A Watchdog For P/CVE Content?
Regulation scares many. Despite this, we will ask the question: is there a need for a watchdog when it comes to documents on preventing and countering...Communicating Exemplary Successes in Deradicalisation
Why is it difficult for private instances engaged in deradicalisation efforts to communicate individual successes? The following note provides a short explanation. Oftentimes, people having undergone...Conflict Resolution: Practitioner Standards
Commonly, it is being differentiated between agency conflicts and structural conflicts, following the standard developed by practitioner Johan Galtung. Agency conflicts are characterized by a consciousness...Post-Extremism Prevention
Deradicalization means countering new bad influences from both third parties and former offenders. It also, maybe chiefly, means prevention. Although the word prevention is usually associated...Lone Wolves Exist After All
Over the past years, we have seen a shift from the position that so-called Lone Wolves – extremists having radicalized without much interactive or physical contact...Appreciative Communication
The summary introduction of the Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict states that aggression can be realized through language. While I agree, I have made the...Hiding Hate in Plain Sight: Extremists’ Obscured Branding
Extremists often employ subtle coding instead of being bold and blunt, be it via tentative allusions, fashion statements, or references to cultural items, such as music....Speaking Out Against Terrorism
When a person is on his way to rehabilitate from manifest hate or violent extremism, it is often helpful to give him some time. One would...Hate Speech Laws and Social Media Companies
The German government cabinet has passed a tougher stance against hate speech. What makes sense about the legal project, in Germany and elswhere, is to hold...Characteristics of ‘Abstract Radicalization’ Online
Some differences between personal, groomer-led radicalization and abstract, impersonal radicalization online: Personal radicalization online // Abstract, impersonal radicalization online one-on-one communication <-> content browsing, choice, and...Recent Posts
Review on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech. May 2022 (I/II) | Policyinstitute.net
The 50 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and of countering hate speech posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of May 2022. In…
Review on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech. April 2022 (II/II) | Policyinstitute.net
The 50 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and of countering hate speech posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the second half of April 2022. In…
Review on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech. April 2022 (I/II – Easter Edition) | Policyinstitute.net
The 50 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and of countering hate speech posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of April 2022. In…
The titles at Preventhate.org | Policyinstitute.net, 3 April 2022:
– What Free Speech Restrictions Would Citizens Like to Impose? (osf.io)– Retweet communities reveal the main sources of hate speech (PLoS One)– Regulating content won’t make the internet safer. We…
Review on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech. March 2022 (II/II) | Policyinstitute.net
The 40 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and of countering hate speech posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the second half of March 2022. In…
Review on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech. March 2022 (I/II) | Policyinstitute.net
The 30 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and of countering hate speech posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of March 2022. In…
Review on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech. February 2022 (II/II) | Policyinstitute.net
The 40 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and of countering hate speech posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the second half of February 2022. In…
The titles at Preventhate.org | Policyinstitute.net, 18 February 2022
– Hate Speech vs Free Speech: The Ongoing Debate and Challenges in the Globalized World (SSRN)– Impact and dynamics of hate and counter speech online (Springher Open)– Germany’s battle against…
Review on Countering Extremism and Hate Speech. February 2022 (I/II) | Policyinstitute.net
The 60 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and of countering hate speech posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of February 2022. In…
Homegrown Violent Extremism – A Term Misleading in Denotation?
Domestic, or homegrown, violent extremism has in recent times been associated with the ‘accelerationist’ movement, accelerationism harking back to the idea that the state is somehow weak and could be…