text: By Jonathan Kenyon As society has embraced the Internet, opportunities for those wanting to use the online space for terrorist purposes have also grown, resulting in the spread of violent extremism and extremist ideologies within communities. Radicalisation is viewed as becoming increasingly covert, causing problems for security and intelligence services tasked with tackling this threat.…
  in Blog counter terrorism, counter-terrorism policy, Radicalisation, Violent Extremism
  Seven Years of the VOX-Pol Blog: A Retrospective
  November 3, 2021
  By Isis Garrigos The VOX-Pol Blog was launched in October 2014 and has since become one of the most visited and shared features of the VOX-Pol website. At the outset, the aim of the Blog was to publish short-form original research directly related to online extremism, online terrorism, online radicalisation, and available responses to these.…
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  Is It Just a Game? Exploring the Intersection Between (Violent) Extremism and Online Video-Gaming
  September 29, 2021
  By Suraj Lakhani There has been, especially of late, increasing concern over the misuse of video-games and associated (adjacent) platforms (e.g. Steam, Discord, Twitch, DLive) for the purposes of extremism and violent extremism. Across the European Union (and for that matter globally), policymakers, law enforcement, academics, and counter-extremism practitioners have started to engage more on…
  in Blog Discord, DLive, Gaming, Radicalisation, Recruitment, Steam, Twitch, video games
  A Better Way to Regulate Online Hate Speech: Require Social Media Companies to Bear a Duty of Care to Users
  September 22, 2021
  By Katharine Gelber Hate speech is proliferating online and governments, regulators and social media companies are struggling to keep pace with their efforts to combat it. In July 2021, the racist abuse of Black English football players on Facebook and Twitter has brought the issue to the forefront and shown how slow and ineffective the tech…
  in Blog Cyberbullying, Facebook, Freedom of Expression, hate speech, Online hate, Social Media, Twitter
  Taliban Victory Generates Echoes in Bangladeshi Social Media
  September 15, 2021
  By The SecDev Group The devastating terrorist attack in Kabul by the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) and the hasty departure of the US and coalition partners from Afghanistan is generating geopolitical tremors across Central and South Asia and beyond. And while Afghanistan is geographically distant from Bangladesh, the IS-K’s expansive digital footprint and the Taliban’s return to state power after…
  in Blog Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, AQIS, Bangladesh, Huji-B, IS-K, Islamic State, Islamic State-Khorasan, Social Media, Taliban
  Online Gaming Platforms
  September 8, 2021
  By Ross Frenett and Joost S Video games have been stigmatised for many years, linked to many social ills including loneliness and terrorism. Not only is this often based on misguided prejudices and a misunderstanding of the gaming community in 2021, but this view risks robbing practitioners of one of the most exciting emerging methodologies…
  in Blog CVE, eSports, Gaming, PVE
  Incel Culture: What We’ve Learned From Investigating Plymouth Attacker’s Digital Footprint
  September 1, 2021
  By Blyth Crawford and Florence Keen In the wake of a mass shooting in Plymouth, England, fresh questions are being asked about incel culture and whether crimes committed by its adherents should be considered terrorism. Jake Davison went on a shooting spree in his hometown, killing five people, including his mother, before taking his own life. As part…
  in Blog conspiracy theories, Extremism, incels, misogyny, reddit, Social Media, Toxic masculinity
  Content Moderation, Transparency (Reporting) and Human Rights
  July 28, 2021
  Our Cyber Threats Research Centre colleagues couldn’t host an in-person TASM Conference this year, but instead organised a week of virtual events from 21 to 25 June 2021. This post is the third in a three-part series based on overviews of three of the virtual TASM panels . Read parts one and two. [Ed.] By Lucy Brown The Christchurch terrorist…
  in Blog content moderation, Human Rights, OECD, Tech Against Terrorism
  Algorithmic Transparency and Content Amplification
  July 21, 2021
  Our Cyber Threats Research Centre colleagues couldn’t host an in-person TASM Conference this year, but instead organised a week of virtual events from 21 to 25 June 2021. This post is the second in a three-part series based on overviews of three of the virtual TASM panels . Read parts one and three. [Ed.] By Adam Whitter-Jones Many Internet and social…
  in Blog algorithms, API, content moderation, extremist content, Social Media
  Mis/Dis and Mal-Information
  July 14, 2021
  Our Cyber Threats Research Centre colleagues couldn’t host an in-person TASM Conference this year, but instead organised a week of virtual events from 21 to 25 June 2021. This post is the first in a three-part series based on overviews of three of the virtual TASM panels. Read parts two and three. [Ed.] By August Dichter How do we…
  in Blog disinformation, free speech, mal-information, misinformation
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