It was an honor for Netlab UFRJ to be part of #TASMConf 2024. Débora Salles presented our findings on disinformation during the 2022 Elections in Brazil. The Conference at Swansea University was an exciting opportunity to learn from delegates from all over the world.

What a pleasure it was to present at TASM and host the next gen conference for VOX-Pol. Thanks a lot to CYTREC Stuart Macdonald for your help in putting it all together. Excited about all the research coming out from ECRs!

Honored to present new research this week at #TASMConf hosted by the fantastic CYTREC team. Huge shout out to my co-panelists, and the other brilliant American University students/alum for making it a wonderful experience. #research #academia #Swansea

So glad to have attended #TASMconf in Swansea over the past couple days. Diolch yn fawr iawn CYTREC Stuart Macdonald for the warm welcome!

Delighted to see my new article on the Independent Review of the UK Prevent Strategy now out in JD_JournalDerad! Co-authored with Stuart Macdonald & @AndyWhiting25, you can read it for free here: journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/j… Many thanks to the editors and anonymous reviewers!

My VOX-Pol blog on the EU Council designation of the Base is now out! I examine how this designation will likely impact the dissemination of The Base’s online content, given the sanction regime and the Terrorist Content Online Regulation (TCO) regulation. voxpol.eu/breaking-groun…

'It stains your brain': How social media algorithms show violence to boys bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We’re now on #LinkedIn. Come join us! uk.linkedin.com/company/voxpol #PleaseRT

You’re invited to an open source intelligence #OSINT workshop, being held online at 3pm UK time this Wednesday, 25 Sept. The workshop will cover: •Basic OSINT techniques •Researcher’s safety •Data integrity For more info and to register: swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It's Beginning to Feel Real 💃 My Book is COMING SOON Based on My 4 Years Undercover Online Researching #Racism #Extremism #Propaganda #Technology Huge THANK YOU to the AMAZING Andrew Silke @ProfJohnHorgan Stuart Macdonald Suraj Lakhani Anita Lavorgna for their Endorsements 😍😍😍

Latest report now published: Terrorism Acts in 2022

Against a backdrop of an increasingly younger terrorist cohort within His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, my latest paper explores the relationship between age and various Extremism Risk Guidance assessment outcomes. emerald.com/insight/conten…

Telegram pushes extremist groups to users - study bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The UK is facing a "smouldering" terror threat level with children as young as 10 accessing extreme online material, one of the country's most senior counter-terrorism officers has warned. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

UK should consider letting IS members return, terror watchdog says bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Dr Lella Nouri, Associate Professor of Criminology at Swansea University and Co-Director of the Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC), has pioneered the StreetSnap app to enable councils, local police and their partners to better record, utilise and remove hateful graffiti, and

Prof Stuart MacDonald’s and my joint article on OFCOM terrorism and the meaning of public communication has been published in the Law Quarterly Review 2025, 141 (April), 271-292…/1

📢 Meet Stuart Macdonald, Associate Fellow for the #RoL Team! ⚖️ Professor of Law Swansea University, his work focuses on violent #jihadist narratives, #cyberterrorism & the need for a rule of law approach in #counterterrorism online. ➡️ buff.ly/E1O7nT9

🚨 Now Published: The Extremism Risk Guidance – Revised (ERG-R). After over a decade of guiding terrorism risk assessments in England and Wales, the ERG22+ framework has been comprehensively updated by the HMPPS CT-ARC. Read the full technical report: doi.org/10.1111/1556-4…