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The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) is an academic research initiative backed by The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, a special project delivered by @csns-uk.bsky.social.
In his latest piece, Mauro Lubrano examines the revival of insurrectionary anarchist zine 325 and its renewed focus on anti-technology ideology. This framing has increasingly tangible consequences as similar narratives appear in communiqués claiming attacks on technology-related infrastructure.
Back to Basics: 325 and the Renewed Critique of Technological Civilisation - GNET
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November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In his latest piece, Mauro Lubrano examines the revival of insurrectionary anarchist zine 325 and its renewed focus on anti-technology ideology. This framing has increasingly tangible consequences as similar narratives appear in communiqués claiming attacks on technology-related infrastructure.
As part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Ryan Ratnam explores racial justifications of gendered violence within Incel spaces.
Intersectionality in the Incelosphere: Understanding the Racial Dimensions of Misogynistic Extremism - GNET
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November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Ryan Ratnam explores racial justifications of gendered violence within Incel spaces.
As part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, Erin Stoner offers a close examination of the #Manosphere. Specifically, she argues that some actors, such as #Incels, have adopted Christian fundamentalist sexual narratives to bolster their cause and online campaigns against women.
Sanctified Misogyny: The Use of Fundamentalist Sexual Narratives to Legitimise Incel Ideology - GNET
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November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
As part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, Erin Stoner offers a close examination of the #Manosphere. Specifically, she argues that some actors, such as #Incels, have adopted Christian fundamentalist sexual narratives to bolster their cause and online campaigns against women.
In today's Insight, Daria Alexe analyses neo-Nazi use of AI voice-cloning to produce Hitler deepfakes, evaluating platform interventions and outlining recommendations under the Digital Services Act.
Neo-Nazi Exploitation Online: AI Voice-Cloning and the Revival of Hitler Speeches - GNET
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November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In today's Insight, Daria Alexe analyses neo-Nazi use of AI voice-cloning to produce Hitler deepfakes, evaluating platform interventions and outlining recommendations under the Digital Services Act.
Drawing on detailed analysis of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s evolving technological capabilities, Akash Shah outlines how tools such as satellite-GPS fusion for drone activity are being repurposed to amplify the group’s propaganda and operational effectiveness.
Space Tech and Terrorism: Satellite Imagery and GPS-Guided Drones in TTP Propaganda - GNET
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November 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Drawing on detailed analysis of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s evolving technological capabilities, Akash Shah outlines how tools such as satellite-GPS fusion for drone activity are being repurposed to amplify the group’s propaganda and operational effectiveness.
A decade after Brazil’s Operation Hashtag exposed the region’s first ISIS-linked cell, Maria Zuppello highlights how today’s decentralised web is accelerating youth radicalisation and enabling new lone actors within the region.
From TechHaven to Telegram: How Latin American Youth Are Being Drawn into Jihadist Networks - GNET
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November 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A decade after Brazil’s Operation Hashtag exposed the region’s first ISIS-linked cell, Maria Zuppello highlights how today’s decentralised web is accelerating youth radicalisation and enabling new lone actors within the region.
How does Geuzenbond, a Dutch affiliate of the white supremacist Active Club network, use social media to radicalise youth? In our most recent Insight, Paola Testa addresses this, maps the organisation's growth, and offers targeted P/CVE recommendations.
Echoes of Resistance: Mapping Geuzenbond and its Latest Plot in the Netherlands - GNET
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November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How does Geuzenbond, a Dutch affiliate of the white supremacist Active Club network, use social media to radicalise youth? In our most recent Insight, Paola Testa addresses this, maps the organisation's growth, and offers targeted P/CVE recommendations.
Following the 2 Oct attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, mis/disinformation and violent reactionary content exploded online.
Ella Goldschmied from @vpnderad.bsky.social analyses the crucial 'attention window' - when online narratives take shape and can fuel or prevent radicalisation.
Ella Goldschmied from @vpnderad.bsky.social analyses the crucial 'attention window' - when online narratives take shape and can fuel or prevent radicalisation.
The Attention Window: Online Ecosystems of Rage, Mobilisation, and Extremist Narratives Following the Heaton Park Synagogue Attack - GNET
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November 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Following the 2 Oct attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, mis/disinformation and violent reactionary content exploded online.
Ella Goldschmied from @vpnderad.bsky.social analyses the crucial 'attention window' - when online narratives take shape and can fuel or prevent radicalisation.
Ella Goldschmied from @vpnderad.bsky.social analyses the crucial 'attention window' - when online narratives take shape and can fuel or prevent radicalisation.
In our latest Insight, Imtiaz Baloch examines the strategies, narratives, and fundraising efforts used during the recent #flooding events in #Pakistan by militants seeking to exploit the state’s governance weaknesses amid growing climate vulnerabilities.
#ClimateChange
#ClimateChange
Climate Catastrophe: Militants’ Manipulation of Climate Narratives in Pakistan - GNET
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November 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In our latest Insight, Imtiaz Baloch examines the strategies, narratives, and fundraising efforts used during the recent #flooding events in #Pakistan by militants seeking to exploit the state’s governance weaknesses amid growing climate vulnerabilities.
#ClimateChange
#ClimateChange
Today, Alessandro Bolpagni and Eleonora Ristuccia discuss the return of the Electronic Horizon Foundation to the Islamic State information environment by analysing its most recent propaganda material and potential explanations for its re-emergence.
Islamic State Information Technology: The New “Security Tips Series” of Electronic Horizon Foundation - GNET
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October 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Today, Alessandro Bolpagni and Eleonora Ristuccia discuss the return of the Electronic Horizon Foundation to the Islamic State information environment by analysing its most recent propaganda material and potential explanations for its re-emergence.
Linda Schlegel, @constantinwinkler.bsky.social and Lars Wiegold explore how extremist actors across the ideological spectrum are exploiting gaming spaces such as #Roblox for youth radicalisation. They conclude by offering key insights for platform content moderation and P/CVE practice.
Youth Radicalisation in the Gaming Sphere: An Exploration of Identity-Based Hate and Extremist Content on Roblox - GNET
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October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Linda Schlegel, @constantinwinkler.bsky.social and Lars Wiegold explore how extremist actors across the ideological spectrum are exploiting gaming spaces such as #Roblox for youth radicalisation. They conclude by offering key insights for platform content moderation and P/CVE practice.
To coincide with Global Media and Information Literacy Week, Adam Rousselle explores emerging regulatory and tech trends aimed at closing the global enforcement gap in counter-terrorist financing, shifting from reactive disruption toward proactive resilience.
#GlobalMILWeek
#GlobalMILWeek
Closing the Enforcement Gap: AI, Illicit Liquidity, and the Next Phase of Counter-Terrorist Finance - GNET
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October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
To coincide with Global Media and Information Literacy Week, Adam Rousselle explores emerging regulatory and tech trends aimed at closing the global enforcement gap in counter-terrorist financing, shifting from reactive disruption toward proactive resilience.
#GlobalMILWeek
#GlobalMILWeek
Despite warnings about the risk of malicious use of #AI, #policy frameworks lag behind the rapid adaptation of the technology by TVEs.
Kevin Marc Blasiak and Daniel Levenson examine the tension between emerging technologies, TVEs’ capacity to innovate, and policy.
Kevin Marc Blasiak and Daniel Levenson examine the tension between emerging technologies, TVEs’ capacity to innovate, and policy.
Malicious Use of AI and the Race to Respond: Innovation, Regulation, and Risk - GNET
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October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today, Nina Kurt examines ICERAID, an app linked to ex–Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio. The app offers crypto rewards for reporting “suspected” undocumented immigrants - blending AI, surveillance, and vigilantism into an app with extremist ties.
ICERAID: Surveillance, Vigilantism, and Crypto-Rewards - GNET
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October 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Today, Nina Kurt examines ICERAID, an app linked to ex–Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio. The app offers crypto rewards for reporting “suspected” undocumented immigrants - blending AI, surveillance, and vigilantism into an app with extremist ties.
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📆 Join us for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History, coming up later this month! This year, we are honoured to host speakers @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History | King's College London
The Centre for Statecraft & National Security will host its Annual Lecture in Applied History. This year, we are honoured to host Dr Kori Schake and Professor Francis Gavin, who will be speaking about...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📆 Join us for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History, coming up later this month! This year, we are honoured to host speakers @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
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"In these ways, digital technologies do not merely enable abuse. Instead, they constitute the infrastructure of everyday extremism" - a great piece on the overlap between extremism, tech, and gender
Digital infrastructures enable everyday gender-based extremism, argues Dr Se Youn Park. By spotlighting #SouthKorea’s molka and Nth Room, Dr Park analyses how platforms and design features co-produce environments that monetise and normalise misogynistic harm.
Everyday Extremism: Molka, Nth Room, and the Infrastructure of Digital Misogyny - GNET
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October 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"In these ways, digital technologies do not merely enable abuse. Instead, they constitute the infrastructure of everyday extremism" - a great piece on the overlap between extremism, tech, and gender
Digital infrastructures enable everyday gender-based extremism, argues Dr Se Youn Park. By spotlighting #SouthKorea’s molka and Nth Room, Dr Park analyses how platforms and design features co-produce environments that monetise and normalise misogynistic harm.
Everyday Extremism: Molka, Nth Room, and the Infrastructure of Digital Misogyny - GNET
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October 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Digital infrastructures enable everyday gender-based extremism, argues Dr Se Youn Park. By spotlighting #SouthKorea’s molka and Nth Room, Dr Park analyses how platforms and design features co-produce environments that monetise and normalise misogynistic harm.
Paula Núñez-Guerra analyses the pages of Light of Darkness, ISKP's digital handbook. She argues that its focus on OPSEC and controlled use of AI highlights an ongoing effort to preserve its online presence while evading algorithmic censorship.
Light of Darkness: An Analysis of ISKP’s Digital Handbook - GNET
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October 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Paula Núñez-Guerra analyses the pages of Light of Darkness, ISKP's digital handbook. She argues that its focus on OPSEC and controlled use of AI highlights an ongoing effort to preserve its online presence while evading algorithmic censorship.
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and reports that the suspect etched obscure internet memes onto recovered bullet casings, @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social examines the rise of inscribed and decorated firearms in political violence and argues such markings are deliberate communicative acts.
Symbols and Scripts: Firearms as Artefacts of Extremist Violence - GNET
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October 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and reports that the suspect etched obscure internet memes onto recovered bullet casings, @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social examines the rise of inscribed and decorated firearms in political violence and argues such markings are deliberate communicative acts.
Today, Michaela Rana narrows in on #Australia's landscape of 'digital natives'. She examines case studies of youth involvement in terrorism-related offences and addresses both the response and responsibility of tech platforms in countering online radicalisation.
‘The Generation of ‘Digital Natives’: How Far-Right Extremists Target Australian Youth Online for Radicalisation and Recruitment’ - GNET
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October 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Today, Michaela Rana narrows in on #Australia's landscape of 'digital natives'. She examines case studies of youth involvement in terrorism-related offences and addresses both the response and responsibility of tech platforms in countering online radicalisation.
Timothy Kappler explores #OSINT-driven extremism: its strategic effects and how tech & other stakeholders can fight back — from enhanced moderation to cross-platform intelligence sharing — to raise the costs for extremists.
OSINT: The Digital Force-Multiplier for Extremist Violence - GNET
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October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Timothy Kappler explores #OSINT-driven extremism: its strategic effects and how tech & other stakeholders can fight back — from enhanced moderation to cross-platform intelligence sharing — to raise the costs for extremists.
Ghost guns, in particular 3D-printed guns, have been gaining popularity among youth, with several violent extremist examples in recent years. Rueben Dass aims to shed light on the global trends pertaining to youth involvement with 3DPFs with this Insight.
Gen-Zs and Ghost Guns: Trends, Threats and Implications - GNET
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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Ghost guns, in particular 3D-printed guns, have been gaining popularity among youth, with several violent extremist examples in recent years. Rueben Dass aims to shed light on the global trends pertaining to youth involvement with 3DPFs with this Insight.
Today, Tore Refslund Hamming discusses how gaming platforms have become attractive digital spaces for extremists, focusing specifically on #Roblox and recent cases of extremist exploitation.
Virtual Worlds, Real Threats: Violent Extremist Exploitation of Roblox and Wider Gaming Ecosystems - GNET
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September 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Today, Tore Refslund Hamming discusses how gaming platforms have become attractive digital spaces for extremists, focusing specifically on #Roblox and recent cases of extremist exploitation.
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New piece countering hype on terrorist use of Gen AI. Adoption has been slow and its impact minimal, in contrast with criminals (where the impacts have been immediate & significant). But, we should anticipate an increase in adoption, largely in line with broader societal trends in future
Despite widespread warnings, terrorists’ adoption of Generative AI has so far been largely ad hoc and experimental. @davidwellsct.bsky.social contrasts TVE GenAI use with serious/organised crime, and outlines what could shape future adoption.
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Mapping Terrorist AI Use: Identifying Factors Behind a Relatively Slow Adoption Rate - GNET
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September 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
New piece countering hype on terrorist use of Gen AI. Adoption has been slow and its impact minimal, in contrast with criminals (where the impacts have been immediate & significant). But, we should anticipate an increase in adoption, largely in line with broader societal trends in future
Despite widespread warnings, terrorists’ adoption of Generative AI has so far been largely ad hoc and experimental. @davidwellsct.bsky.social contrasts TVE GenAI use with serious/organised crime, and outlines what could shape future adoption.
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Mapping Terrorist AI Use: Identifying Factors Behind a Relatively Slow Adoption Rate - GNET
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September 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Despite widespread warnings, terrorists’ adoption of Generative AI has so far been largely ad hoc and experimental. @davidwellsct.bsky.social contrasts TVE GenAI use with serious/organised crime, and outlines what could shape future adoption.
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