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By 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 ...

VOX-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 ...

By 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 ...

LIRE 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, ...

Auf 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 ...

READ 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. ...

Welcome to Volume 10, Issue 1 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. NEW VOX-Pol PUBLICATION: REASSURE VOX-Pol is pleased to present the latest report in the VOX-Pol publication series, titled Online Extremism and Terrorism Researchers’ Security, Safety, and Resilience: Findings from the Field, authored by Elizabeth Pearson, Joe Whittaker, Till Baaken, Sara Zeiger, Farangiz Atamuradova, and Maura Conway. Elizabeth ...

VOX-Pol is pleased to present the latest report in its publication series, titled Online Extremism and Terrorism Researchers’ Security, Safety, and Resilience: Findings from the Field and authored by Elizabeth Pearson, Joe Whittaker, Till Baaken, Sara Zeiger, Farangiz Atamuradova, and Maura Conway. The Researcher Security, Safety and Resilience project (REASSURE) launched in 2020 to document ...

Three VOX-Pol Member Institutions: Swansea University, Dublin City University, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich will be part of a consortium to drive greater awareness of and compliance with the European Union’s new regulations to tackle terrorist content online. The new European Union rule, which came into effect last year, obliges hosting service providers offering ...

By Aaron Y. Zelin and Sarah Cahn In recent years, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been attempting to develop its own polity. This process has not been linear and there has been a maturation process over time. Beyond governance though, an important part of nation-building is creating a similar narrative of people’s own history and ...