On the list below, you will find the first part of the 140 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and countering hate speech by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of February 2023. Part a and b of this issue contain 70 links each.
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.
The Top 3 posts, as part of this issue, are as follows:
- Former counter-terror chief hits out at ‘insulting’ findings of Prevent review (The Guardian):
https://lnkd.in/e6CY4CAR - NCTC Guide: The Structure of Violent Extremist Ideologies (National Counterterrorism Center via public intelligence):
https://lnkd.in/e6BG_Txw - Risky online behaviour ‘almost normalised’ among young people, says study (The Guardian):
https://lnkd.in/eq-ukWzh
Enjoy browsing and reading!
Sub-Saharan Africa Is ‘New Epicenter’ of Extremism, Says UN (AP via VOA News):
https://lnkd.in/eKUuMP73
Ending terrorism and violent extremism through community-based reintegration (Nigerian News Direct):
https://lnkd.in/ei7Mr7DR
5 Ways Teachers Can Confront Students’ Exposure to Andrew Tate and Other Online Extremists (EducationWeek):
https://lnkd.in/eVF6upA7
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Foundations of Targeted Violence Prevention (DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis):
https://lnkd.in/eS2nb5gw
Policy Lessons on Reducing Gender-based Violence (World Bank):
https://lnkd.in/eUM-NJnc
Islamists to be identified as biggest terror threat in landmark report on extremism (Express, UK):
https://lnkd.in/ev-5sa7U
UN approves Iraq’s request to designate international day to combat extremism (Iraqi News):
https://lnkd.in/eKDc7DGr
Prevent accused of treating terrorism like a mental illness rather than a threat in official report (The Telegraph):
https://lnkd.in/eZdzT5nw
The dark side of AI: Book warns that algorithms may be generating hate and discrimination (TechXplore):
https://lnkd.in/e8DhRsda
Etidal, Telegram remove 15m items of extremist online content (Arab News):
https://lnkd.in/e3aY3b9H
International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism, 12 February (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/eptRgV2s
UK Muslim groups linked to extremism face funding cuts, increased monitoring (Arab News):
https://lnkd.in/eWmTFrYT
What you need to know about preventing violent extremism through education (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/dy8pYufE
EU reveals a program to combat violence and extremism in Iraq (Iraqi News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eruyqNkJ
Rights abuses often ‘tipping point’ for extremist recruitment, UN study finds (The Guardian):
https://lnkd.in/eM8xdq6k
Big Social-Media Players might be Banned in Case of Legal Violations, EU Commissioner (Policyinstitute.net)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kochthorsten_home-activity-7028405655304617984-UUGK?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Power of sport to counter violent extremism amplified at UN (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/ghHuQHXE
Book Review: ‘Rethinking Islamism Beyond Jihadist Violence [by Dr. Elisa Orofino]’ (European Eye on Radicalization):
https://lnkd.in/eaFbiggn
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A New Study Shows How to Counter Violent Extremism Through “Social Cohesion” (Global Dispatches):
https://lnkd.in/e-8aY4GV
Warning Terrorist Threat Spreading to Increasing Number of Countries, Security Council Presidential Statement Stresses Need for Comprehensive, Consistent Counter-Strategy (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/ewPBrE5H
Strangers to blame for half of online hate cases, study finds (The Irish Examiner):
https://lnkd.in/eViAXufv
Online safety bill needs tougher rules on misogyny, say peers (The Guardian):
https://lnkd.in/erfR8cYa
Towards a Model of Radicalisation (Ghaffar’s Newsletter):
https://lnkd.in/dvSa83GK
King calls for greater racial harmony to prevent extremism (FMT, Malaysia):
https://lnkd.in/evQJpiff
STUDY CALLS FOR BIGGER MEDIA ROLE IN SOMALIA COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES (Wardheer News, Somalia):
https://lnkd.in/evS6JsCu
Saudi counter-extremism center works with Telegram to remove five million extremist posts in past two months (Arab News):
https://lnkd.in/eu92ZA6C
Preventing Extremism through Storytelling and Gaming (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/eU_vutmX
Lack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/eAecTN7z
Structural Issues Plague the Fight Against Terrorism in the Maldives (European Eye on Radicalization):
https://lnkd.in/em5wFXjf
Podcast…
Do Trauma Interventions Work? (XCEPT):
https://lnkd.in/euM69HY3
7 (Im)politeness theory (De Gruyter):
https://lnkd.in/eHKmBvsE
Experts demand better measures to protect children caught in conflict (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/gtftPGR2
Believability and Harmfulness Shape the Virality of Misleading Social Media Posts (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eRZyycgY
“We are totally exposed”: Young people share concerns about social media’s impact on privacy and mental health in global survey (Amnesty International):
https://lnkd.in/eCyAaygc
Islamist extremists face tough new terror crackdown: Report calls for a new focus on the threat and to end a ‘false equivalence’ with far-Right extremism (Mail Online, UK):
https://lnkd.in/ewJvHu56
Hate Speech: ‘Lost in Translation’? (Lexology):
https://lnkd.in/gxZfPGZj
THE COMPENDIUM OF PROMISING PRACTICES IN THE REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION OF ISIS-LINKED WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Netherlands, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (The Bulan Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eH36V6ha
The “incel” moral crisis. Don’t meme violent criminals into existence (The Critic, UK):
https://lnkd.in/e8Q3C-uF
Solving Antisemitic Hate Speech in Social Media through a Global Approach to Local Action (DeGruyter):
https://lnkd.in/eMWQFDC2
Hate speech: Nations fight back (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/eUgpRcFT
‘Prevent must focus on security not political correctness’: Suella Braverman demands ‘major reform’ of anti-terror programme after review found it’s not doing enough to tackle ‘non-violent’ Islamist extremism with too much focus on right-wing terror (Mail Online):
https://lnkd.in/gMQriSmQ
INTERRUPTING THE JOURNEY TO EXTREMISM. Development responses are crucial in preventing violent extremism (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eCWPx5BP
Cumulative extremism: Behind the scenes of toxic us-versus-them dynamics (flemish peace institute):
https://lnkd.in/evzYgZEP
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Breaking Cycles of Conflict: Do trauma interventions work? (XCEPT):
https://lnkd.in/e3x2Ze67
More women AI developers needed to fight online hate speech (Moonshot News):
https://lnkd.in/evisRi2X
Thwarting violence and extremism (Bangkok Post):
https://lnkd.in/ep7vVSub
The UN calls for a “code of conduct” on social media (SGT Report):
https://lnkd.in/gSnsnBT8
Government acts to overhaul Prevent in the fight against radicalisation (GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/eeYiSfsQ
Dynamics of Violent Extremism in Africa: Conflict Ecosystems, Political Ecology and the Spread of the Proto-State (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/exbX6J9Z
Journey to extremism in Africa: Pathways to recruitment and disengagement (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/e8qsVdr9
Thailand stepping up efforts in preventing multidimensional violence (The Nation Thailand):
https://lnkd.in/er4qkPEP
New Microsoft research illustrates the online risks and value of safety tools to keep kids safer in the digital environment (Microsoft):
https://lnkd.in/eiMBndqz
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What is fueling rampant terrorism in sub-Saharan Africa? | DW News (DW News):
https://lnkd.in/ephGn_KB
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Special Report: a magazine show looking at some of the trending topics in P/CVE (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eSugGHA6
Prevent counter-terror scheme lambasted in review (BBC News):
https://lnkd.in/gMxCAxVu
AI is listening in on gamer chat for toxic and abusive language (NewScientist):
https://lnkd.in/eDmVt8FQ
Audio…
Combating Terrorist Use of File-Sharing (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://bit.ly/3KtJBSz (Audio)
https://lnkd.in/ehDxwR4C (Transcript)
https://lnkd.in/e4wi9Vnf (Full Report)
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Eye on 4R Network: Coming Home – A first-hand account of reintegration stories from two former extremists (Fighting Terror)
https://lnkd.in/eTBbEBge
Stepping Forward: Parliaments in the Fight Against Hate Speech (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eeyw8eM5
“Cannot Be Any Compromise On Hate Speech At All”: Supreme Court (NDTV, India):
https://lnkd.in/enwxz_zT
How Facebook fuels religious violence (The Business Standard, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/eizZrR6s
The Process of The Transfer of Hate Speech to Demonization and Social Polarization (Politics and Governance):
https://lnkd.in/ehvqfUPk
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Social Media and Violent Extremist Organizations (dvids):
https://lnkd.in/g_CGerGw
From Atari to Allahu Akbar: Comparing White Supremacist and Jihadist Uses of Gamified Extremism (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/epYZkzbF
Social Influence Analysis (SIA) in Online Social Networks (WWU Münster):
https://lnkd.in/eyhc3gfr
Hope for better jobs eclipses religious ideology as main driver of recruitment to violent extremist groups in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eNKhxH_F
Free articles and analyses on soft counter-extremism and on countering hate speech:
counter-terrorism.org
Preventhate.org