‘Blasphemy’ social media case
Duncan Gardham, Sky News, Twitter user who published image of severed head sentenced to five and a half years in prison, 11 May 2023 As well as tweeting out...
Prison Lit Watch
Sky News, Terrorists face tougher prison rules to prevent the spreading of extremist views behind bars, 30 April 2023 “There will also be limits on prisoners’ property, preventing extremists...
‘IS’ UK Recruit
Duncan Gardham, Sky News, Shabazz Suleman: British IS recruit who claimed he spent time in Syria ‘on Playstation’ pleads guilty to terror offence, 14 April 2023 “A former grammar...
Shamima Begum Case
BBC News, Friend who inspired Shamima Begum to join IS mocks her as non-believer, 22 March 2023. “Shamima Begum’s best friend, who she says inspired her to join IS,...
Radicalisation via Gaming
Kimberly Lim, SCMP/MSN, Singapore warns of radicalisation via gaming as 2 teens issued orders under ISA law, 21 Feb 2023 “In two separate cases, a 15-year-old boy considered beheading...
Algorithmic Detection
Brody McDonald, GNET, Extremists are Seeping Back into the Mainstream: Algorithmic Detection and Evasion Tactics on Social Media Platforms “The re-emergence of pro-ISIS accounts on mainstream platforms poses a...
Algorithms’ Impact
Joe Whittaker, GNET, Recommendation Systems and Extremism: What Do We Know?, 17 Aug 2022 “One of the most persistent policy concerns of recent years is the notion that social...
DNS and Radicalisation
Arthur Bradley & Deeba Shadnia, Examining Online Migration To Terrorist And Violent Extremist-Owned Domains (Tech Against Terrorism, GWU Program on Extremism Abstract: “This paper analyzes the use of terrorist...
Bangladeshi Radicalisation
Shafi Md Mostofa, The Diplomat, Cyber Radicalization by Bangladeshi Islamists “A 2021 media report says that Bangladeshi militants use multiple media outlets including Telegram, Hoop, Element, the Internet Archive,...