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 January 2022. In descending order.
Since mid-2017, we have filed many thousands of shares on LinkedIn. Almost all of them are posts of articles and documents about countering extremism and radicalization. Below, you will find a current selection of our posts…
A former jihadi on what ‘countering violent extremism’ gets wrong (devex)
https://lnkd.in/eJ2S6sb4
Exploring Extreme Language in Gaming Communities (GNET)
https://lnkd.in/ePPbbZgm
Morocco Wages “Soft” War Against Islamic Extremism In Prisons (Worldcrunch)
https://lnkd.in/eHy-HUGr
Assessing Misogyny as a ‘Gateway Drug’ into Violent Extremism (GNET)
https://lnkd.in/erHX2G-M
‘Tendency of UN members to label terrorism into categories is dangerous’ (Business Standard, India)
https://lnkd.in/ey983e2j
Manipulating Access To Communication Technology: Government Repression or Counterterrorism (GNET)
https://lnkd.in/ehdPrx3i
Incels are targeting ‘next generation of extremists’ online. Could algorithm reform help? (Globalnews, Canada)
https://lnkd.in/eRgBGP5R
Assessing Misogyny as a ‘Gateway Drug’ into Violent Extremism (Homeland Security Today)
https://lnkd.in/evsZHsfd
Evaluating Strategies to Address Online Radicalization in Singapore (The Diplomat, Singapore)
https://lnkd.in/eEqU9sek
Extremism in the Metaverse (Int. Policy Digest)
https://lnkd.in/eQTZfZAh
Working with radicalised individuals: insights from a secondary and tertiary prevention program (Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression)
https://lnkd.in/gvXFP6wG
The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction (Nature)
https://lnkd.in/eqBdv7ht
Echo Chambers, Filter Bubbles, and Polarisation: a Literature Review (Reuters Institute, University of Oxford)
https://lnkd.in/e9WJKhbE
Twitter Suspended 44K Accounts for Promoting Terrorism, Violent Orgs in First Half of 2021 (Newsweek)
https://lnkd.in/g3dtwGA7
The online information environment. Understanding how the internet shapes people’s engagement with scientific information (The Royal Society)
https://lnkd.in/eseFJ4Q5
Understanding and Detecting Hateful Content using Contrastive Learning (arXiv)
https://lnkd.in/eCsZnCXP
The Role of Islamist Ideology in Shaping Muslims Believers’ Attitudes toward Terrorism: Evidence from Europe (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism)
https://lnkd.in/eSGqnHAt
Hate Speech: What It Is and Why It Matters (The Wire, India)
https://lnkd.in/esuV523W
How to spot U.S.-based violent extremists: U.S. officials release 42 indicators (CBS News)
https://lnkd.in/eq9BaD3G
Gender-Sensitive Approaches to FTF Child Returnee Management (ICCT)
https://lnkd.in/eyCvfhMD
Instagram Will Now Reduce the Reach of Posts That are ‘Likely’ to Contain Bullying of Hate Speech (SocialMediaToday)
https://lnkd.in/etKmv9NH
FROM THE VICIOUS CYCLE TO IDEOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE (VOX Pol)
https://lnkd.in/euubRm43
Terrorism as a Threat to World Security in the 21st Century: Causes, Education (Krakow University)
https://lnkd.in/e9n6ZGBT
Consequences of Extremist Digital Heritage on the Rehabilitation Process, December 2021 (EU RAN)
https://lnkd.in/euuZXJ3V
ShamimaBegum: An analysis of social media narratives relating to female terrorist actors (SAGE)
https://lnkd.in/ewg-Cf2V
Commission puts forward declaration on digital rights and principles for everyone in the EU (European Commission)
https://lnkd.in/g_qfMBnk
What We Know About Radicalization (Psychology Today)
https://lnkd.in/eTrVERSa
Resources (Organization for the Prevention of Violence)
https://lnkd.in/e_ZtbpXq
Book… THE DISINFORMATION AGE. Politics, Technology, and Disruptive Communication in the United States (Cambridge)
https://lnkd.in/gUusMDqu
Germany: Telegram becoming a ‘medium for radicalization’ (AP via ABC News)
https://lnkd.in/eDG6eHik
Highly Generalizable Models for Multilingual Hate Speech Detection (arXiv)
https://lnkd.in/eCqX7ihJ
What guidelines should the media follow in its coverage of #terrorist acts? (ICTR)
https://lnkd.in/dWpAqtw
European Parliament adopts position on Digital Services Act (The Parliament Magazine)
https://lnkd.in/eNhVzQ3Y
Twitter loses online hate speech court battle in France (Reuters)
https://lnkd.in/eDduTmVC
Distanzierung vom Salafismus (bpb)
https://lnkd.in/erVC-_98
How Digital Platforms Enhance Urban Resilience (MDPI)
https://lnkd.in/eSBqBjE7
Macro approaches to the study of radicalisation and violent extremism in MENA and the Balkans (CONNEKT)
https://lnkd.in/gHKRqw57
How Radio Programming Can Fight Violent Extremism in West Africa (NYU)
https://lnkd.in/eGG5BZHv
Parliamentary panel echoes 2017 hate speech proposals (Times of India)
https://lnkd.in/eHx93Uch
Podcast… Episode 5: Algorithms, Intelligence and Human Choice (RUSI)
https://lnkd.in/eEDSrpY2
CONTROL, ALT, OR DELETE? The UN cybercrime debate enters a new phase (Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime)
https://lnkd.in/eAJZB7Je
More on countering extremism and hate speech:
counter-terrorism.org
preventhate.org