Kye AllenCould Chatbots Seduce Us into Extremism? Radicalisation Risks in an Age of AI Companions
In July, the UK Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Jonathan Hall KC, relayed his…
Meili CriezisHave Any Change to Spare? How the Islamic State Leverages Instagram for Fundraising
Following the 2019 Battle of Baghouz, which marked the Islamic State’s territorial collapse, IS-affiliated individuals…
Christopher DavidFractures on the (Storm-)Front: Contesting the Role of Women in White Supremacy
This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s…
Mauro LubranoBack to Basics: 325 and the Renewed Critique of Technological Civilisation
This Insight examines the return of 325, an insurrectionary anarchist zine, and the renewed prominence…
Ryan RatnamIntersectionality in the Incelosphere: Understanding the Racial Dimensions of Misogynistic Extremism
This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the…
Erin StonerSanctified Misogyny: The Use of Fundamentalist Sexual Narratives to Legitimise Incel Ideology
This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the…
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Today, Kye Allen examines the evidentiary basis for the terrorist #chatbot, its likelihood, and potential implications in light of the UK Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation's annual report to Parliament.
A new analysis by @malikacoexist54 looks at how IS-linked individuals in camps run by the Syrian Democratic Forces have used Instagram to seek financial support, and what this tells us about platform resilience, network behaviours, and monitoring gaps.
Read the full analysis on GNET (Bluesky):
https://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3m6x4btwyec2y
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Our colleagues Marten Risius and Christopher David have published new insights on how conflicting views on the role of women are creating ideological fractures within Stormfront – often described as the “murder capital of the internet.” 1/2