes represent one very common element found in fringe-fluid Salafi-jihadi channels. These are frequently recycled from more ideologically uniform far right/white supremacist channels," write
@malikacoexist54
and
@MrBrianHughes
.
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In order to mark International Women's Day, we will be hosting a special GNET workshop to examine specific operational challenges for female researchers working on online extremism. The findings will be published in due course.
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Summarising the findings of a recent journal article,
@sophiamoskalen1
conducts an internet survey to assess conspiratorial QAnon beliefs, political radicalisation, and the gendered dynamics of attitudes toward the January 6th insurrection.
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Drawing on our latest report, we are launching an Insight series on Cults and Online Violent Extremism.
@InformReligion
proposes 3 groupings that may glorify and inspire violent extremism: Cultic Religious Groups, Online Cultic Milieus & Cultic Fandoms.
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In a new Insight,
@malikacoexist54
analyses 40 notes and letters posted online by Islamic State supporters following the Ghweran Prison Siege. Be sure to check it out!
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Exploring a new and disturbing development in the adoption of AI by extremists,
@The_Siegster
and
@bilva_chandra
outline the use of AI-generated images and blended audio deepfakes to spread Islamist extremist disinformation and conspiratorial worldviews.
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"Women’s social media presence before, during, and after the Capitol Hill Siege shows that they not only took part in, but organised, led, and claimed ownership for the events of that day," say
@DevorahMargolin
and
@cldaymon
in a new Insight from
@gwupoe
.
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How did the term ‘pureblood,’ signifying discrimination and racial violence in historical and literary contexts, become a rallying cry among antivaxxers? Today,
@meghaneconroy
and
@abbieasr
explore narratives of victimhood in far-right propaganda on TikTok
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Today's Insight by
@mattkriner
and
@bjornih
from
@TheARConsortium
examines recent publications on 'Terrorgram', the online neofascist accelerationism community on Telegram, and seeks to understand their influence within the wider accelerationist movement.
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We are delighted to be launching the second
@GNET_research
report, written by
@marie_schr
with support from
@techvsterrorism
. In it, she looks at how AI can help to counter radicalisation online. You can read the full report here:
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🚨 Register now for our Fourth Annual GNET Conference on 29-30 May 2024! 🚨
Five panels on global extremism trends, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, elections and gaming will be held over two days, virtually and in person.
Find out more:
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In the final part of our mini-series with
@ISDglobal
,
@hannah1_rose
considers some of the commonalities and gaps in policy approaches to combatting violent conspiracy theory networks, first on social media platforms and subsequently in governments.
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"Embedded misogyny not only leads us to underestimate the violent potential of male supremacism as an ideology, but also precludes us from acknowledging violent misogyny’s ubiquity," say
@yebwontwothree
and
@Jon_Lewis27
from
@gwupoe
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Social media influencers play a central role in al-Shabaab's operations.
@GGinKenya
explores how these influencers move beyond ‘fanboys’ – supporters or sympathisers – to critical actors in support of the terrorist group’s activities and recruitment.
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Understanding how
#incel
culture distorts past generations to justify politics and misogyny is crucial for effective
#deradicalization
, explains
@emmiloun
in this latest Insight.
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We are thrilled to announce that Folahanmi Aina (
@folanski
) is joining us as the new GNET Research Director! Welcome to the team 🙌
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📢 You can now register for the launch of our upcoming report "Can the Right Meme? (And How?): A Comparative Analysis of Three Online Reactionary Meme Subcultures" which will take place on December 13th at 5pm GMT. Please register here:
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"In the context of violent extremism, appropriation of gaming culture allows violent extremists to speak the language of their younger target audiences," says
@AaronTielemans
in a new Insight!
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We are excited to launch the infographic to accompany
@ExtremismGaming
's GNET report on the exploitation of gaming and gaming‑adjacent platforms by violent extremists and the policies mitigating the impact of that exploitation.
Read the full report here:
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