Benjamin Mok, Jacob Ware, and John Sunday Ojo shared insights re: extremist interference on electoral integrity, chaired by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens. The talk looked at the impacts of IS in Southeast Asia, white supremacy in the United States, and Boko Haram in Nigeria.

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A snapshot of our morning fireside chat with Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens and @erinsaltman about the importance of connecting tech to academic practice in the counter-extremism space. Day 2 of the #GNETConference2024 is underway!

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#GNETConference2024 began by exploring the presence of alt-right media online, including the rise of white nationalist, Hindutva, IS-Khorasan and Hamas content.

Dr Beatriz Lopes Buarque, Devika Shanker-Grandpierre, Lucas Webber and Aaron Y. Zelin presented, chaired by Erin Saltman, PhD

Day 1 of The Fourth Annual #GNETConference has just begun, at King's College London.

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🇱🇧🏗️ After 15 years of civil war, the reconstruction of Beirut offered a chance for the city to heal.

📝 In this piece for XCEPT Research, Clara May explores how the rebuilding of war ruins united and divided Beirut's society👇

icsr.info/2024/05/28/reb…

We GNET ICSR are looking for special GNET fellows to work with us for a year, writing analysis and developing innovative research projects. We are especially interested in candidates from regions which remain underrepresented in the extremism research space.

ISKP has filled the void left by ISHP, leading anti-India media warfare online. Motivated by alleged violence against Muslims in India and India's Taliban ties, ISKP's threats are growing, as seen in the Moscow City Hall attack.

Mona explores: gnet-research.org/2024/05/22/isk…

🗓 8 days until the Fourth Annual GNET Conference!

Join us for 1.5 days of talks on terrorism, extremism, & tech with global experts.

In-person registration closes on May 23 at 5pm BST; just 48 hours left!

Register here ➡️ gnet-research.org/events/the-fou…

Amid the war in Gaza, several white nationalist social media accounts, particularly on X, have taken advantage of the crisis to radicalise users and spread antisemitic and Islamophobic propaganda.

Diana Wallens provides an analysis of these trends: gnet-research.org/2024/05/20/two…

Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool rescued the league from brand-busting monotony dlvr.it/T74RfY

JAILED: Following a Counter Terrorism Policing North East investigation, Ahmed Alid, has today been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 44 years for murder and attempted murder.

counterterrorism.police.uk/man-given-life…

The Program on Extremism at The George Washington University welcomes new Head of Terrorism Research, Lara Burns

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Men arrested for planning ISIS-inspired attack on British Jews, police

The men allegedly planned to use automatic weapons to cause multiple fatalities to those in the Jewish community, the police and the military jpost.com/international/…

Three men in court charged with terrorism offences over an alleged plan for a gun attack targeting the Jewish community in the north-west of England. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🚨 Reminder🚨

There is still time to register for our webinar which is tomorrow at 5:00 pm BST.

Join us for 'Digital Battlegrounds: Countering Radicalisation on Gaming(-adjacent) Platforms' on Zoom by registering at the link below.

Discover how the rise of AI-powered jihadist propaganda is becoming a growing trend among pro-IS supporters. This new broadcast-style propaganda tool facilitates the dissemination of extremist material to a wider global audience.

gnet-research.org/2024/05/09/ai-…

📅We are exactly one week away from our next webinar!

Looking forward to folks joining us online for 'Digital Battlegrounds: Countering Radicalisation on Gaming (-adjacent) Platforms' on 14 May.

Click here for more details and registration⤵️

Very excited about our upcoming 4th Annual GNET conference here at ICSR War Studies on 29-30 May. If you're interested in or working on how extremists use a range of both hard and soft tech please RSVP:

gnet-research.org/events/the-fou…

📢 We are less than a month away from GNET's Fourth Annual Conference on May 29-30.

Join us for insights from international experts on the complex intersections of terrorism, violent extremism, & technology.

Conference agenda and registration: ⤵️

gnet-research.org/events/the-fou…

GIFCT is pleased to share that its research arm @GNET has launched a podcast!

Listen to the first episode with GNET's Research Director Fola Aina speaking with Jake Okechukwu Effoduh (@TorontoMet) about the intersection of #AI and violent #extremism .

gnet-research.org/podcasts/