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Analyzing Radicalization Dynamics in the Language of Non-Violent Extremists Online in the UK (2016–2021): A Longitudinal Analysis of Britain First, 5 Pillars, and Earth First!
November 27, 2024Societal crises, such as COVID-19, produce societal instability and create a fertile ground for radicalization. Extremists exploit such crises by distributing disinformation to amplify uncertainty and distrust. Based on these developments, this study presents a longitudinal analysis across three different non-violent extremist ideologies in the UK (Islamist, far right and eco-radicals). As part of the ...
User Journeys in Online Extremist Groups
November 27, 2024This project by GNET looks at the user journeys of individuals who enter and participate in the online spaces of extremist communities. A user journey here refers to the distinct path a user may follow to reach their goals when accessing and using an online space belonging to extremist communities. User journeys are particularly important in ...
Examining extremist language use amongst Australian members of an online far-right forum
November 27, 2024Far-right extremists use the internet to recruit and connect with other radicalised individuals and spread their propaganda online, with them being prolific users of online forums and social media. Such online data can be analysed using linguistic tools to identify markers of radicalisation in social media, forum posts, and other extremist texts. Few studies have ...
Organizing for Innovation: Lessons from Digital Counterterrorism
November 27, 2024Digital platforms were slow to build robust teams to counter threat actors, but today, many of those corporate teams have robust processes, specialized tools, and innovative approaches to countering highly adaptive adversaries. They operate in a tremendously dynamic environment where their adversaries can innovate at low cost, primarily because of the nature of the digital ...
Subscribe to Subversion: The (German) Telegram-YouTube Pipeline
November 27, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Ideology Alone is Not Enough: The Past, Present, and Future of Terrorist Training
November 27, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Social media influencers, the far right and their potential impact on youth (radicalisation)
November 27, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Beyond Western Misogyny: A growing incel movement in Turkey?
November 27, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Counter-narratives and strategic communications, offline and online
November 12, 2024Counter-radicalisation is resource-hungry; policy development and implementation, interventions through the criminal justice system, and bespoke one-to-one engagements outside of it are all costly. In contrast, counter narrative campaigns ostensibly offer a simpler proposition. By engaging with various audiences, campaigners from both the state and civil society can seek to reduce the number of people turning ...