An academic research network on

ONLINE EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM

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VOX-Pol is a world-leading research network on online extremism and terrorism. It is a global network, with 30 member institutions from 12 different countries across Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia. VOX-Pol researchers have expertise in jihadism, the extreme right and left, nationalist-separatist actors, and emerging forms of extremism.

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When Hate Goes Viral: WhatsApp and Nigeria’s 2023 elections

By Samuel Olaniran In global discussions about online extremism, messaging apps such as WhatsApp often receive less attention than platforms…

October 1, 2025

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Radicalization Pathways in the Online Context: Accounting for User Trajectories Across Extremist Spaces

Year: 2025

Author: James, R.

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Online Extremist Ecosystems: How a Network of Platforms and Devices Shape Far-Right and Involuntary Celibate Extremism and Violence

Year: 2025

Author: Hutchinson, J.

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When Hate Goes Viral: WhatsApp and Nigeria’s 2023 elections

October 1, 2025

By Samuel Olaniran In global discussions about online extremism, messaging apps such as WhatsApp often receive less attention than platforms like Facebook, X, or TikTok. Yet WhatsApp has become one of the most powerful political tools in the Global South. Its encrypted design, ubiquity, and integration into everyday social life make it a particularly attractive ...

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Extremists are targeting young Australians who crave belonging. What can we do?

September 24, 2025

Kristy Campion, Charles Sturt University and Emma Colvin, Charles Sturt University Vulnerable young Australians are being targeted and recruited into extremist organisations. Sometimes, adult recruiters use grooming and coercion. Young people are seen as easy targets because they are looking for a place to belong, rather than holding deep-seated ideological beliefs. Last week, Australia’s Independent ...

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