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REASSURE Report Available in Hard Copy
April 12, 2023In March 2023, the latest report in the VOX-Pol Publication Series was published online. We are pleased to announce that the report, titled Online Extremism and Terrorism Researchers’ Security, Safety, and Resilience: Findings from the Field, is now available in hard copy. If you would like a printed copy, please email your request to info@voxpol.eu ...
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Jake Davison: An Incel Case?
April 12, 2023by Lewys Brace & Stephane Baele At around 18:00 local time on 12th August 2021, Jake Davison carried out a killing spree in Plymouth (UK) that resulted in the deaths of five people, before ultimately taking his own life. Information about Davison’s mindset and online behaviour remains scarce, but indicates that he had some engagement ...
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Part 2: Recruiting and Vetting Candidates for Membership in The Base
April 5, 2023Anthony F. Lemieux, Georgia State University Background: Our research team at Georgia State University (Anthony Lemieux, P.I., Dror Walter, Rebecca Wilson, Katherine Kountz, John Hendry, Allison Betus, and Mor Yachin) and the University of Cincinnati (Michael Loadenthal) have been working on analyses of a corpus of leaked interviewing and vetting calls provided to our research ...
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Part 1: Recruiting and Vetting Candidates for Membership in The Base
March 29, 2023Anthony F. Lemieux, Georgia State University Background: Our research team at Georgia State University (Anthony Lemieux, P.I., Dror Walter, Rebecca Wilson, Katherine Kountz, John Hendry, Allison Betus, and Mor Yachin) and the University of Cincinnati (Michael Loadenthal) have been working on analyses of a corpus of leaked interviewing and vetting calls provided to our research ...
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Supreme Court unlikely to ‘break the internet’ over Google, Twitter cases – rather, it is approaching with caution
March 22, 2023By Michael W. Carroll, American University “These are not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet,” noted Justice Elena Kagan – a reference to herself and fellow colleagues on the Supreme Court. Depsite this, the justices are being asked to negotiate complex arguments that could have wide implications for online providers and ultimately everyone ...
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VOX-Pol Members Attend Major Counter-Terrorism Conference at Europol HQ
March 21, 2023VOX-Pol Coordinator, Professor Stuart Macdonald, and VOX-Pol Members Dr Ashley Mattheis and Dr Joe Whittaker presented at the fourth Annual Conference of the European Counter-Terrorism Centre (ECTC) Advisory Network on Terrorism and Propaganda, at the Europol Headquarters in The Hague. The conference was a closed-door event, designed to facilitate the transfer of academic knowledge and ...
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The Use of Heuristics in the Buffalo Shooter’s Manifesto
March 15, 2023By Michael Waltman The purpose of this entry is to describe how the nature of hate speech contributes to violence and extremism in a way that would be helpful to those who would study and oppose violent extremism. I have studied the social and political uses of hate speech since 2003. Hate speech is discourse ...
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Le Compte-rendu REASSURE: Sommaire Exécutif
March 8, 2023LIRE EN ALLEMAND LIRE EN ANGLAIS Le compte-rendu récent de VOX-Pol présente les conclusions d’entretiens approfondis du projet REASSURE (Recherche, Sécurité, Sûreté et Résilience) de 39 chercheurs en extrémisme et terrorisme en ligne. Basés dans des universités, instituts de recherche et groupes de réflexion en Europe et Amérique du Nord, les interviewés ont étudié principalement, ...
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Der REASSURE Report: Eine Kurzfassung
March 8, 2023Auf Englisch lesen Auf Französisch lesen Der neue VOX-Pol Report präsentiert Erkenntnisse des REASSURE (engl. Researcher, Security, Safety, and Resilience) Projekts, in dem ausführliche Interviews mit 39 Extremismus- und Terrorismus-Forschern abgehalten wurden. Durchgeführt an Universitäten, Forschungsinstituten und Denkfabriken in Europa und Nordamerika, studierten die Interviewer hauptsächlich, aber nicht ausschließlich, die Onlineaktivitäten von rechtsextremen und gewalttätigen ...
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The Researcher Security, Safety, and Resilience Report: A Summary
March 8, 2023READ IN GERMAN READ IN FRENCH VOX-Pol’s new report presents findings from the REASSURE (Researcher, Security, Safety, and Resilience) project’s in-depth interviews with 39 online extremism and terrorism researchers. Based at universities, research institutes, and think tanks in Europe and North America, the interviewees studied mainly, albeit not exclusively, far-right and violent jihadist online activity. ...