🚨 Join us at GNET's Fourth Annual Conference in London on 29-30 May 2024.

Over 5 panels, speakers from across the globe will delve into emerging trends in extremism, technology & more. Can't attend in person? Virtual registration is available too!

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“The deadly return of Islamic State.” My latest for ⁦The New Statesman⁩ on the Moscow attack, the broader context of all this, and the often ignored historical trajectory of jihadist movements. newstatesman.com/world/middle-e…

It's that time of year again! Register now for this year's hybrid GNET conference, featuring presentations and discussions with international experts on terrorism, violent extremism and technology.

Registration and attendance is free.

GIFCT's academic arm GNET is hosting a workshop on responsible development & use of #AI to prevent & counter violent extremism.

▪️ Mar 26, 10PT/13ET/17GMT
▪️ Virtual
▪️ Free, but registration required

See the link for more info and to register.
gifct.org/events/artific…

📝 Check out the new report on 'Antisemitism in the Aftermath of October 7: How did we get here?'
extremism.gwu.edu/antisemitism-a…

Public Safety Canada You can find out more about READ on read.expert, and follow READ on LinkedIn here: linkedin.com/company/reposi…

🚨 We are delighted to announce that our READ project will be supported by Public Safety Canada for the next three years. READ seeks to provide a secure and controlled means for researchers and experts to access far-right/IMVE documents and primary sources.

canada.ca/en/public-safe…

This is an important development in the Right-Wing extremism research space and we are very grateful to Public Safety Canada for their support. Keep an eye out as we will have some exciting new developments in the coming months

As the manager of the READ project at ICSR, I was overjoyed to hear this. The support of Public Safety Canada will allow READ to provide researchers and practitioners with additional resources to better understand and respond to threats posed by far-right/IMVE ideologies.

Here is a PDF of my Commission for Countering Extremism UK Gov study 'Understanding and Responding to Blasphemy Extremism in the UK':
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65e9ba87…

📢APPLICATION OPEN: Join a Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) Working Group, bringing experts from diverse geographies & disciplines to advise & deliver on specific projects. Themes: (1) hash sharing inclusion (2) incident response frameworks (3) gaming community of practice
gifct.org/year-four-work…

🚨GNET is hiring! 🚨
We're looking for a Commissioning Editor & Project Manager to join ICSR to commission, edit and publish all GNET Insights, run all communications and oversee relationships with partners and contributors. Apply by 8 March! kcl.ac.uk/jobs/085489-gn…

Looking forward to today's GNET webinar on Artificial Intelligence & Violent Extremism. Open registration here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Great to see this fantastic volume published. Honored we had a chance to contribute and look forward to reading the undoubtedly excellent contributions of my War Studies colleagues

🎥 ICYMI: You can now watch a recording of Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware's book launch on our YouTube channel. Special thanks go out to Co-Director Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens for chairing this event!

youtube.com/watch?v=kW8nW7…

⌛️Less than a week to go until our first online GNET workshop of the year on 'Artificial Intelligence and Violent Extremism: Understanding the Landscape' with Daniel Siegel, Μ (Μέλι) 🪬 and Achi Mishra
🗓️Tues 20 Feb at 5pm GMT/12pm EST
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🗓️Join us on 20 Feb at 5pm GMT for our workshop 'Artificial Intelligence and Violent Extremism: Understanding the Landscape' with Daniel Siegel, Μ (Μέλι) 🪬 and Achi Mishra on the use of AI to recruit, produce propaganda & manipulate political outcomes
gnet-research.org/events/gnet-wo…

📚BOOK LAUNCH: Our hybrid panel will explore the linguistic, ethical & legal aspects of counterspeech, functions & effectiveness of counterspeech, + questions how we can use modern tech to advance counterspeech responding to online harm. JOIN US! crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/41356/

Our study on the German-speaking far right online unveils critical insights for understanding and countering their tactics. Today, we delve into key findings related to online platforms and ideological dissemination ⬇️ isdglobal.org/isd-publicatio…

My response to a recent The Times and The Sunday Times article, attacking my colleagues and me at King's College London for being 'woke' and apologists for terrorism.👇