The 80 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 July 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. This is a current selection of our posts:
Radicalisation threat on the rise: CTTC. Terrorist incidents however have come down significantly (The Daily Star, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/exYNHEEY
Counter-Terrorism & Peace Operations: The Impacts of UN Security Council Approaches to Tackling Terror on the Pursuit of Peace (via RESOLVE Network):
https://lnkd.in/eQCkbbGv
Gathering Storm: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Climate Change and Terrorism (Terrorism and Political Violence):
https://lnkd.in/ejpMqQhj
Radicalization begins at home (Dhaka Tribune):
https://lnkd.in/ekxXzMHy
Radicalisation in the digital era (RAND):
https://lnkd.in/gidXTCv
Countering extremism should remain a top priority (ARAB NEWS):
https://lnkd.in/eahKiG35
What Drives Counter-Extremism? The Extent of P/CVE Policies in the West and Their Structural Correlates (Terrorism and Political Violence):
https://lnkd.in/eS2GST9t
Aesthetic Violence: Mass Shooters and Online Antisocial Subcultures (GNET):
https://lnkd.in/eQGefFe7
European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend report 2022 (TE-SAT) (Europol):
https://lnkd.in/eVRQE8TE
UN stresses strategic communications to combat disinformation ‘weapon of war’ (c4isrnet):
https://lnkd.in/eVT3dhJc
Experiencing Hate Speech. Responses, Coping Strategies & Interventions. Compendium (Smart for Democracy and Diversity):
https://lnkd.in/euu_SSWa
Extremist groups use video games to recruit new members, experts say (abc 7, Denver):
https://lnkd.in/enFT4ipP
Prison Authority Has Adopted Rehabilitative Approach for Extremism Detainees – Official (MAP, Morocco):
https://lnkd.in/epf5YJfD
Persuading with Fantasy: Why Digital P/CVE Narrative Campaigns May Benefit from Fictional Elements (GNET):
https://lnkd.in/eYuHCjsK
Do more to counter violent extremism in Canada, MPs recommend (CBC, Canada):
https://lnkd.in/e747VprD
EU CRACKS DOWN ON HARMFUL ONLINE CONTENT WITH NEW LAWS (EU POLICIES):
https://lnkd.in/eGuzDHMy
UN Actions Against Hate Speech (International Press Syndicate):
https://lnkd.in/eQskyCca
The Warning Signs are Flashing Red: The Interplay Between Climate Change and Violent Extremism in the Western Sahel (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/eEGXkrt3
Podcast Folge #05 | Religion – Ressource oder Herausforderung in der Prävention? (KN:IX):
https://lnkd.in/eh6PpPU9
Learn the signs of radicalization and how to talk to kids about it (NPR):
https://lnkd.in/eh2fvkWs
The extremist watchers: How a network of researchers is searching for the next hate-fueled attack (USA Today):
https://lnkd.in/e28xgF-Z
WOMEN IN AMERICAN VIOLENT EXTREMISM: AN EXAMINATION OF FAR-RIGHT AND SALAFI-JIHADIST MOVEMENTS (Program on Extremism at George Washington University):
https://t.co/GUiwJX5ijK
Bangladesh to start de-radicalising campaign for jailed Islamists (The Print, India):
https://lnkd.in/e-aBqbCE
Sports can help prevent violent extremism in youth (Policinginsight):
https://lnkd.in/exA6eyJb
Separating Hate Speech and Offensive Language Classes via Adversarial Debiasing (Association for Computational Linguistics):
https://lnkd.in/e7DwnVAk
Sports can help prevent violent extremism in youth (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/eCnSFaYD
EXAMINING ONLINE MIGRATION TO TERRORIST AND VIOLENT EXTREMIST-OWNED DOMAINS (Tech Against Terrorism, Program on Extremism):
https://t.co/EvfGgFoA6z
Constructing “violence-affirming extremism”: a Swedish social problem trajectory (Critical Studies on Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/ei7bumJa
Critical thinking: can this “weapon against radicalisation” be taught? (Polytechnique Insights):
https://lnkd.in/eZ73hCRH
Contexts of Radicalization of Jihadi Foreign Fighters from Europe (PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM):
https://lnkd.in/evgbpMBi
Big Tech faces new curbs as European Parliament passes landmark rules (Politico):
https://lnkd.in/evp6NFSC
Applying a Transitional Justice Approach in Terrorism-Related Contexts to Ensure Sustainable Peace (Global Center On Cooperative Security):
https://lnkd.in/eZ82FknQ
Enhancing Efforts to Prevent Violent Extremism by Leveraging Behavioural Insights (UNDP e.a.):
https://lnkd.in/eTCE5SUu
EXPLORING EXTREMISM. PODCAST 2. Strategic Errors? Are communications interventions effective in preventing and countering violent extremism? (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eyNuPKnD
Toxic Social Media Accounts Don’t Deserve Your Follow. Here’s How To Spot Them (Huffington Post):
https://lnkd.in/eXnJZPXs
Hate Speech on Social Media: Global Comparisons (Council on Foreign Relations):
https://lnkd.in/eecn-a5
Bullying and Hate Speech: Two sides of the same coin? (via World Anti-Bullying Forum):
https://lnkd.in/eM3ktf6m
In fighting disinformation, what could ‘responsible’ uses of technology look like?
https://lnkd.in/eZ-FxTJ7
Why we must work with parliaments to tackle online hate speech and gender-based violence (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eYQud57u
Lessons from Africa: 20 Years of UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Policy (Resolve Network):
https://lnkd.in/eapR7gNE
Terrorist Financing and Technology: Understanding Approaches and Anticipating Risks (GNET):
https://lnkd.in/eHAMKhJP
MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES TO BUILD SOCIAL COHESION AND REDUCE VULNERABILITY TO VIOLENT EXTREMISM (USAID, Mercy Corps e.a.):
https://lnkd.in/eckn-YE6
The DRIVE Project – Resisting Radicalisation Through Inclusion (Leiden Security and Global Affairs Podcast):
https://lnkd.in/ei3acXEH
Steps forward in combating inequality and hatred using human rights approach (Council of Europe):
https://lnkd.in/e62FkAVt
The ideological and non-ideological underpinnings of violent extremism: An American study (moderndiplomacy):
https://lnkd.in/g6njkgbc
Die Rolle der Religion bei der Hinwendung zum religiös begründeten Extremismus (KN:IX):
https://lnkd.in/eecA5zr5
Social media plays large role in fomenting online hate – report
https://lnkd.in/eEzyebSP
THE PLAYFUL UNDERTONES OF RADICALIZATION (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/e872hHP4
Webinar on Contemporary online Islamist extremism (EU RAN):
https://buff.ly/3ylrTc0
National Security Adviser Launches Programme To Counter Violent Extremism (TVC News Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eHJH6CxF
When is online content harmful? Experts aren’t sure and that spells trouble for Ottawa (Canada):
https://lnkd.in/eqBpNA4t
Novel Hate Speech Detection Using Word Cloud Visualization and Ensemble Learning Coupled with Count Vectorizer (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/e2hjDYZf
How more robust evidence can help tackle terrorist and violent extremist content online (OECD Forum):
https://lnkd.in/e-D3PQKN
ECRI: European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (Council of Europe):
https://lnkd.in/er9pWtgQ
Podcast Episode 7: the Digital Services Act (European Observatory of Online Hate):
Tackling online hate speech through content moderation. The legal framework under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford):
https://lnkd.in/eqqT5mgu
European parliament adopts draft of Digital Services Act (Open Access Government):
https://lnkd.in/e4naXSie
Gazing inwards: A Discussion of the Potential of Norwegian Social Workers to Counteract the Negative Looping Effect of Radicalisation Labels (Journal for Deradicalization):
https://lnkd.in/ezqTCaSh
Online safety: Ofcom’s roadmap to regulation (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/ei-3P9Ti
Accepting Violence? A Laboratory Experiment of the Violent Consequences of Deliberation in Politically Aggrieved Enclaves (Terrorism and Political Violence):
https://lnkd.in/eHsBs6C8
Taxonomy of risks posed by language models (The University of Edinburgh):
https://lnkd.in/ervixDPx
Webinaire… Tendances et développements actuels de l’extrémisme islamiste en ligne (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/e_aQRnXJ
Webinaire Comment cibler des publics différents avec des campagnes de récits alternatifs (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eisFGV2s
End-to-end encryption is a ‘disaster’ for counter-terrorism … (Sky News):
https://lnkd.in/e7CznwZR
ANALYSIS: Social media vigilantism is alive, trending in South Africa. Social media owners and law enforcement need to curb the abuse of cyberspace to incite violence (Premium Times, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eVYm9zgW
The Importance of Public Relations in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/eDmrHFUN
MANAGING A WHOLE-OFSOCIETY APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM. Insights from the Flemish case (Flemish Peace Institute):
https://lnkd.in/e2s4iCTF
Facebook owner Meta enhances language translation AI (Evening Standard, UK):
https://lnkd.in/eB5BDeSK
UNESCO fights harmful content with community-led initiative (Mirage, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eFgx9zya
Social Media Governance and Strategies to Combat Online Hate Speech in Germany (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eJBwF7cq
Webinar on Digital EXIT Work (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/ethbgvpp
Visualyst uses AI to crawl videos for hate speech, violence, and other compliance issues (Innovation Origins):
https://lnkd.in/euXr2wAS
Dialogue prevents religious extremism, pope tells Jewish group (Catholic Herald):
https://lnkd.in/e8TTaBJm
CONFRONTING AND PREVENTING HATE IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS. A TOOLKIT (Canadian Anti-Hate Network):
https://lnkd.in/eVWSRsUF
Virtual event “Fighting Hate Speech: Global Perspectives… (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/ewGF2JUa
Tackling Online Hate Speech through Content Moderation: The Legal Framework Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/e2N-AzaA
Call for evidence: First phase of online safety regulation (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/eMkjHQD6
The Good Web (Stanford University):
https://lnkd.in/eNfdjMrA
Parent’s and Educator’s Quick-Guide to Hate Speech (Instagram):
https://lnkd.in/ea3kW22B
ELIMINATING ONLINE HATE SPEECH TO SECURE WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION (UN WOMEN):
https://lnkd.in/e6ayDgey
More on countering extremism and hate speech:
counter-terrorism.org
Preventhate.org