Counterterrorism
The Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and Terrorism: A Systematic Review of the Literature
May 7, 2026Terrorist organizations have consistently demonstrated their ability to evolve alongside society’s ever-advancing technological landscape. Rather than relying on dependable tactics tested over several decades, terrorist organizations’ willingness to innovate has led to expanded capabilities to inflict harm upon society. The most significant technological advancement of the twenty first century is artificial intelligence (AI). Although AI ...
The Ghost in the Machine: Counterterrorism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
May 7, 2026In the aftermath of 9/11 security agencies augmented their counterterrorism (CT) apparatuses with advanced analytics, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their ability to identify and neutralize terrorists. Under this regime, humans remained the central actors, tasked with understanding information and crafting a response. The advent of Generative AI (GenAI) changes this ...
Tackling Online Terrorist Content Together: Cooperation between Counterterrorism Law Enforcement and Technology Companies
May 30, 2025Cooperation between law enforcement and tech companies is widely regarded as necessary to tackle online terrorist content. Both sectors have publicly stated their commitment to working together and there are examples of mutual cooperation. Yet there are also impediments to such collaboration, including different cultures and operating practices, and there have been high-profile instances of ...
Strategic Military Information Support Operations for Countering Digital Terrorist Threat Networks
May 28, 2025The exploitation of social media platforms by terrorist threat networks (TTNs) represents a critical challenge to national security that traditional counterterrorism frameworks struggle to address. This study examines how military information support operations (MISO) can be strategically leveraged to counter TTNs’ exploitation of these platforms for radicalization, recruitment, and operational planning. Through analysis of operational ...
Balancing Security and Privacy: The Encryption Dilemma in Counter-Terrorism
April 29, 2025VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
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 ...
Counter-Terrorism Police Are Now Training with Virtual Terrorists
August 22, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
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. ...