Michele Prado
@micheleprado.bsky.social
Baiana. 🇧🇷
Writer, independent researcher, and founder of Stop Hate Brasil.
Focus: far-right radicalization, extremism and online terrorism.
Fellow @sci-belfast.bsky.social
Writer, independent researcher, and founder of Stop Hate Brasil.
Focus: far-right radicalization, extremism and online terrorism.
Fellow @sci-belfast.bsky.social
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Michele Prado
@micheleprado.bsky.social
· Apr 18
📢 Foi publicado hoje o relatório, que eu tive a honra de colaborar,
"Abuso violento de tecnologias digitais por parte de extremistas de direita e de esquerda na América do Sul, África e Ásia" da @UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime And Justice Research Institute)
"Abuso violento de tecnologias digitais por parte de extremistas de direita e de esquerda na América do Sul, África e Ásia" da @UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime And Justice Research Institute)
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For the UK and the US, you obviously have to follow @hanrahan.tv , @popularfront.co , @awinston.bsky.social and @ckd.sh as well as @jennefer.bsky.social and @decoherence.media , for Germany @affeu.bsky.social and @thilom.bsky.social , for Brazil @micheleprado.bsky.social and Romania Diana Mesesan
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
For the UK and the US, you obviously have to follow @hanrahan.tv , @popularfront.co , @awinston.bsky.social and @ckd.sh as well as @jennefer.bsky.social and @decoherence.media , for Germany @affeu.bsky.social and @thilom.bsky.social , for Brazil @micheleprado.bsky.social and Romania Diana Mesesan
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A lot has happened between 2021 and today: In 2023, @linaverschwele.bsky.social, Diana Mesesan, @awinston.bsky.social and I started looking into the sadistic cybergooming scene. @washingtonpost.com, @wired.com and @recorder.ro.web.brid.gy joined us and we published together 03/24. shorturl.at/XM0ou
(S+) Cybergrooming: Wie sich Sadisten weltweit in Chatgruppen zu Straftaten verabreden
Sie zwingen Minderjährige zu Nacktfotos, Selbstverletzungen und sogar Suizid – Recherchen enthüllen, wie sich Sadisten weltweit in Chatgruppen zu solchen Taten verabreden. Und wie sie aufgespürt werde...
www.spiegel.de
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A lot has happened between 2021 and today: In 2023, @linaverschwele.bsky.social, Diana Mesesan, @awinston.bsky.social and I started looking into the sadistic cybergooming scene. @washingtonpost.com, @wired.com and @recorder.ro.web.brid.gy joined us and we published together 03/24. shorturl.at/XM0ou
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Four years have passed since then and @maxhoppenstedt.bsky.social & I have just published our newest piece about the German member White Tiger and how he allegedly pushed Jay Taylor, a 13-year-old from the US, into hanging himself. It's the cover story of @spiegel.de print magazine this week.
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Four years have passed since then and @maxhoppenstedt.bsky.social & I have just published our newest piece about the German member White Tiger and how he allegedly pushed Jay Taylor, a 13-year-old from the US, into hanging himself. It's the cover story of @spiegel.de print magazine this week.
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New piece about Com/764! But beforehand – credit where credit is due: The first time I heard about 764 was from @hanrahan.tv in November of 2021. Jake had just learned that Angel Almeida might have been a member of a group with that name and that their members "get young girls to cut themselves"
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
New piece about Com/764! But beforehand – credit where credit is due: The first time I heard about 764 was from @hanrahan.tv in November of 2021. Jake had just learned that Angel Almeida might have been a member of a group with that name and that their members "get young girls to cut themselves"
No Zero Hora de hoje entrevista exclusiva com o pesquisador canadanense Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com que esteve no 🇧🇷 em dois seminários sobre ameaças híbridas emergentes (como o Extremismo Violento Niilista) no campo P/CVE, um na IEA-USP e outro conosco do NUPVE-MPRS.
Fundamental
Fundamental
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
No Zero Hora de hoje entrevista exclusiva com o pesquisador canadanense Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com que esteve no 🇧🇷 em dois seminários sobre ameaças híbridas emergentes (como o Extremismo Violento Niilista) no campo P/CVE, um na IEA-USP e outro conosco do NUPVE-MPRS.
Fundamental
Fundamental
The Sin@is Project of our Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio Grande do Sul has won 1st place in the Public Prosecutor’s Office Best Practices Award.
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Sin@is Project of our Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio Grande do Sul has won 1st place in the Public Prosecutor’s Office Best Practices Award.
✨ Palestra incrível do projeto Sin@is - NUPVE-MPRS- na linda cidade de Santa Rosa/RS, no dia 11/11, durante o XVIII Simpósio de Direito Contemporâneo, coordenado pela Dra. Bianca Diehl, com apoio da FEMA e das Faculdades Integradas Machado de Assis.
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
✨ Palestra incrível do projeto Sin@is - NUPVE-MPRS- na linda cidade de Santa Rosa/RS, no dia 11/11, durante o XVIII Simpósio de Direito Contemporâneo, coordenado pela Dra. Bianca Diehl, com apoio da FEMA e das Faculdades Integradas Machado de Assis.
And I got the newest (and fantastic) book, which I had already started reading as an e-book, edited by @maargentino.com and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
And I got the newest (and fantastic) book, which I had already started reading as an e-book, edited by @maargentino.com and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
Amazing days full of exchange and learning for the P/CVE (Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism) and CT (Counterterrorism) fields in 🇧🇷 with the brilliant Canadian researcher @maargentino.com
Today was the International Seminar of the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence- MPRS
Today was the International Seminar of the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence- MPRS
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Amazing days full of exchange and learning for the P/CVE (Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism) and CT (Counterterrorism) fields in 🇧🇷 with the brilliant Canadian researcher @maargentino.com
Today was the International Seminar of the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence- MPRS
Today was the International Seminar of the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence- MPRS
The 1st International Seminar on the Prevention and Combating of Violent Extremism and Online Terrorism in 🇧🇷 was incredible.
A full day of learning and exchanging experiences with colleagues who, like me, work on the front lines.
The lecture by Canadian brilliant researcher @maargentino.com
A full day of learning and exchanging experiences with colleagues who, like me, work on the front lines.
The lecture by Canadian brilliant researcher @maargentino.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The 1st International Seminar on the Prevention and Combating of Violent Extremism and Online Terrorism in 🇧🇷 was incredible.
A full day of learning and exchanging experiences with colleagues who, like me, work on the front lines.
The lecture by Canadian brilliant researcher @maargentino.com
A full day of learning and exchanging experiences with colleagues who, like me, work on the front lines.
The lecture by Canadian brilliant researcher @maargentino.com
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Very much looking forward to giving the key note tomorrow at the University of Sao Paulo.
Thank you so much to @micheleprado.bsky.social and Pablo Ortellado for their invitation. Special shoutout to Michele for her collaboration in researching and sharing deep insights into Brazilian NVE networks.
Thank you so much to @micheleprado.bsky.social and Pablo Ortellado for their invitation. Special shoutout to Michele for her collaboration in researching and sharing deep insights into Brazilian NVE networks.
Thrilled to welcome my dear friend and brilliant researcher Dr. Marc-André Argentino 🍁 to Brazil 🇧🇷 for two interdisciplinary seminars focused on understanding the dynamics of violent extremism online and emerging hybrid threats, +
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Very much looking forward to giving the key note tomorrow at the University of Sao Paulo.
Thank you so much to @micheleprado.bsky.social and Pablo Ortellado for their invitation. Special shoutout to Michele for her collaboration in researching and sharing deep insights into Brazilian NVE networks.
Thank you so much to @micheleprado.bsky.social and Pablo Ortellado for their invitation. Special shoutout to Michele for her collaboration in researching and sharing deep insights into Brazilian NVE networks.
Muito feliz em receber no Brasil o querido amigo e brilhante pesquisador Dr. Marc-André Argentino para dois seminários interdisciplinares dedicados à compreensão das dinâmicas de propagação do extremismo violento online e das ameaças híbridas emergentes,
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Muito feliz em receber no Brasil o querido amigo e brilhante pesquisador Dr. Marc-André Argentino para dois seminários interdisciplinares dedicados à compreensão das dinâmicas de propagação do extremismo violento online e das ameaças híbridas emergentes,
Thrilled to welcome my dear friend and brilliant researcher Dr. Marc-André Argentino 🍁 to Brazil 🇧🇷 for two interdisciplinary seminars focused on understanding the dynamics of violent extremism online and emerging hybrid threats, +
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thrilled to welcome my dear friend and brilliant researcher Dr. Marc-André Argentino 🍁 to Brazil 🇧🇷 for two interdisciplinary seminars focused on understanding the dynamics of violent extremism online and emerging hybrid threats, +
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October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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It is striking to think that most people have no idea how much he has already helped our country, nor how much we have worked and studied together with other friends, quietly, day and night, to prevent tragedies.
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It is striking to think that most people have no idea how much he has already helped our country, nor how much we have worked and studied together with other friends, quietly, day and night, to prevent tragedies.
In November, we will have the honour of welcoming to 🇧🇷 (IEA-USP and NUPVE-MPRS) one of the world’s foremost and most brilliant researchers in the field of radicalisation prevention and the Countering violent extremism (P/CVE).
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In November, we will have the honour of welcoming to 🇧🇷 (IEA-USP and NUPVE-MPRS) one of the world’s foremost and most brilliant researchers in the field of radicalisation prevention and the Countering violent extremism (P/CVE).
Em Novembro, teremos a honra de receber no 🇧🇷 (IEA-USP e NUPVE-MPRS) um dos maiores e mais brilhantes pesquisadores do mundo no campo da prevenção da radicalização e combate ao extremismo violento (P/CVE).
Uma pessoa incrível, generosa e q tenho o privilégio de chamar de amigo
Uma pessoa incrível, generosa e q tenho o privilégio de chamar de amigo
October 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Em Novembro, teremos a honra de receber no 🇧🇷 (IEA-USP e NUPVE-MPRS) um dos maiores e mais brilhantes pesquisadores do mundo no campo da prevenção da radicalização e combate ao extremismo violento (P/CVE).
Uma pessoa incrível, generosa e q tenho o privilégio de chamar de amigo
Uma pessoa incrível, generosa e q tenho o privilégio de chamar de amigo
Big update from the 764 case in Germany for "White Tiger", the 21 year old who is charged with 204 crimes as a member of 764. www.spiegel.de/panorama/ham...
Hamburg: Mutmaßlicher Sexualstraftäter »White Tiger« wegen Mordes angeklagt
Die Hamburger Staatsanwaltschaft hat Anklage gegen einen mutmaßlichen Cyberkriminellen erhoben. Der als »White Tiger« bekannte 21-Jährige soll mehr als 200 Straftaten begangen haben. Ein Opfer beging ...
www.spiegel.de
October 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Enquanto alguns promovem apologia ao terrorismo online, seguimos firmes no trabalho árduo pela prevenção da radicalização e combate ao extremismo violento entre crianças e adolescentes.
Ontem foi um dia intenso de trabalho com nossa equipe do NUPVE-MPRS e a direção do Roblox +
Ontem foi um dia intenso de trabalho com nossa equipe do NUPVE-MPRS e a direção do Roblox +
October 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Enquanto alguns promovem apologia ao terrorismo online, seguimos firmes no trabalho árduo pela prevenção da radicalização e combate ao extremismo violento entre crianças e adolescentes.
Ontem foi um dia intenso de trabalho com nossa equipe do NUPVE-MPRS e a direção do Roblox +
Ontem foi um dia intenso de trabalho com nossa equipe do NUPVE-MPRS e a direção do Roblox +
A Stop Hate Brasil esteve ontem representada pelo colaborador - pesquisador de terrorismo- Heron Lopes, no evento do "EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation", em Bruxelas, promovido pela União Europeia 🙌🏽👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 +
October 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A Stop Hate Brasil esteve ontem representada pelo colaborador - pesquisador de terrorismo- Heron Lopes, no evento do "EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation", em Bruxelas, promovido pela União Europeia 🙌🏽👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 +
Mais 2 missões cumpridas 🙏🏼
O NUPVE-MPRS agradece à Universidade Passo Fundo (Campus Carazinho) e ao município de Não-Me-Toque pelo acolhimento nas palestras do Projeto Sin@is 💻✨
Casas cheias, com gestores, educadores, forças de segurança e aplicação da lei e redes de proteção
O NUPVE-MPRS agradece à Universidade Passo Fundo (Campus Carazinho) e ao município de Não-Me-Toque pelo acolhimento nas palestras do Projeto Sin@is 💻✨
Casas cheias, com gestores, educadores, forças de segurança e aplicação da lei e redes de proteção
October 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Mais 2 missões cumpridas 🙏🏼
O NUPVE-MPRS agradece à Universidade Passo Fundo (Campus Carazinho) e ao município de Não-Me-Toque pelo acolhimento nas palestras do Projeto Sin@is 💻✨
Casas cheias, com gestores, educadores, forças de segurança e aplicação da lei e redes de proteção
O NUPVE-MPRS agradece à Universidade Passo Fundo (Campus Carazinho) e ao município de Não-Me-Toque pelo acolhimento nas palestras do Projeto Sin@is 💻✨
Casas cheias, com gestores, educadores, forças de segurança e aplicação da lei e redes de proteção
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It is Book Launch day for @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and My edited volume "Contemporary Far-Right Culture The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism"
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
September 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It is Book Launch day for @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and My edited volume "Contemporary Far-Right Culture The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism"
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
www.routledge.com/Contemporary...
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In 7 days (July 18), my book "QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement" is going to be published. It's grounded in 5 years of digital ethnographic work in QAnon milieus. I never thought my PhD research would be relevant 8 years after QAnon emerged.
www.routledge.com/QAnon-From-C...
www.routledge.com/QAnon-From-C...
July 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
In 7 days (July 18), my book "QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement" is going to be published. It's grounded in 5 years of digital ethnographic work in QAnon milieus. I never thought my PhD research would be relevant 8 years after QAnon emerged.
www.routledge.com/QAnon-From-C...
www.routledge.com/QAnon-From-C...
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There is a lack of understanding about this space and it behooves those working in it to understand it better. the threat landscape has shifted and so much we shift along with it, adapt, learn about it and then report about it.
August 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
There is a lack of understanding about this space and it behooves those working in it to understand it better. the threat landscape has shifted and so much we shift along with it, adapt, learn about it and then report about it.
Reposted by Michele Prado
Those of you falling for the click bait elements attackers leave behind should know better, than to fall for their trolling and having you publish click bait reporting or reporting filled with slurs.
August 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Those of you falling for the click bait elements attackers leave behind should know better, than to fall for their trolling and having you publish click bait reporting or reporting filled with slurs.