OSINT: The Digital Force-Multiplier for Extremist Violence
By Timothy Kappler| GNET
Mar282024| gnet-research.org
Oct152025| gnet-research.org
Digital sex crimes such as South Korea’s molka (hidden camera) phenomenon and the Nth Room case are frequently described as criminal acts or cultural aberrations. However, these practices warrant deeper recognition as manifestations of gender-based violent extremism that exploit digital infrastructures to scale, monetise, and normalise misogynistic harm. These crimes are technologically mediated and transnational in scope, and ideologically coherent, […]| GNET
The digital bulletin, Light of Darkness, was originally conceived as a supplementary component to Voice of Khurasan and has gradually consolidated its status as an independent and specialised publication produced under the auspices of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP). Its principal objective is not the dissemination of propaganda directed at external audiences. Instead, it prioritises the internal dissemination of […]| GNET
On 10 September 2025, in Orem, Utah, right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. Investigators later reported that the suspect, Tyler Robinson, had etched obscure internet memes onto bullet casings recovered with the weapon. Two weeks later, in Dallas, a gunman opened fire from a rooftop at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, killing one […]| GNET
Content disclaimers: All identifiers referencing real-life cases will be anonymised with pseudonyms, noting that in Australia, names are publicly withheld during the reporting of any arrest, indictment and sentencing. Cases that have been finalised reference those convicted real names where available. Over the past decade, Australia has seen the rise of a generation of ‘digital natives.’ These are young people […]| GNET
Ghost guns, in particular 3D-printed guns, have been gaining popularity among youth, with several criminal violent extremist examples in recent years. Just this month, a 13-year-old boy was arrested in Washington for possessing a large cache of weapons and making threats to carry out a school shooting. Among the collection of 23 firearms, several were manufactured with a 3D-printer. This […]| GNET
In January 2025, a man named James Wesley Burger used Roblox—a platform designed for creativity and youth engagement—to openly issue threats of ideologically motivated violent extremist attacks. The case illustrates a disturbing trend: extremists appear to exploit Roblox to radicalise, recruit, and mobilise users, raising urgent questions about safety on one of the world’s most popular gaming platforms. While often […]| GNET
By David Wells| GNET
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By Francis Okpaleke| GNET
Since 2021, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reformed its organisational structure every year – imitating the Taliban’s insurgency model – to recruit, radicalise, and incite violence. TTP has paid particular close attention to managing its information warfare. The terror group meticulously disseminates ideological narratives to defend its militant campaign in Pakistan and rebut the Pakistani state’s efforts to undermine its legitimacy […]| GNET
On 8 July 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the global standard setter for countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) – published “the most extensive global assessment of terrorist financing risks to date”, drawing on contributions from over 80 jurisdictions in the FATF’s global network for the first time in 10 years. Given the increasing importance of new […]| GNET
By Abraham Ename Minko| GNET
By Ricardo Cabral Penteado| GNET
By Alessandro Bolpagni and Eleonora Ristuccia| GNET
By Imtiaz Baloch| GNET
By Beatriz Buarque| GNET
