Anda Solea

Anda Solea is a Lecturer in Cybercrime and a doctoral researcher at the University of Portsmouth. She has received multiple awards for her work on online extremist and misogynistic communities including the Alan Turing Enrichment Award. Anda studies the communication tactics of incels (involuntary celibates) on TikTok and YouTube investigating the role short-form content plays in spreading misinformation, propaganda and facilitating radicalisation and gender-based violence. She is also interested in the use of social media for political misinformation and far-right ideologies. Her work has been previously published in the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Global Network on Extremism and Technology, and The Conversation and has received extensive media coverage.

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