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Analyzing the Islamic State’s Information Campaign: Interview With Australian National Univ’s Haroro Ingram
May 20, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Machine Learning for Predicting Intent of Radical Action in Text Data
May 20, 2024Many cases of radicalism, especially violent radicalism, manifest within the context of inter-ethnic conflict and war. Research in this domain has significantly contributed to our overarching comprehension of the issue. This form of radicalism is inherently linked to the dynamics of group affiliation. However, our focus here is directed towards the individual motivation driving radical ...
Online Radicalization and Ways to Counteract its Impact
May 17, 2024This report presents the main theories and ways radical groups influence and attract individuals online, and the most common tools and strategies governments use to counter its impact. ...
Visualisation report of emerging extremist narratives across Europe
May 17, 2024The purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive overview of existing knowledge on contemporary extremist narratives circulating online in three countries across Europe; Austria, Bulgaria and Sweden. To achieve this, the report draws on a review of an extensive body of previous research and secondary data sources, pursuing two primary objectives: firstly, it ...
Conspiracy, misinformation, radicalisation: understanding the online pathway to indoctrination and opportunities for intervention
May 17, 2024In response to the rise of various fringe movements in recent years, from anti-vaxxers to QAnon, there has been increased public and scholarly attention to misinformation and conspiracy theories and the online communities that produce them. However, efforts at understanding the radicalisation process largely focus on those who go on to commit violent crimes. This ...
Softening online extremes using network engineering
May 16, 2024The prevalence of dangerous misinformation and extreme views online has intensified since the onset of Israel-Hamas war on 7 October 2023. Social media platforms have long grappled with the challenge of providing effective mitigation schemes that can scale to the 5 billion-strong online population. Here, we introduce a novel solution grounded in online network engineering ...