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PSYCHOLOGY | Several large randomised controlled trials either exposed people to a short video or a control video about ‘freezer burn’. Then asked people how manipulative they found a series of arguments and how willing they were to share them with others.
The inoculated groups became much better at identifying which posts contained a specific manipulation strategy and were subsequently less likely to want to share this type of content with others in their social network.
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A Psychological Vaccine Against Misinformation
This article is an edited excerpt from Sander’s book, ‘Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity’.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
PSYCHOLOGY | Several large randomised controlled trials either exposed people to a short video or a control video about ‘freezer burn’. Then asked people how manipulative they found a series of arguments and how willing they were to share them with others.
CTE | Military intelligence managed to successfully infiltrate the IRA, and UTV has spoken to someone who did just that during the mid-1980s.
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Stakeknife: The terrorist turned spy protected at all costs — UTV
Frederico Scappaticci grew up in the Republican heartland of the Markets in south Belfast.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
CTE | Military intelligence managed to successfully infiltrate the IRA, and UTV has spoken to someone who did just that during the mid-1980s.
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🎄 | Season’s greetings from the SECRPOL team!
Thank you to all our followers, old and new.
Here’s to 2026 being a peaceful, progressive and hopeful year across the world.
Warm wishes for a safe and restorative festive season.
🌍 #peace
Thank you to all our followers, old and new.
Here’s to 2026 being a peaceful, progressive and hopeful year across the world.
Warm wishes for a safe and restorative festive season.
🌍 #peace
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🎄 | Season’s greetings from the SECRPOL team!
Thank you to all our followers, old and new.
Here’s to 2026 being a peaceful, progressive and hopeful year across the world.
Warm wishes for a safe and restorative festive season.
🌍 #peace
Thank you to all our followers, old and new.
Here’s to 2026 being a peaceful, progressive and hopeful year across the world.
Warm wishes for a safe and restorative festive season.
🌍 #peace
CTE | A man has been charged following a cross-border police investigation into violent right-wing extremism.
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Man charged in investigation into violent right-wing extremism — Belfast News Letter
A man has been charged following a cross-border police investigation into violent right-wing extremism.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
CTE | A man has been charged following a cross-border police investigation into violent right-wing extremism.
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UK | Videos posted on social media show members of far-right group Raise the Colours in Normandy claiming to have found and destroyed small boats that would have made the journey across the Channel and directly confronting supposed undocumented migrants.
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'Stop the boats': British far-right activists accused of harassing migrants in Calais — FRANCE 24 English
British activists have made multiple visits to the beaches of northern France in recent weeks, saying they want to stop undocumented migrants from crossing the channel in small boats. Migrant support ...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
UK | Videos posted on social media show members of far-right group Raise the Colours in Normandy claiming to have found and destroyed small boats that would have made the journey across the Channel and directly confronting supposed undocumented migrants.
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UK | The contemporary far right is seeking to transform Christianity into a vehicle for cultural and ethnic supremacism.
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Opinion | The Guardian view on far-right perversions of the Christmas message: promoting a gospel of hate — The Guardian
Editorial: A Tommy Robinson-inspired carol service is the latest sign of a burgeoning Christian nationalist movement. The Church of England is right to push back
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December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
UK | The contemporary far right is seeking to transform Christianity into a vehicle for cultural and ethnic supremacism.
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How the immersive and interconnected nature of the Metaverse could be exploited by terrorists and violent extremists for recruitment, coordination, training, propaganda, financing, or cyber-threats.
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ONLINE | How the immersive and interconnected nature of the Metaverse could be exploited by terrorists and violent extremists for recruitment, coordination, training, propaganda, financing, or… | SECR...
ONLINE | How the immersive and interconnected nature of the Metaverse could be exploited by terrorists and violent extremists for recruitment, coordination, training, propaganda, financing, or cyber-t...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How the immersive and interconnected nature of the Metaverse could be exploited by terrorists and violent extremists for recruitment, coordination, training, propaganda, financing, or cyber-threats.
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PSYCHOLOGY | 5 early signs a couple is slowly drifting apart.
This article pins down the first indicators worth paying attention to, based on long-term, peer-reviewed research tracking couples over years and sometimes decades.
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This article pins down the first indicators worth paying attention to, based on long-term, peer-reviewed research tracking couples over years and sometimes decades.
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5 Early Signs A Couple Is Slowly Drifting Apart, By A Psychologist — Forbes
The earliest signs of relationship dissatisfaction looks surprisingly trivial until we learn how to put them together.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
PSYCHOLOGY | 5 early signs a couple is slowly drifting apart.
This article pins down the first indicators worth paying attention to, based on long-term, peer-reviewed research tracking couples over years and sometimes decades.
@drrobwray.bsky.social
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This article pins down the first indicators worth paying attention to, based on long-term, peer-reviewed research tracking couples over years and sometimes decades.
@drrobwray.bsky.social
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LATEST | Anti-migrant activists are increasingly making trips to northern France to harass migrants and charity workers. Holly Bancroft examines this disturbing new trend.
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‘You’re not welcome in our country’: The far-right agitators travelling to Calais to abuse small-boat migrants — The Independent
Anti-migrant activists are increasingly making trips to northern France to harass migrants and charity workers. Holly Bancroft examines this disturbing new trend
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December 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
LATEST | Anti-migrant activists are increasingly making trips to northern France to harass migrants and charity workers. Holly Bancroft examines this disturbing new trend.
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The Trump administration is engaged in open hostilities with the European Union, turning long-simmering feuds over free speech, Ukraine and mass migration into official U.S. policy.
Trump's new cold war with Europe
"It is a declaration of political war on the EU," said one former top diplomat.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Trump administration is engaged in open hostilities with the European Union, turning long-simmering feuds over free speech, Ukraine and mass migration into official U.S. policy.
BREAKING | Police have arrested three people under a terrorism act as part of a cross-border investigation into what it called "violent right-wing extremism".
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Police arrest three people in 'violent right-wing extremism' investigation — Belfast Live
Northern Ireland Police did not provide details surrounding the reason for the arrests of two men and one woman
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December 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
BREAKING | Police have arrested three people under a terrorism act as part of a cross-border investigation into what it called "violent right-wing extremism".
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CTE | understanding the dynamics of communication and community within these fringe spaces, highlighting the role of collective identity in the far right's virtual community-building model.
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The Gift of Gab: A Netnographic Examination of the Community Building Mechanisms in Far-Right Online Space
Major social media platforms have recently taken a more proactive stand against harmful far-right content and pandemic-related disinformation on their sites. However, these actions have catalysed t...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
CTE | understanding the dynamics of communication and community within these fringe spaces, highlighting the role of collective identity in the far right's virtual community-building model.
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RESEARCH | If a totalitarian regime were actively committing genocide, for example, it would seem wrong to label those fighting against it as extremists, and it would seem just as wrong to grant the regime the power to do so.
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The Psychology of Extremism
New research claims that adverse developmental conditions in one’s early life combined with a lack of protective factors can set the stage for radicalization.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
RESEARCH | If a totalitarian regime were actively committing genocide, for example, it would seem wrong to label those fighting against it as extremists, and it would seem just as wrong to grant the regime the power to do so.
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CANADA | Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism in Ontario de-radicalises members of the far right through organisations such as Life After Hate.
Due to the lack of content moderation on platforms like X, social media has become a “hot bed” for far-right recruitment.
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Due to the lack of content moderation on platforms like X, social media has become a “hot bed” for far-right recruitment.
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Paramilitary “Fitness Clubs.” Anti-Trans Crusades. Far-Right Extremism Is Here — The Walrus
White nationalism is gaining ground in Canada
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December 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
CANADA | Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism in Ontario de-radicalises members of the far right through organisations such as Life After Hate.
Due to the lack of content moderation on platforms like X, social media has become a “hot bed” for far-right recruitment.
apple.news/A07MW6vBGS0S...
Due to the lack of content moderation on platforms like X, social media has become a “hot bed” for far-right recruitment.
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US | Fuentes also allegedly was involved in the January 6 capitol riot, though never charged with any crimes, and even attended a dinner at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence with West in November 2022.
During the segment that aired on Monday (December 8), Fuentes, who called Hitler 'f***ing cool', was asked why he had such admiration for 'the most genocidal monster of the last 150 years'.
Sigh.
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Sigh.
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Who is white nationalist Nick Fuentes as he calls Hitler 'f**king cool' during Piers Morgan interview — UNILAD
The presenter grilled the far-right commentator on his historically offensive comments including views on women and the Holocaust
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December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
US | Fuentes also allegedly was involved in the January 6 capitol riot, though never charged with any crimes, and even attended a dinner at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence with West in November 2022.
ONLINE | In internet culture, Agartha is often linked to the idea of the mythical Aryan homeland Hyperborea staple of esoteric Nazism. Hyperborea is populated by Aryans, white people with blond hair and blue eyes — a blueprint for the racial profile by neo-Nazis.
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What is Agartha? Esoteric Nazism Spreading on Meta Platforms, Followers Harassing Teachers
Agartha’s viral rise on Instagram and TikTok is pushing Nazi mythology into the mainstream, with teens using the meme to racially and religiously target teachers. As AI-generated Agartha content sprea...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ONLINE | In internet culture, Agartha is often linked to the idea of the mythical Aryan homeland Hyperborea staple of esoteric Nazism. Hyperborea is populated by Aryans, white people with blond hair and blue eyes — a blueprint for the racial profile by neo-Nazis.
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US | Although Oath Keepers’ armed militiamen and white supremacist Proud Boys drew headlines, the deadly Capitol assault was largely incited by Christian nationalist leaders who wove a narrative of divine mission, rallying thousands to Washington with calls to spiritual and political warfare.
Faith as a Weapon uncovers how Christian nationalism fueled January 6 and is now embedding a theocratic and authoritarian agenda within the U.S. government. The report profiles key leaders, explores their ideology, & exposes the political power driving these authoritarian policies.
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Faith as a Weapon: Inside America’s Theocratic Vanguard
Christian nationalism and theocratic extremists didn’t just inspired Jan 6 — they’ve taken over key parts of government, weaponizing faith to dismantle democracy and impose an authoritarian theocratic...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
US | Although Oath Keepers’ armed militiamen and white supremacist Proud Boys drew headlines, the deadly Capitol assault was largely incited by Christian nationalist leaders who wove a narrative of divine mission, rallying thousands to Washington with calls to spiritual and political warfare.
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In a new report, @freepress.bsky.social’s @attorneynora.bsky.social examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression, and analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and chill the most basic freedoms protected by the First Amendment
Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance
This Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and ...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In a new report, @freepress.bsky.social’s @attorneynora.bsky.social examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression, and analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and chill the most basic freedoms protected by the First Amendment
CTE RESEARCH | Highlights the complexity of factors that contribute to radicalisation as a product of intergroup dynamics than individual psychological traits. Framework for understanding how individuals and groups move toward extremes, including terrorism.
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CTE RESEARCH | This research highlights the complexity and variety of factors that contribute to radicalisation, emphasising that it is more a product of intergroup dynamics than individual… | SECRPOL
CTE RESEARCH | This research highlights the complexity and variety of factors that contribute to radicalisation, emphasising that it is more a product of intergroup dynamics than individual psychologi...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
CTE RESEARCH | Highlights the complexity of factors that contribute to radicalisation as a product of intergroup dynamics than individual psychological traits. Framework for understanding how individuals and groups move toward extremes, including terrorism.
www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo...
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US | The White House is now echoing Tommy Robinson in how it deals with Europe, alluding to conspiracy theories in official documents to stir up overseas support for the MAGA movement, The News Agents say.
Once a hard-right mindset that supposedly focused on “America first”, the recently revealed US National Security Strategy leans into ‘the great replacement theory’, and urges MAGA supporters in the EU to vote for far-right political parties to advance the movement.
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Trump vs Europe: Why The White House now sounds like Tommy Robinson — The News Agents
The White House’s “gobsmacking” National Security Strategy document alludes to racist conspiracy theories and gives Europeans subtle nudges to vote for far-right parties. Should this be getting more m...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
US | The White House is now echoing Tommy Robinson in how it deals with Europe, alluding to conspiracy theories in official documents to stir up overseas support for the MAGA movement, The News Agents say.
US | How can society police the global spread of online far-right extremism while still protecting free speech? That’s a question policymakers and watchdog organizations confronted as early as the 1980s and ’90s – and it hasn’t gone away.
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Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet. AI is the next frontier — Michigan Advance
How can society police the global spread of online far-right extremism while still protecting free speech? That’s a question policymakers and watchdog organizations confronted as early as the 1980s an...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
US | How can society police the global spread of online far-right extremism while still protecting free speech? That’s a question policymakers and watchdog organizations confronted as early as the 1980s and ’90s – and it hasn’t gone away.
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UK | The bishop of Kirkstall and the Church of England’s (C of E) co-lead on racial justice, has warned that the Church must act to “resist the capture of Christian language and symbols by populist forces seeking to exploit the faith for their own political ends”.
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Don’t exploit the Christian message for your populist politics, church leader warns Tommy Robinson — The Independent
Bishop calls for Church of England to confront far-right appropriation of Christianity in anti-migrant rhetoric – as Tommy Robinson plans mass Christmas event on Whitehall
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December 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
UK | The bishop of Kirkstall and the Church of England’s (C of E) co-lead on racial justice, has warned that the Church must act to “resist the capture of Christian language and symbols by populist forces seeking to exploit the faith for their own political ends”.
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LATIN AMERICA | A sense of horror in many places that this is a return to gunboat diplomacy, to the Monroe Doctrine, to the Americans treating the Caribbean as an American lake that they can control and do what they want in, don’t have to comply with international law.
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What to know about Venezuela, Maduro and Trump's possible military plans — Global News
The Trump administration has accused Maduro of leading a 'narco-terrorist' state that allows shipments of drugs to be trafficked into the U.S. and Europe.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
LATIN AMERICA | A sense of horror in many places that this is a return to gunboat diplomacy, to the Monroe Doctrine, to the Americans treating the Caribbean as an American lake that they can control and do what they want in, don’t have to comply with international law.
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PSYCHOLOGY | Former professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has discussed psychopathic traits in articles in Psychology Today - and whether or not being in a relationship with a psychopath is bad for you. Answer. Yes.
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You can tell someone is a psychopath by looking at just one part of them, according to psychologist — LADbible
Susan Krauss Whitbourne, a former professor of psychological and brain sciences, knows a psychopath when she sees one
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December 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
PSYCHOLOGY | Former professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has discussed psychopathic traits in articles in Psychology Today - and whether or not being in a relationship with a psychopath is bad for you. Answer. Yes.
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USA | This terrorising and demonising pretends to be in service of recreating a white America that never existed. The US when white supremacists like Trump were young was whiter, but this was never a white country.
The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy.
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Opinion | Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed — The Guardian
The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy
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December 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
USA | This terrorising and demonising pretends to be in service of recreating a white America that never existed. The US when white supremacists like Trump were young was whiter, but this was never a white country.