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GOING OFFLINE OR STAYING ONLINE? IDENTITY AND STIGMA AS (DE) MOTIVATORS FOR MOBILIZATION IN RADICAL RIGHT MOVEMENTS
October 24, 2024While the radical right is relatively successful on social media, only a fraction of its supporters become activists offline. Why do some individuals become offline activists in radical right organizations, while others prefer to limit their support to online spaces? Following an inductive analysis of interviews with activists and supporters of a radical right organization, ...
The use of cyberterrorism in the Israel-Hamas War
October 24, 2024On October 7, 2023, during the Jewish Sabbath and festival of Simchat Torah, Hamas shocked the world by invading Israel from Gaza across multiple entry points. The results were devastating: the single largest one-day total of murdered Jews since the Nazi Holocaust. Hamas targeted civilian families, assaulted and kidnapped hundreds of other civilians who were ...
From the Outside Looking in: The Risks and Challenges of Analysing Extremist Discourses on Far-right and Manosphere Websites
October 24, 2024The use of the internet by extreme right-wing groups is nothing new (see, for example, Conway et al., 2019; Hale, 2012) although its use by extremists has traditionally been in conjunction with activity organised on the ground (e.g. marches, meetings or organised events; Mudde, 2000). While some far-right organisations still operate in this way, the emergence ...
Rule of law or not? A critical evaluation of legal responses to cyberterrorism in the UK
October 24, 2024Currently the UK does not have a specific anti-cyberterrorism law, instead relying on existing anti-terrorism laws to deal with cyberterrorism. This approach raises a number of problems insofar as it can lead to legislative uncertainty and unpredictability, as well as impacting on carrying risks of over-criminalisation, a lack of counterbalance, violation of principles of proportionality ...
A Strategic Communications Approach to Tackling Current, Emerging and New Violent Extremist Threats in Europe
October 24, 2024This policy brief explores new and innovative communications approaches to reduce the threat from all forms of violent extremism in Europe today based on a precise analysis of the strategic problem and corresponding strategic communications solutions deployable in response. In the context of an ever-evolving violent extremist landscape, including new and emerging forms of violent ...
Media Matters: How Operation Shujaa Degraded the Islamic State’s Congolese Propaganda Output
October 24, 2024Just three years ago, the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province was the poster child for the Islamic State’s efforts to maintain a constant and lingering threat across the globe. That year, the group conducted a series of regional terrorist attacks across Central and East Africa, and expanded inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More ...
Some online conspiracy-spreaders don’t even believe the lies they’re spewing
October 24, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
One-to-one Digital Interventions: How can Practitioners Directly Reach Young People Expressing Interest in Extremist Content Online?
October 24, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
From antisemitism to terrorism: Robert Taylor and the Goyim Defense League (GDL)
October 24, 2024At Manchester Crown Court on 18 October 2024, Robert Taylor was sentenced to four years in prison with a one year extended license period for nine offences relating to racial hatred, two terror offences, two offences related to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation and one case of support for a proscribed organisation. This ...