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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Radicalization
October 20, 2024This chapter explores the manner in which extremist groups could use artificial intelligence (AI) in the future to promote their narratives and recruit people to their causes. It looks at four broad use cases, namely generative AI, chat bots, gaming, and predictive analytics, and analyzes how extremists could adapt their propaganda and outreach efforts to ...
Social network size and endorsement of political violence in the US
October 20, 2024In recent years, the United States (US) has witnessed a rise in political violence. Prior research has found that an individual’s social network is associated with their likelihood of engaging in various forms of violence, but research on social networks and political violence in the US context is limited. This study examined associations between social ...
Nazis at the salad bar: The National Workers’ Alliance and mixed, unclear, and unstable ideology
October 9, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Shifting Patterns of Extremist Discourse on Facebook: Analyzing Trends and Developments During the Israel-Hamas Conflict
October 2, 2024This working paper explores trends in extremist Facebook data from July 2023 to June 2024. We examined engagement, sentiment, and topics within Facebook groups categorized as anti-Israel/Semitic, anti-Palestine/Muslim, and anti-both, mapping these trends against five major events related to the recent Israel-Hamas conflict. Our findings support the hypothesis that shifts in trends correspond with these ...
Far‑Right Extremism and Digital Book Publishing
October 2, 2024Digital publishing, sale and distribution of books have contributed significantly to the dissemination and mainstreaming of far‐right extremist (FRE) material in the 21st century. Historical and contemporary books that espouse politically and ideologically motivated violence circulate widely and easily online, in both FRE and mainstream spaces. Such books include, but are not limited to: the ...
Organize and Fight (Online): Assessing the Discursive Extremism of Anti-Lockdown Groups in Australia
October 2, 2024Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-lockdown movements sparked concerns about online extremism escalating into real-world violence. This study takes the Australian anti-lockdown movement to explore extremist discourse in Australia, as it contained several, overlapping and interacting extremisms. This study explores the labelling of these protests as extreme and examines the interplay between individuals, ...
The “chanification” of white supremacist extremism
October 2, 2024Much research has focused on the role of the alt-right in pushing far-right narratives into mainstream discourse. In this work, we focus on the alt-right’s effects on extremist narratives themselves. From 2012 to 2017, we find a rise in alt-right, 4chan-like discourse styles across multiple communication platforms known for white supremacist extremism, such as Stormfront. ...
Bangladesh’s political transition viewed as opportunity by Islamic State and al-Qaeda
October 2, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Middle-aged radicalisation: why are so many of Britain’s rioters in their 40s and 50s?
September 25, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Three steps to talking to a loved one at risk of being radicalised into rioting
September 25, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...