An academic research network on

ONLINE EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM

What is VOX-Pol?

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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The digital augmentation of extremism: Reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective
Year: 2023
Aurthor: Risius, M., Blasiak, K.M., Wibisono, S. and Louis, W.R.
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Exiting the Manosphere. A Gendered Analysis of Radicalization, Diversion and Deradicalization Narratives from r/IncelExit and r/ExRedPill
Year: 2023
Aurthor: Thorburn, J.
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Beyond Black and White: the Intersection of Ideologies in Online Extremist Communities
Year: 2023
Aurthor: Chua, Y.T. and Wilson, L.
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Our Online Library collects in one place a large volume of publications related to various aspects of violent online political extremism.

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Should misogyny be treated as a form of extremism?
 December 4, 2024
By Stephanie Wescott, Monash University and Steven Roberts, Monash University The UK government has recently announced a review into their counter-terrorism strategy, focussing on responses to “extremist ideologies”. This announcement named misogyny as one of its extremist ideological trends of interest. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: For too long, governments have failed to address the ...
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Subscribe to Subversion: The (German) Telegram-YouTube Pipeline
 November 27, 2024
By Harald Sick and Maik Fielitz Tweets, blog posts, stories, reels, snaps, TikToks, short messages and live streams: there is a multitude of (self-)presentation types and, in principle, no restriction on which digital media formats extremist actors use. In times when the (counter) public is fragmented across many platforms, those who want to reach the ...
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