Spreading Fire: Arson, Social Media, and the Violent Extreme-Right in Ireland
By Anonymous Author| GNET
Indonesia’s massive gaming market, led by Mobile Legends, Free Fire, and PUBG Mobile, generates billions and functions as a digital economy where assets and accounts hold real value. Scholars in the P/CVE field have identified this wide-reaching global arena as one ripe for exploitation by violent extremist actors to exploit funding gaps. Specifically, virtual currencies, transfers, and resale markets may […]| GNET
On 6 May 2025, a new Islamic State-supportive unofficial media outlet emerged on Element. According to its website, Element is a messaging platform that emphasises secure communications through features such as end-to-end encryption and decentralisation. As GNET has noted before, the use of highly secure platforms such as Element by violent extremist and terrorist actors poses a challenge for both […]| GNET
Following the 2019 Christchurch massacre, 4chan users allegedly showcased their efforts to replicate and roleplay the terrorist attack in Arma 3, a 2013 commercially available military simulation (Milsim) released by Czech video game developer Bohemia Interactive (hereafter Bohemia). This misuse of the game was not unique. Indeed, observers documented an earlier instance in late 2016 of jihadist sympathisers sharing Arma […]| GNET
By Anonymous Author| GNET
The terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India, on 22 April 2025 marked a tragic moment in the country’s history. The attack killed 26 people and responsibility was claimed by an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir, The Resistance Front (TRF). As official ground-level investigations unfolded, a parallel conflict was already ensuing online. Messaging and social media platforms, particularly Telegram, WhatsApp, and X, […]| GNET
This Insight contributes to GNET’s PhD Researcher Series, highlighting emerging academic voices in the field of countering violent extremism and terrorism online. While antisemitism has long been a core ideological tenet within far-right extremist milieus across the West, recent years have seen a sharp rise in the number of antisemitic incidents across virtually all major Western countries. Digitally, antisemitic content […]| GNET
This Insight contributes to GNET’s PhD Researcher Series, highlighting emerging academic voices in the field of countering violent extremism and terrorism online. On 1 June 2025, two men broke into a military facility outside of Seattle, Washington, and attempted to steal thousands of dollars of equipment. After tracing the case to a nearby home, law enforcement officers quickly discovered more […]| GNET
By Ricardo Cabral Penteado| GNET
By Alessandro Bolpagni and Eleonora Ristuccia| GNET
By Imtiaz Baloch| GNET
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By Urszula Mrozowska| GNET
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By Beatriz Buarque| GNET
