Sky News, Canada to repatriate British-born 'Jihadi Jack' along with 22 others held in Syria "Jack Letts, who was stripped of his UK citizenship in 2019 after fleeing to Syria to allegedly become an Islamic State ...

New from Shola Lawal, VICE, ‘We Need to Wake Up’: How ISIS Made Africa Its Second Home "An eerily specific terror alert issued by Western governments for one of Johannesburg’s wealthiest areas points to a seemingly unlikely suspect: ISIS."

Jane Flanagan, The Times/Apple News (Paywall), Isis funds terror with ‘Tinder’ love scams "... (But) the con artists behind a new wave of “Tinder terror” that has snared a growing number of lonely hearts on South Africa’s version of the dating app are not your typical love rats or fraudsters ...

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 ...

Al Jazeera, How Indonesia coaxes jailed hardliners away from extreme views

"Potential parole for Umar Patek, convicted over the Bali bombings, has drawn attention to Indonesia’s deradicalisation programmes."

Elisa Orofino, European Eye on Radicalization, Exploring Online Radicalization and How to Spot Extremist Content and What To Do About It: A British Case Study opinion/analysis

Karen Allen, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Terrorists’ use of tech in West Africa must be contained, 15 Sep 2022 "Incidents are rising in which social media and messaging apps are integral to terrorists’ modus operandi." This issue ...

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 media platforms’ recommendation systems restrict the flow of information ...

Global News, Canadian was ‘prolific propagandist’ in ISIS, U.S. prosecutors say, 25 Jul 2022 "A 39-year-old IT worker who grew up in Toronto, Khalifa left Canada in 2013 for Syria, where he underwent training and used his English-language skills to narrate ...

"The American Spy author Lauren Wilkinson, hailed by none other than President Obama, talks to former Jihad supporter turned undercover Canadian counter terrorism operative Mubin Shaikh. Host Rory Bremner hears about everything from how to foil a terrorist plot and AK47 envy to the moment you realise you’ve made a terrible error of judgement."
In ...

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, Bcove.Video, Yandex.Com, the IPFS ...

Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, Why an ISIS Propagandist Abandoned Islam, 31 March 2022 "“Seeing individuals dedicate themselves to tyrannical death cults led by suicidal maniacs is bad enough. Knowing that I may have contributed ...

Anass Barakeh, Inernational Policy Digest, Welcome to the Challenge of E-extremism "It has been reported that top officials with al-Qaeda are well-equipped to wage cyberattacks and are developing an extensive online library of training materials on how to conduct ...

Suzanne Smalley, Politico, Is Biden Ignoring a Key Tool to Combat Violent Extremists? "The role of social media in facilitating cross-border networking among white supremacists cannot be understated, many experts maintain."

Mohamed Bin Ali, The Dipolomat, Evaluating Strategies to Address Online Radicalization in Singapore "Youths are especially vulnerable to the emotional traps laid by these internet propagandists. They quickly absorb highly propagandist ...

Ng Jun Seng, Today, The Big Read: Jemaah Islamiyah emerges from the shadows, playing the long game

"Assoc Prof Ramakrishna said that youths are particularly vulnerable to radicalisation. In an age where they are looking for ...

Andrew Glazzard, Alastair Reed, ICCT, The Battlefield of the Media: Reporting Terrorism in Conditions of Conflict and Political Repression "This report synthesises the findings of four country case study papers which explored the challenges for journalists in ...

Daniel De Simone, BBC News, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Trailing Salman Abedi would have led to bomb, families say, 26 Oct 2021

"Following the two days of evidence from the MI5 officer, John Cooper QC read out a statement on behalf of several bereaved families.

"It ...

Guardian, David Amess killing: suspect referred to Channel counter-terror scheme in 2014 "Ali Harbi Ali was first referred to Prevent, the early intervention scheme designed to turn people away from the ...

Manchester Evening News, Inquiry Updates

This offers a transcript of key points made in the Inquiry, with some reference at this stage to the impact of online radicalisation issues."

Selected media coverage associated with the aftermath of Sir David Amess' murder is below, focusing on social media and radicalisation issues (usual disclaimers apply):

Isaac Crowson, Tom Wells, Nick Pisa, Mike Sullivan, The Sun, TWISTED ...

Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, Federal trial begins for ex-DePaul student accused of writing computer code to help spread ISIS propaganda, 4 Oct 2021

"Beginning in 2019, ...

Express and Star, ‘Topshop terrorist’ jailed for sending IS videos to undercover policewoman, 1 Sept 2021

This case refers to downloading and distribution of IS materials: "Ibrahim Roger Anderson, ...

SCMP, Eight in 10 young Indonesians risk being radicalised online. One man is leading the battle for their hearts and minds

"Muh Taufiqurrohman, a senior researcher at the Jakarta-based Centre for Radicalism ...

References to internet radicalisation influences here: Independent, Shamima Begum says she was a ‘dumb kid’ when she left to join Isis

"In an interview for a new documentary from the al-Roj prison camp in Syria where she is still being ...

Here's my tweet about a podcast featuring Mubin Shaikh. It's a fascinating case. The podcast is well put together too. The series is worth checking out. My link below goes to Spotify, but it's available elsewhere too:

Just came across the 'True Spies' podcast featuring @MrMubinShaikh ...

The National, Tunisian killer of French police worker was radicalised online

"The Tunisian national who killed a French police worker on Friday was radicalised online and watched videos glorifying violence, ...

Arab News, Crypto terror: Pakistan warns of digital currency crime spike

"Police in Pakistan say the use of digital currencies, including bitcoin, for international terror financing, as well as crimes such as extortion and ransom, is on the rise as authorities move to crack down on illegal methods of ...

BBC News, Youngest person in UK convicted of terrorism offence can go free - Parole Board

"During his trial, the court heard how at the age of 14, the boy adopted an older persona in messages to alleged Australian jihadist Sevdet Besim, 18, instructing him to kill police officers at the ...

BBC News, Reading park killer had long history of violence

"When applying for asylum, he [Khairi Saadallah] told Home Office officials he had been in the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia - which would later be banned in the UK as a terrorist organisation - but lied by claiming he ...

Deutsche Welle, Bali bombings: Is the suspected mastermind still a threat?

"Abu Bakar Bashir, a radical Islamic cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings, has been freed from prison. Although his release raises security concerns, experts ...

BBC News, Reading stabbings: Man motivated by 'religious jihad'

Details of the ongoing case relating to the triple-murders in 2020 in Reading. There is a web element:

"[Khairi] Saadallah had been due to be deported, but was told by the government circumstances ...

Foreign Policy, The Radicalization of Bangladeshi Cyberspace

"To some observers, these heavy-handed operations appeared to be ruthlessly effective. Unlike most of its neighbors, Bangladesh has avoided large-scale extremist violence ...

Nadia Henni-Moulaï, Middle East Eye, 'Olivier Roy: France's government fails to understand the nature of radicalisation'

"The political scientist and specialist in Islam talks about recent attacks in France, says government focus on ...

BBC News, Life after al-Shabab: Driving a school bus instead of an armed pickup truck

"The Somali militant group al-Shabab recruits thousands of foot soldiers, but also needs people to provide public services in the area it controls. Any caught trying to leave are put to death. At ...

Foreign Policy, Jihadist Networks Dig In on Social Media Across Central Asia