Sometimes there's crossover, and then sometimes, there's cooption.

Hard to overstate the significance of the newly unsealed indictment against key figures in the “Terrorgram” collective, one of the most prominent vectors for accelerationist radicalization and violence in recent years.

Who is Abdul?

Google trends worldwide validates the question.

I, alongside ⁦Pieter Van Ostaeyen⁩ and ⁦Anarcho-Sunni Drip 💧⁩, spoke to ⁦DW News⁩ about the youth trend we are observing amongst Islamic State supporters dw.com/en/the-teenage…

ISD's Executive Director of AMEA Anarcho-Sunni Drip 💧 features in DW News talking about the rise of teens engaging w/ Islamic State content online, driven by the "meme-ifying” and “TikTok-ification” of extremist videos. Read it below. isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-new…

IS-Somalia is one of the most important financial hubs for the Islamic State globally and especially on the African continent. It also helps oversee the group's operations over a vast swath of eastern, central, and southern Africa. See how and why here: ctc.westpoint.edu/islamic-state-…

There is a more dangerous and dumber timeline we could be living in, but we are still working on the ratio of dumb to danger, so we’re not quite yet there. But just want to publicly thank everyone for their contributions while there is still a chance to do so.

sometimes when Islamic State supporters are trying to escape takedowns of content posted on social media platforms by covering up branding or flags in videos with emojis, you get gems like this.

“al-Qaeda’s digital footprint, its story of survival in the shadow of the Islamic State and the rise of new social media platforms, provides an apt lesson about the impact of terrorist exploitation of the internet — they just keep coming back.” isdglobal.org/digital_dispat…

Tapping the sign, and officially rescinding the offer.

In unsurprising and expected news, Islamic State supporters online are rejoicing at the news of the pager explosions targeting Hezbollah members in Lebanon.

Some thoughts on aspects of the pager attack I didn't see discussed much so far. This is a huge blow not only because of the number of casualties, the surprise effect, or the disruption of a key communication system. It hits hard because of the intimacy of its reach. 🧵

New ‘kindness map’ is shining a light on positive organisations in the face of ‘rising extremism and division’ lutontoday.co.uk/news/people/ne…

My latest for GNET, co-authored with Vidyut: TTP’s Alliance with the Afghan Taliban in ISKP’s Crosshairs. gnet-research.org/2024/09/20/ttp…

discussion of "skibidi toilet" happening on an al-Qaeda forum is very 2024.

sometimes these jihadist accounts take the emoji placement on branded videos to another level just to get around moderation.

they got a lofi beats to islamic state to channel in the works apparently

Big shot "Prosecutors in junta-led #Mali, #BurkinaFaso and #Niger have launched investigations against French journalist and researcher Wassim Nasr, accusing him of being an "apologist for terrorism" over his analysis of jihadist attacks" Reuters reuters.com/world/africa/m…

1. 🚨NEW🚨 article with Stanley De Coster, Dr. Yannick Veilleux-Lepage, and Prof Tahir Abbas Uncovering the Bias and Prejudice in Reporting on Islamist and Non-Islamist Terrorist Attacks in British and US Newspapers pt.icct.nl/article/uncove…