On the list below, you will find the 100 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and countering hate speech by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of November 2022.
Since mid-2017, we have filed many thousands of shares on LinkedIn. Almost all of these are posts of articles and documents about countering extremism and radicalization. The following is a current selection of our posts:
- Interview with Ms. Sofia Koller, Senior Research Analyst at the German Counter Extremism Project (CEP) (Bulan Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eHfwuy5M - Risks and responses repatriating foreign terrorist fighters and families (the interpreter): https://lnkd.in/eBZB4hu4
- RETHINKING SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXTREMISM: A BOOK REVIEW (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/eZxfFW3u
UK counter-terror strategy to be reviewed amid rise of ‘self-initiated’ terrorism and hateful online ideology (inews.co.uk):
https://lnkd.in/eQwzjJbZ
Stochastic terrorism appears to be on the rise globally. Extremism experts explain how this form of violence has gone mainstream (Business Insider):
https://lnkd.in/etjka3PW
New Zealand revamps deradicalisation program as anti-authority terror threat rises (The Guardian):
https://lnkd.in/e4z4rwwU
Resilience against radicalization and extremism in schools: Development of a psychometric scale (Frontiers in Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/e7Jvp3mZ
Barriers to the Successful Implementation of P/CVE Programs in Africa (European Eye on Radicalization):
https://lnkd.in/exuqCuPD
Insecurity: AU adopts new strategy on violent extremism, terrorism (Sky Daily, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/en8dr4Eb
De-recidivism, not de-radicalisation: Understanding the cognitive process among de-radicalised Indonesian terrorist returnees (Cogent Social Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/ertY4cQn
Community groups urge need to combat online hate speech at second counter-terrorism hui (NRZ, New Zealand):
https://lnkd.in/eZk95YWw
Women and Terrorism. Hidden Threats, Forgotten Partners (Council on Foreign Relations):
https://lnkd.in/ec-d2RN9
Countering Violent Extremism Governance and Communications Strategy Paper (USAID via RUSI):
https://lnkd.in/eUTQppjA
PAVE (Preventing and Addressing Violent Extremism through Community Resilience in the Western Balkans and the MENA) Reports on Online and Offline (De)radicalisation in the Balkans and MENA:
https://lnkd.in/eMkpudsN (Online and Offline (De)radicalisation in the Balkans and MENA Region Synthesis Report)
https://lnkd.in/eXsseeen (Paper Online and Offline (De)radicalisation in the Balkans)
https://lnkd.in/epTMBfhX (Working paper on online and offline (de)radicalisation in the MENA)
Extremists are Seeping Back into the Mainstream: Algorithmic Detection and Evasion Tactics on Social Media Platforms (Homeland Security Today):
https://lnkd.in/efmiQSWQ
Mobilising Youth for Preventing Violent Extremism (The National Peace Council via Lankaweb):
https://lnkd.in/eP95g68r
The Continuing Threat of Extremist Islam in Southeast Asia (European Eye on Radicalization):
https://lnkd.in/dt7U93rj
Extremists use video games to recruit vulnerable youth. Here’s what parents and gamers need to know (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/eMQpDrER
Exploring Individual Drivers of Violent Extremism in North Macedonia through Life-Course Trajectory (Minerva RLEC):
https://lnkd.in/ehwD3xT8
TPV #12: Issues up close: Facing radicalization and extremism in times of societal unrest (Terrorism and Political Violence, Utrecht University):
http://uu.nl/en/tpv
Experts fear rising global ‘incel’ culture could provoke terrorism (The Guardian):
https://lnkd.in/eyTDcyek
RAN Practitioners Update 102 | October 2022 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/ed7FnJEh
Sweden postpones introduction of tougher measures against extremism (The Local, Sweden):
https://lnkd.in/eZWgtA9G
Twitter layoffs raise questions about future of infrastructure and moderation (The Guardian):
https://lnkd.in/e8fuahAR
A group of RAN practitioners in Finland are taking an incredibly holistic approach to prevention (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eE7hBuwV
Do Violent Homes Make Violent Extremists? How childhood experiences around domestic violence may be driving terrorism worldwide (Women Without Borders):
https://lnkd.in/eQC6ysW9
Freedom of expression is key to countering disinformation (OHCHR):
https://lnkd.in/esQEeX_i
Counter-terror strategy to be updated to tackle online hate (Public Technology):
https://lnkd.in/e6GkWmu3
There is no security without media freedom (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/gGXdneca (Press Release)
https://lnkd.in/gUN83Wyc (OSCE Report)
Between perpetration and prevention of violent extremism: Accounting for gender (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eAuDXnHE
Islamic extremism in UK is ‘a bigger issue than we are willing to accept’: Counter-terror strategy is to be reviewed after report finds Prevent programme puts focuses on protecting terrorists over the public (Daily Mail):
https://lnkd.in/eF2FdijW
Analyzing the Targets of Hate in Online Social Media (Proceedings of the Tenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media):
https://lnkd.in/eRiyBZeh
PAVE (Preventing and Addressing Violent Extremism through Community Resilience in the Western Balkans and the MENA) Publications on the Balkans and the MENA Region:
https://lnkd.in/ejNb8Tez (Cumulative Extremisms in the Balkans and MENA Region Synthesis Report)
https://lnkd.in/emj4g3dp (Interactions between State and Religious Institutions in the Balkans and MENA region Synthesis Report)
https://lnkd.in/ezTpCmss (Working paper Cumulative Extremisms in the Balkans)
https://lnkd.in/e6tZpgD2 (Working paper Interactions between States and Religious Institutions in the Balkans)
https://lnkd.in/esPWQvkp (Working Paper Interactions between States and Religious Institutions in the MENA Region)
Neuroscientists, Geneticists and Cultural Theorists Bring New Tools and Perspectives to Conflict Studies (XCEPT):
https://lnkd.in/eTMFkC8n
The Virality of Hate Speech on Social Media (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eKQFJiPX#
Zooming in on hate Episode 12: Council of Europe (European Observatory on Online Hate):
https://lnkd.in/efkWyUfF
PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume XVI, 2022:
https://lnkd.in/eAfXDRNh
PAVE (Preventing and Addressing Violent Extremism through Community Resilience in the Western Balkans and the MENA) Conceptual Framework on Violent Extremism:
https://lnkd.in/e-B9Zinb (Preventing and Adressing Violent Extremism: A Conceptual Framework)
A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy (nature human behaviour):
https://lnkd.in/gtiUivs8
RELIGIOUS RADICALISM AND SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA (ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES):
https://lnkd.in/exdn_KWT
Delhi Declaration Underscores Need for Public-Private Partnerships to Tackle Online Terrorism (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/e9-HkmNR
Defining and identifying hate motives: bias indicators for the Australian context (CRIS):
https://lnkd.in/en9rayWv
Disrupting the Narrative: Diving Deeper into Section 230 Political Discourse (The Center for Growth and Opportunity):
https://lnkd.in/eVdJiPJg
Hate speech or free speech: an ethical dilemma? (International Review of Sociology):
https://lnkd.in/eYmCSsFN
ONLINE EXTREMIST ECOSYSTEMS? REFLECTIONS FROM A CRITICAL CROSS-DISCIPLINARY DISCUSSION (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/e9jrqQfE
The Metaverse: How can P/CVE Practitioners negotiate the Brave New World? (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/etYjjXPj
Perceptions of climate change and violent extremism: Listening to local communities in Chad (Unicri & Swissaid):
https://lnkd.in/gFrUsnwv
Interventions to End Online Violence Against Women in Politics (NDI):
https://lnkd.in/euKxQub9
Launch of national platform for threatened academics (Radboud University):
https://lnkd.in/ehsb55K9
Hate Speech Law Reform w/ Lisa Woods: November 4th, 2022 (New Zealand Current Affairs):
https://lnkd.in/ePHUiXHS
Stepping up for Peace and Security: young women as agents of change (Helga Maria Schmid, OSCE Secretary General):
https://lnkd.in/eHBWGKPf
APU calls for fight against violent extremism, global terrorism (chronicle.co.zw):
https://lnkd.in/ejkCSk2C
Ligante#5 – Radikalisierungsprävention und Polarisierung (BAG RelEx):
https://lnkd.in/euSH4yTw
Final report of the Commission expert group on tackling disinformation and promoting digital literacy through education and training (European Union):
https://lnkd.in/eFsaXMcW
Spotlight on COVID-19, Violent Extremism and Anti-Government Movements, October 2022 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/evsVJFYd
Anti-government extremism could spill into violence, terrorism agency warns (DutchNews.nl):
https://lnkd.in/e5tuDqh9
THE TERMS. … RECOMMENDED POLICIES FOR CORPORATIONS TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT TO ADDRESS HATEFUL AND HARMFUL ACTIVITIES ON THEIR PLATFORMS (CHANGE THE TERMS):
https://lnkd.in/e3Tmm-Ji
UNODC Partners with the Victims Voices Initiative to Support Victims of Terrorism in Belgium (UNODC):
https://lnkd.in/eXucEBZK
Online radicalisation threatens our civic fabric — Who’s to blame? What can be done? (ABC, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eKRnG6cY
It’s All Fun and Games, Until It’s Not: The Risks of Gamified Violent Extremism and How We Can Tackle It (RUSI Europe):
https://lnkd.in/e9sVWBW4
Going to Extremes – Podcast by the UNOCT Bi Hub to Counter Terrorism – S1E1 with Sophia Moskalenko:
https://lnkd.in/dWA9Jpu7
Incels: how online extremism is changing (The Economist):
https://lnkd.in/eAkV8ir8
Spotlight on Schools and Education (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/ek3iahkk
Hate Crime Laws: A Practical Guide. Revised Edition (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/etGr9qcw
Somalia switches off media outlets allegedly used by Al-Shabaab (The EastAfrican):
https://lnkd.in/emsRumiX
A review on abusive content automatic detection: approaches, challenges and opportunities (PeerJ Computer Science):
https://lnkd.in/e4XJaqsQ
Online radicalisation threatens our civic fabric — Who’s to blame? What can be done? (ABC, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eKRnG6cY
Human-Machine Collaboration Approaches to Build a Dialogue Dataset for Hate Speech Countering (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eDdGu87H
Review of government counter-terror strategy to tackle threats (UK Home Office):
https://lnkd.in/ejAUgDtw
New media laws to address the dark side of cyberspace (Icelandic National Broadcasting Service):
https://lnkd.in/ecjgd9h5
Study finds link between online and offline violence against women journalists (News Drum, India):
https://lnkd.in/eymgQabk
Why Is It Hate Speech? Masked Rationale Prediction for Explainable Hate Speech Detection (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eacpuvX9
Affiliated with ISIS: Challenges for the return and reintegration of women and children (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eVPtXApn
RAN: Approaches for Preventing Polarisation at the Community Level (via Strong Cities):
https://lnkd.in/e63fe43p
Going to Extremes – Podcast by the UNOCT Bi Hub to Counter Terrorism – S1E2 with Mubin Sheikh:
https://lnkd.in/d5jwHXkC
Hate Crime and Hate Speech in Europe: Comprehensive Analysis of International Law Principles, EU-wide Study and National Assessments (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/eDJePxTQ
No Hate Speech Movement. The No Hate Speech Movement was a youth campaign led by the Council of Europe Youth Department:
https://lnkd.in/e5P7gV36
A Comparative Analysis of the Factors Predicting Fears of Terrorism and Cyberterrorism in a Developing Nation Context (Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies):
https://lnkd.in/engFVvQZ
Online Safety – Against Extremism (Sandwell Prevent):
https://lnkd.in/ecipPCaS
The Role of the UN Security Council in Countering Terrorism & Violent Extremism: The Limits of Criminalization? (RESOLVE Network):
https://lnkd.in/e9RCzAEG
World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/e5FrH9Gj
Proceed with Caution: On the Use of Computational Linguistics in Threat Assessment (PsyArXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eTp8UaFp
The Role of Perceived Injustice and Need for Esteem on Incel Membership Online (GNET):
https://lnkd.in/gXAXkf33
Eye on Islamism: The current threat of jihadism and its potential evolution (CEP Podcast: Fighting Terror):
https://lnkd.in/e5ZKHjXb
Attitudes Towards Violence in Urban Afghanistan Before the Taliban Takeover (RUSI):
https://lnkd.in/ei8BCm5W
5 things to know about our report on online public discourse in the MENA region (Democratic Reporting International):
https://lnkd.in/eNEtcwtw
Working Paper: Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Children Returned from Syria and Iraq (Bulan Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eypE49RV
Awareness-raising workshop and national consultations on counter proliferation financing in the Philippines (UNICRI):
https://lnkd.in/eh9Y-cPT
Rethinking Social Media and Extremism (Australian National University):
https://lnkd.in/e8hErgQx
Extremists are Seeping Back into the Mainstream: Algorithmic Detection and Evasion Tactics on Social Media Platforms (GNET RESEARCH):
https://lnkd.in/eDAif56r
Strategic exclusion, co-option and containment: towards an integrative theory of state-CSOs relations (Critical Studies on Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/enqh9KsA
Explainability in Hate Speech Detection (TU Wien):
https://lnkd.in/eM-eWqm4
Key Takeaways | Online Toxicity Masterclass (Spectrum Labs):
http://ow.ly/bW0w50LssKp
Regulators crack down on social media influencers (Public Technology, London):
https://lnkd.in/gwnn3C8C
Breaking News: Responding to Netherlands repatriating women and children from Syria (Fighting Terror):
https://lnkd.in/eZRrKPUB
SCHULUNGEN FÜR DAS COMMUNITY-MANAGEMENT. Hasskommentare moderieren lernen, konstruktive Online-Debatten fördern (Landesanstalt für Medien NRW):
https://lnkd.in/eZ48-AF8
The Chilling: A global study of online violence against women journalists (ICFJ):
https://lnkd.in/gmeHxBah
Laboratory for Childhood Protection Online Charter (Elysée, France):
https://lnkd.in/enk-S7i2
Interview with Michele Tallarini on radicalization and extremism in the Sahel (ITSS Verona):
https://lnkd.in/ejQNzSYZ
Homophobic Hate Speech On The Rise In Europe, Says New Report (RadioFreeEurope):
https://lnkd.in/e-iYD2wc
More on countering extremism and hate speech:
counter-terrorism.org
Preventhate.org