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VOX-Pol’s Daniela Pisoiu participates in DPT-i and NZK Conference on Countering Violent Extremism
June 19, 2017VOX-Pol and IFSH’s Dr. Daniela Pisoiu participated in the DPT-Institute for Applied Prevention Research and National Center for Crime Prevention’s conference on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) on 17-18 June 2017 in Hanover, Germany. The conference focuses on rigorously evaluating the impact of preventive CVE programs and measures. The organisers argue there is a need for ...
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New Book Terrorists’ Use of the Internet by VOX-Pol and The Cyberterrorism Project
June 14, 2017Our new edited volume Terrorists’ Use of the Internet: Assessment and Response was published on 10 June. The book presents revised versions of a selection of papers delivered at the jointly VOX-Pol and Cyberterrorism Project-organised NATO Advanced Research Workshop on ‘Terrorists’ Use of the Internet’ held at Dublin City University, Ireland in June 2016. A ...
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Telegram: The Mighty Application That ISIS Loves – PART II
June 14, 2017This post is Part 2 of 2. Click here for Part 1 By Ahmet S. Yayla & Anne Speckhard Reaching out on to ISIS members via Telegram channels is a significant challenge for beginners. First of all, as the Telegram application is installed, the application copies all the contact numbers on one’s cell phone and connects the ...
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Telegram: The Mighty Application that ISIS Loves – Part I
June 7, 2017By Ahmet S. Yayla & Anne Speckhard ISIS has been the most successful terrorist organization in history using social media and the Internet for distributing its propaganda, dissemination of its news and more importantly to communicate. There is no doubt that the frequency and quality of ISIS posts on the Internet, including their videos, memes ...
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VOX-Pol Coordinator Gives Keynote Address at Dublin’s IIEA
June 2, 2017On 15 May 2017 VOX-Pol’s Coordinator, DCU’s Prof. Maura Conway, gave a keynote address at Dublin’s Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), “Ireland’s leading think tank on European and International affairs.” In her address, Prof. Conway detailed the development of IS’s online strategy from 2014 to the present, with a particular focus on online-offline ...
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The Role of the Internet in the Jihadist Mobilisation of Women in Spain
May 31, 2017The mobilisation of women for the jihadist cause emerged in Spain within the framework of the current mobilisation in Western Europe linked to the conflict in Syria and Iraq and the appearance of the so called Islamic State (IS) as a new vanguard of global terrorism. The explicit call from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to women ...
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Automated censorship is not the answer to extremism
May 24, 2017By Jim Killock In a report published last month by the Home Affairs Select Committee brands social media companies as behaving irresponsibly in failing to remove extremist material. It takes the view that the job of removing illegal extremist videos and postings is entirely the responsibility of the companies, and does not envisage a role for courts ...
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VOX-Pol Participation in NJOHSP Second Annual Domestic Terrorism Conference
May 18, 2017On 15 May, VOX-Pol Programme Manager Lisa McInerney participated in the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness’ (NJOHSP) Second Annual Domestic Terrorism Conference. The conference brought together law enforcement officers, intelligence analysts, and academics to discuss the rise of domestic extremism across the United States. The day was organised into two tracks: the ...
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Those you fear and those who capitalise on your fear
May 17, 2017Those you fear may not be as dangerous as those who capitalise on your fear. This is what transpires from the on-going debate around mainstream media coverage of recent lone actor terrorist attacks. Regardless of the significance of social media propaganda in emerging forms of radicalisation, commentators are now reminding us of the role that ...
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VOX-Pol Newsletter 4(2) May 2017
May 11, 2017Welcome to Vol. 4 Issue 2 of the VOX-Pol Newsletter. If you have colleagues or friends who may be interested in the content of this newsletter or any events and research carried out by VOX-Pol, please encourage them to subscribe via our website. Follow us on Twitter @VOX_Pol for live updates and releases. Yours sincerely, The VOX-Pol ...