On the list below, you will find the 125 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and countering hate speech by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the second half of May 2023.
Since mid-2017, we have filed many thousands of shares on LinkedIn to a network of now almost 6,000 followers and connections – shares of articles and documents about countering extremism and radicalization as well as on countering hate. This is a current selection of our posts.
The Top 5 posts, as part of this issue, are as follows:
- “It Gets a Bit Messy”: Norwegian Social Workers’ Perspectives on Collaboration with Police and Security Service on Cases of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism (Terrorism and Political Violence):
https://lnkd.in/ezNPprQt - The Role of Religious Institutions in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (IOM via United Nations Iraq):
https://lnkd.in/eAYtmk5D - Disengaging and Reintegrating Violent Extremists in Conflict Zones (USIP):
https://lnkd.in/eCP7zF7Y - The Oneness of God. Archaeology, Tawheed, and Islam (Policyinstitute.net):
https://shorturl.at/cikVW - Course material… Preventing and Addressing Violent Extremism Through Community Resilience (PAVE):
https://lnkd.in/gdssM9JB (PDF)
https://lnkd.in/g3PZAUYS (Training Site)
Enjoy browsing and reading!
Extremism Finds Fertile Ground in Chat Rooms for Gamers (The New York Times):
https://lnkd.in/guz-6SRw
Gender, terror and Kenya’s efforts to counter violent extremism (UN WOMEN):
https://lnkd.in/e6v6z6Bk
Community-based strategies to prevent violent extremism among youth (EU CONNEKT):
https://lnkd.in/er-bM8Ch
Youth Violence. Preventing Violent Extremism: Taking an Intersectional Approach (ConnectFutures):
https://lnkd.in/dqUrfTu
A Looming Crisis: Young Men, Education, Employment, and the Rise of Extremism in the Global North (tahirabbas.medium.com):
https://lnkd.in/eYaX2PS8
Indonesia, Australia build community resilience against extremism
https://lnkd.in/eZ7ZBBhe
Is the “General Deterrence Theory” Up to the Challenge of Domestic Political Extremism? (OODALOOP):
https://lnkd.in/eFKhCMFz
SOFT POWER: A DEFENSE AGAINST EXTREMISM (MILTON):
https://lnkd.in/g22KmK_F
Formers in prevention/countering violent extremism (P/CVE)–Standards (EXIT-Germany):
https://lnkd.in/dA-HA4dF
Preventing violent and hateful extremism: comparing the experiences of domestic Swedish and international humanitarian-development NGOs (Conflict, Security & Development):
https://lnkd.in/e65rN3yc
Prevalence of Veteran Support for Extremist Groups and Extremist Beliefs (RAND Corporation):
https://lnkd.in/gmbwZVUe
Capacity development of psychologists and social workers involved in rehabilitation of returned citizens from conflict zones on Trauma-Informed Care (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/eCycjaNS
Infographic: Strategies for Researchers Analyzing Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content (TVEC) (University of Birmingham, VOX Pol, moonshot, GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/ewaMXWV5
Violent Extremism and Public Health (Policyinstitute.net):
https://shorturl.at/dlCRX
Climate Journalism Handbook (taz Panter Stiftung):
https://lnkd.in/ez6xnQpR
The Role of Religious Institutions in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (IOM UN Migration):
https://lnkd.in/eGs3S3FT
Pathways to Rehabilitation of Violent Extremist Offenders (VEOs) (UNICRI):
https://lnkd.in/eusGhxKv
YouTube and Violent Extremism (Cops Office Awareness Briefs, USDOJ):
https://lnkd.in/eJMSYThq
RAN in the Western Balkans – Online radicalisation and P/CVE approaches in the Western Balkans, 16 June 2022 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/e-kdzzBq
International and local NGOs addressing violent and hateful extremism in Kenya (Conflict, Security & Development):
https://lnkd.in/evDfPTcr
The Terrorism Acts in 2021 – report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (accessible) (GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/e3pfDnph
Is Extremism Inherent to Islam or a Response to Perceived Threats? (European Eye on Radicalization):
https://lnkd.in/eGdH8Nv7
Young people take a stand against cyberbullying and online hate speech (UNICEF):
https://lnkd.in/dYUK5NJ8
Lethal Words: An Integrated Model of Violent Extremists’ Language (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/ewd3MAkq
Free eBook… Normalizing Extreme Imprisonment: The Case of Life Without Parole in California (Oxford University Press):
https://lnkd.in/e_kXvhqe
Improving School Safety Through Bystander Reporting (United States Secret Service):
https://lnkd.in/eqF9rSup
Violent Extremism and Radicalization among Youth in Prisons: A Case of Langata Womens, Kamiti and Shimo La Tewa Prisons in Kenya (USIU Africa):
https://lnkd.in/etCk62sf
Gaming The System: How Extremists Exploit Gaming Sites And What Can Be Done To Counter Them (NYU STERN):
https://lnkd.in/e-u6Uuva
Countering Terrorism in the Family Courts: A Dangerous Development (Modern Law Review):
https://lnkd.in/ez9ZYchv
Let’s participate in the fight against violent extremism- NCCE (Ghana Districts):
https://lnkd.in/ec8-8BXH
i-RESTORE 2.0. – E-learning course in 7 languages on restorative justice with children (Childhub):
https://lnkd.in/e4eWt5Rk
Preventing/countering violent extremism and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: an impact nexus (UNICRI):
https://lnkd.in/eXtpgC6e
Examining the Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors Associated with Adolescent Engagement in Multiple Types of Cyberdeviance: Results from an Australian Study (Journal of Child and Family Studies):
https://lnkd.in/eQP7Pwxc
Media and Information Literacy: Resources that Address Misinformation (WebJunction):
https://lnkd.in/eJ6PYRbC
Audio…
Intelligence, AI And Aukus With Former Us Principal Deputy Director Of National Intelligence Susan Gordon (Technology And Security Podcast, The United States Studies Centre):
https://lnkd.in/eP-YuEtN
Countering the Financing of Terrorism. Good Practices to Enhance Effectiveness (IMF):
https://lnkd.in/ejrj99FF
Terrorism financing: The overlooked risk in Africa (Control Risks):
https://lnkd.in/d5McfjzN
What Verbal De-Escalation Techniques Can We Learn from Cmc Complaint Handling? (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eFRd9bK6
Extremism is becoming a real problem in the gaming sphere (TMS):
https://lnkd.in/efh6Vxxm
Countering Violent Nonstate Actor Financing. Revenue Sources, Financing Strategies, and Tools of Disruption (RAND Corporation):
https://lnkd.in/eCbkkX52
Backgrounder: How Can Online Anonymity Affect Hate? (ADL):
https://lnkd.in/eUg986si
Audio… Going to Extremes – Podcast by the UNOCT Bi Hub to Counter Terrorism – S1E3 with Mia Bloom (UNOCT):
https://lnkd.in/eeTKbs6m
Age and Hate are not Commonly Connected (Policyinstitute.net):
https://shorturl.at/blpw9
RAN Practitioners Study Visit – Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism (REMVE)/Violent Right-wing Extremism (VRWE) in the US and EU, New York City 15-16 March 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eUfASbHk
Was Zivilgesellschaft und Tech für ein Netz ohne Hass tun können (DAS NETTZ):
https://lnkd.in/e9x8Nv26
Determinanten radikalisierungsbezogener Resilienz im Jugendalter. Entwicklung eines Interventionstoolkits zur Förderung der Resilienz gegenüber rechtsextremen und radikal-islamistischen Ideologien (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin via ufuq):
https://lnkd.in/eNYnbe5v
RAN PRISONS Working Group Meeting – Dealing with false or non-compliance in prison – intervention strategies to mitigate risks, Rome, 07-08 July 2022 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/d5MxxFsp
The U.S National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism (The White House):
https://lnkd.in/eqwr_YSy
Video… Refusing To Accept Violent Extremism With Patrick R. Riccards Of Life After Hate (Puffin Cultural Forum):
https://lnkd.in/eZDK6suk
RAN VoT WG meeting – Involving victims/survivors in P/CVE, Nice 29-30 September 2022 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/e-E8tqyG
The Role of MHPSS Efforts in the Prevention of Violent Extremism in Africa (European Eye on Radicalization):
https://lnkd.in/eeixMRUS
Mapping of primary prevention approaches in southern EU Member States, May 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/ebXNejRs
Video… Games and Extremism (Psychgeist):
https://lnkd.in/eR8cRK_p
RAN Practitioners Study Visit – Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism (REMVE)/Violent Right-wing Extremism (VRWE) in the US and EU, New York City 15-16 March 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eqEQwYu2
Radicalisation and Violent Extremism: Causes and Responses (New South Wales Parliamentary Research Service):
https://lnkd.in/ebu2k8Bx
CYBERTERRORISM – THE GREATEST THREAT TO US VITAL INTERESTS? (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/eNBrYAzw
Mass Displacement and Violent Extremism in the Sahel: A Vicious Circle? (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/eZkTaTBB
Role of Mourchidates in Countering Extremism: Morocco’s Experience Highlighted in Vienna (Agence Marocaine de Presse):
https://lnkd.in/ewBakuxz
OSCE strengthens Kazakhstan’s national capacities in preventing and countering terrorist use of the internet (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/etb5ubgx
The Double-Edged Sword of AI: How Generative Language Models like Google Bard and ChatGPT Pose a Threat to Countering Hate and Misinformation Online (Center for Countering Digital Hate):
https://lnkd.in/eKCAWD-y
Students say misinformation abounds online. Experts say critical thinking helps them navigate it (CBC, Canada):
https://lnkd.in/eEpahST3
How Parents Can Actually Help Teens Navigate Social Media (The New York Times):
https://lnkd.in/eWREAzsR
Threads of Hate: How Twitter’s Content Moderation Misses the Mark (ADL):
https://lnkd.in/efi9rjVh
Gaps in trainings – how PREPARE addresses the needs of practitioners working with children from violent extremist families (EU PREPARE):
https://lnkd.in/eUBsAXFg
Science and collaboration helps fight against violent extremism (GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/eyVP3tPz
Six Pressing Questions We Must Ask About Generative AI (ADL):
https://lnkd.in/eYzZXFpD
Terrorism in the Era of Ecological Change (European Eye on Radicalization):
https://lnkd.in/eYyPt-tn
Spotlight on Police and Law Enforcement (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/egTXrMKJ
Prosperity linked to curbing extremism (The News International):
https://lnkd.in/enMpWiWH
Digital Safety Risk Assessment in Action: A Framework and Bank of Case Studies (World Economic Forum):
https://lnkd.in/e5T2Wdxt
The Expanding Use of Administrative Measures in a Counter-Terrorism Context – Part 1: In Need of Rule of Law Safeguards (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/eCMV4ir9
Accountability Issues, Online Covert Hate Speech, and the Efficacy of Counter‐Speech (Politics and Governance):
https://lnkd.in/edG_4PT5
Video… What Is Counterterrorism? (National Museum of American Diplomacy):
https://lnkd.in/eyspjp3x
Radicalization from a societal perspective (Frontiers in Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/eCUPJprH
MAPPING THE AGENDA FOR INCEL RESEARCH: OVER-TRODDEN PATHS VS. UNCHARTERED TERRITORIES (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/ejx8wBgd
Counterspeeches up my sleeve! Intent Distribution Learning and Persistent Fusion for Intent-Conditioned Counterspeech Generation (Papers with Code):
https://lnkd.in/etEJQGBu
Who are the haters? A corpus-based demographic analysis of authors of hate speech (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence):
https://lnkd.in/epgbTkcX
Combating hate speech online and offline (CORDIS, European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/eJc2_2r8
Tech layoffs ravage the teams that fight online misinformation and hate speech (CNBC):
https://lnkd.in/e8SgbWmw
How Speech Is Moderated Online in the US (Bloomberg via The Washington Post):
https://lnkd.in/eThYzyRu
Education initiative aims to counter student radicalisation (University World News):
https://lnkd.in/et4VbHye
Study Reveals Just How Pervasive Harassment and Extremism Are in Gaming (GAME RANT):
https://lnkd.in/ei4h4PRc
Eliminating extremism, violence vital for progress, experts at KP conference say (DAWN, Pakistan):
https://lnkd.in/eW-H6phC
More Than Half of Users Have Seen Extremist Content in Online Games (VICE):
https://lnkd.in/eH2YTWAB
Cultural threats can lead to violent extremism (University of Copenhagen via EurekAlert):
https://lnkd.in/ehMfSgAS
Extremism. Researchers: Deterrence can lead to radicalization (News in Germany):
https://lnkd.in/ebF4NANJ
The Online Gaming Ecosystem: Assessing Digital Socialisation, Extremism Risks and Harms Mitigation Efforts (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/eaCXZ3k3
A Feminist Theorisation of Cybersecurity to Identify and Tackle Online Extremism (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/eTFghpnQ
Audio… An Uncertain Future: Deepfakes and Extremism (The Tech Against Terrorism podcast):
https://lnkd.in/eMU5rqnV
The Expanding Use of Administrative Measures in a Counter-Terrorism Context – Part 2: In Need of a Gender and Age-Sensitive Approach (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/eaAzQwPU
Let’s unite to fight against violent extremism, terrorism-NCCE urges Jaman North residents (GNA, Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/e7z4h4zF
Challenges Law Enforcement Faces in Utilizing Community Policing to Counter Violent Extremism (Liberty University):
https://lnkd.in/e9_myqgB
Understanding left-wing authoritarianism: Relations to the dark personality traits, altruism, and social justice commitment (Current Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/eRcDk3hg
Putting hate speech on mute: An Indian project helps social media users filter out abuse to feel safe online (DW):
https://lnkd.in/diYdz8Z5
DECOUNT – The Game (SCENOR):
https://lnkd.in/gHhWnXKc
Reducing Reactive Aggression in Prisons through VR-based Training (IPS Innovative Prison Systems):
https://lnkd.in/dX6Bt7z6
Developing A Robust Legal System Through Scale for Youth Extremism Across Arab Cultures (International Journal of Criminal Justice Science):
https://lnkd.in/eVKQxvsh
Integrated efforts imperative to prevent women extremism (BSS, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/eSY7JNQs
Hate on the rise: Advocates say more needs to be done to stem tide of incidents in Canada (Capital Current Ottawa):
https://lnkd.in/eRtZufjg
Hate Speech and Offensive Content Identification in English and Indo-Aryan Languages using Machine Learning Models (CEUR-WS):
https://lnkd.in/efuJV9QY
Civil Rights Advocates Bring Groups Together to Fight Hate (Public News Service, USA):
https://lnkd.in/eXVbpAq5
MOOC: Think Critically, Click Wisely: Media and Information Literacy in the next normal (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/e_Tk2mrG
Ways to fight violent extremism discussed (The Express Tribune, Pakistan):
https://lnkd.in/eygDqrSv
Digital frontlines: Analysis of Harmful Content during Elections (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/eck8rvcY
A web framework for information aggregation and management of multilingual hate speech (PubMed):
https://lnkd.in/eVEEgwfU
Audio… Filter bubbles and free speech (The Society Column):
https://lnkd.in/eqAn_nxS
Harnessing the transformative power of music and arts to counter violent extremism (KBC, Kenya):
https://lnkd.in/eKEhyk7c
“Evil elite” conspiracy theory has thousands of believers in the Netherlands: report (NL Times):
https://lnkd.in/ers9xSx5
Identifying Hate Speech and Attribution of Responsibility: An Analysis of Simulated WhatsApp Conversations during the Pandemic (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/effaHCNk
Des expertes veulent « aplatir la courbe » de la violence au Québec (La Presse):
https://lnkd.in/eHFEBZaq
Tech Against Terrorism Welcomes Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation Annual Report (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/erdHPRXE
Audio… Episode 8: Disengagement with Jamie Khalil (“Going to Extremes”, UNOCT):
https://lnkd.in/e36Hq8CF
Gaming und Rechtsextremismus (Violence Prevention Network) :
https://lnkd.in/eHgSEsFS
Audio… Extremist Memes: The Dark Side of Internet Culture (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/e2aU4B2c
Is Violent Extremism /Terrorism A Psychological Disorder? (Ceylon Today):
https://lnkd.in/dsgD6MDN
Audio… Are we entering a new age of radicalisation? (RRR, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eZJktPHR
eSafety and Queensland Police forge closer links to fight harms (eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/eETAhD2J
The Enemy Hates Best? Toxicity in League of Legends and Its Content Moderation Implications (European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research):
https://lnkd.in/eYCA_U5M
Young Canadians in a Wireless World, Phase IV: Digital Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship (Media Smarts, Canada):
https://lnkd.in/ecKhHUeA
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