counter-terrorism
The ‘Great Migration’: Recent Accelerationist Efforts to Switch Social Media Platforms
August 10, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
What role does the Internet play in radicalisation and offending for convicted extremists?
August 9, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
An Overview of Radical Right-focused Presentations at #TASMConf 2019
August 6, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
Social media corporations as actors of counter-terrorism
September 18, 2023This article discusses the role of giant social media corporations Facebook, Google (YouTube), and Twitter in counter-terrorism and countering violent extremisms (CT/CVEs). Based on a qualitative investigation mobilizing corporate communications as well as a collection of interviews with European stakeholders, it argues that these firms have become actors in this policy area of what is ...
Counter-terrorism, social media and the regulation of extremist content
September 18, 2023This insightful book provides an analysis of the central ethical issues that have arisen in combatting global terrorism and, in particular, jihadist terrorist groups, notably Al Qaeda, Islamic State and their affiliates. Chapters explore the theoretical problems that arise in relation to terrorism, such as the definition of terrorism and the concept of collective responsibility, ...
Jihadist, Far-right And Far-left Terrorism In Cyberspace – Same Threat And Same Countermeasures?
September 18, 2023This paper investigates whether the counter-terrorism measures developed and implemented within the European Union have a universal character and are equally effective in the context of various types of terrorism. The authors focus on the strategies applicable to the terrorist activities online, since information and communication technology is perceived as the fastest growing and continually ...
Mitigating the Impact of Media Reporting of Terrorism: Case Study of the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign
September 18, 2023This report looks at journalism and social media reporting in Nigeria. The author raises key implications in journalistic reporting by looking at the 2014 #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign. This study importantly takes both a local and a global perspective on Nigeria’s media reporting. This report is part of a wider project, led by the International ...
Security sector practitioner perceptions of the terror threat environment before the Christchurch attacks
September 18, 2023On 15 March 2019, Brenton Tarrant destroyed New Zealand’s perception of its low threat terrorist risk. Security sector practitioners interviewed for this study before 15 March spoke about the challenges of performing counter terrorism roles in that low threat environment. Their perceptions revealed a fear that terrorist attacks occurring overseas, would sooner or later occur ...