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 ASugust 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:
- HUMAN RIGHTS AND ONLINE COUNTERTERRORISM TOOLKIT (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eb54ZKPq - Teenagers ‘risking prison over extremist content without leaving their rooms’ (Hereford Times):
https://lnkd.in/ewrbsNxY - Saudi Arabia to Host Int’l Islamic Conference on Moderation, Extremism, Terrorism, Tolerance, Coexistence (Asharq Al-Awsat):
https://lnkd.in/eSA9sgJH - GCERF Approves New Partnership with Indonesia for Prevention of Violent Extremism (GCERF):
https://lnkd.in/ex2QFPKa - Exiting the Manosphere. A Gendered Analysis of Radicalization, Diversion and Deradicalization Narratives from r/IncelExit and r/ExRedPill (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eEkHUpmY
Enjoy browsing and reading these and other documents on our list!
Civil Society Engagement with the United Nations on Counterterrorism–A Perilous, Uphill Challenge (IPI Global Observatory):
https://lnkd.in/eyspy9p8
Youth insights on Security Matters: Perspectives from Model OSCE Participants Western Europe (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/e-7feHmz
Germany’s Far Right Extremists Are Using AI Images To Incite Hatred (Worldcrunch):
https://lnkd.in/eXfmbAfr
Teachers’ Role in Countering Violent Extremism (Daily Times, Pakistan):
https://lnkd.in/eU3UHuN2
Video… How extremist views have become mainstream | Counter-terrorism expert (Times Radio):
https://lnkd.in/e2drT_xN
UNDP calls for coordinated response to fight violent extremism (BusinessGhana):
https://lnkd.in/eyUY466H
Two new manuals on addressing hate speech available in Republic of Moldova and Armenia (Council of Europe):
https://lnkd.in/eBWjWeXf
WHERE’S THE LIABILITY IN HARMFULAI SPEECH? (Journal of Free Speech Law):
https://lnkd.in/eUny-XAB
Senate ‘drops’ Prevention of Violent Extremism Bill after strong opposition (The Express Tribune, Pakistan):
https://lnkd.in/evRwN9Yv
Conspiracy theories, war games, and international partnerships: NCITE announces new research projects (NCITE, University of Nebraska Omaha):
https://lnkd.in/ekj84cpi
WHOLE-OF-COMMUNITY RESILIENCE (Learning for Justice):
https://lnkd.in/eM6S4Pxv
Adolescence as a “Radical” Age and Prevention of Violent Radicalisation: A Qualitative Study of Operators of a Juvenile Penal Circuit in Italy (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/eMCVCkCj
The Game Plan. Implementing the Plan of Action to Counter Hate Speech through Engagement with Sport (Eradicate Hate & UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect):
https://lnkd.in/eWCTnMPb
Audio… Episode #002 – Professor Andrew Silke – Terrorism and the Climate Crisis (Totally Terrorism, a Pool Re Podcast):
https://lnkd.in/gveygFP6
Egypt calls for comprehensive approach to defeat terrorism, extremism (Arab News):
https://lnkd.in/enDcs_8M
Battle plans against American terrorism, extremism take shape (American Bar Association):
https://lnkd.in/eMa3HSg2
Mental Health, Well-Being, and Adolescent Extremism: A Machine Learning Study on Risk and Protective Factors (PubMed):
https://lnkd.in/efpm_UuS
Grants to prevent Violent Extremism – Kenya (fundsforNGOs):
https://lnkd.in/eH8agM6K
Exploring the link between Smartphone Use, Violence, and Social Sharing in 50 case studies (Qeios):
https://lnkd.in/eUDh7UsY
Free eBook… Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Case Studies and Options for Addressing Ethical Challenges (Springer):
https://lnkd.in/eGNAvnVB
Audio… ADL Releases First-of-its-Kind Report on Hate Against the LGBTQ+ Community (From the Frontlines, ADL):
https://lnkd.in/emesRVps
Innovation and prevention of violence against women (UN Women):
https://lnkd.in/gkF8FkFx
Explaining online conspiracy theory radicalization: A second-order affordance for identity-driven escalation (information systems journal):
https://lnkd.in/ePK4XQfT
Minister Al-Sheikh to Asharq Al-Awsat: Moderate Islam to Triumph, Extremism to Cease (Asharq Al-Awsat):
https://lnkd.in/epdHttpR
Video… Contemporary extreme violence: radicalisation and violent extremism imaginaries (CESIE):
https://lnkd.in/eSJJXzHs
Hate Speech Detection via Dual Contrastive Learning (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/em2equTX
De-Radicalization Within Kenya Prison (EdinBurg):
https://lnkd.in/eRPb-YAW
The digital age, the spread of violence… ‘Us’ trapped in the palm of your hand (Korea Posts Online):
https://lnkd.in/e4QsZfs9
10 Ways Facebook AI is Tackling Hate Speech in 2023 (AtOnce):
https://lnkd.in/gZzU5TkV
Combating hate speech through a QR code (FMT, Malaysia):
https://lnkd.in/eg_VfQkk
A global definition of what is online harm (moonshot News):
https://lnkd.in/ehXSNiHm
The invisible sisters. Actors on TikTok and Instagram in the spectrum of extremism, Salafism, Islamism and activism (Violence Prevention Network):
https://lnkd.in/e3uwzm6Q
Video… Social media has become the superspreader of hate and harassment, says ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt (CNBC):
https://lnkd.in/evDvhJ9i
From Margins to Mainstream: How Extremism Has Conquered the Political Middle (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/etJhAcg9
Fifth Discourse Report – Decoding Antisemitism (Centre for Research on Antisemitism, TU Berlin):
https://lnkd.in/dC9UVxDY
Supreme Court Highlights Challenges in Tackling Hate Speech, Emphasizes the Need for Effective Implementation of Laws (BNN Network, India):
https://lnkd.in/eKU8trm4
Cults and Online Violent Extremism (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements via GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/eMKU6fSs
Toolkit for Digital Safety Design Interventions and Innovations: Typology of Online Harms (World Economic Forum):
https://lnkd.in/eGZSfQq5
Report on violence, abuse and neglect of older persons (United Nations & OHCHR):
https://lnkd.in/enXeTETe
Combating Hate Crimes through Artificial Intelligence: A Technological Approach to Enhance Social Harmony (Countercurrents):
https://lnkd.in/dnNnKW2M
Incels in Australia: the ideology, the threat, and a way forward (ASPI):
https://lnkd.in/ezy2iYHY
AI language models are rife with political biases (MIT Technology Review):
https://lnkd.in/emWarCaT
Geographical visualization of tweets, misinformation, and extremism during the USA 2020 presidential election using LSTM, NLP, and GIS (Journal of Big Data):
https://lnkd.in/e_3tuwB7
De-radicalisation works better than post-terror muscular actions (NewsInAsia):
https://lnkd.in/exkx_hv3
NZSIS publishes unclassified assessment of New Zealand’s threat environment (New Zealand Security Intelligence Service):
https://lnkd.in/ecMM56mB
Don’t Just Counter-Message; Counter-Engage (ICCT):
https://buff.ly/3rytVFV
Scams and digital harm rising: Tech professionals share how they stay safe online (New Zealand Herald):
https://lnkd.in/e38QJRgu
Block/Filter/Notify: Support for Targets of Online Hate Report Card (ADL):
https://lnkd.in/e4XVgR_9
‘Police Sensitisation Required’: Supreme Court Calls For Enduring Solution To Hate Speeches (LiveLaw, India):
https://lnkd.in/eD-d5Xq8
Videos… Artificial Intelligence and CVE (SEAN-CSO):
https://lnkd.in/eQYGUZhx
Our Brains Are Hardwired to Believe Lies and Conspiracy Theories, Research Shows (Homeland Security News Wire):
https://lnkd.in/eex9PVsa
Terrorism: What’s behind surge in arrests of under-18s? (BBC News):
https://lnkd.in/eEDQk8Ax
Radicalised teenagers a ‘new and emerging’ threat, warns terror chief (The Telegraph):
https://lnkd.in/eZuufumz
Funding available for Civil Society Organisations in Somalia (fundsforNGOs):
https://lnkd.in/eDT8zadC
Social Media Platforms Fail to Support Targets of Online Hate, Finds ADL (Homeland Security Today):
https://lnkd.in/eYPCezZH
New klicksafe working material by young people for young people (EU Klicksafe):
https://lnkd.in/d5qBG4Zn
AI Hate Speech Detection to Combat Stereotyping & Disinformation (Unite AI):
https://lnkd.in/eDubRsFx
Free eBook… RETHINKING SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXTREMISM. EDITED BY SHIRLEY LEITCH AND PAUL PICKERING (ANU PRESS):
https://lnkd.in/eb-hPpVU
Audio… WE NEED TO SPEAK UP AGAINST HATE SPEECH (BFM Live & Learn):
https://lnkd.in/eueBfhce
India-Maldives join hands to counter terrorism, extremism & radicalization (DD News):
https://lnkd.in/efP8EEVc
‘Defund the Spread of Misinformation and Hate Speech’: IIM-B Faculty Members To India Inc (The Wire, India):
https://lnkd.in/d2XNek4y
Southeast Asia Regional Workshop: Strengthening National-Local Cooperation to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/euqJBtUR
Growing relevance of reports of adolescent cyberbullying victimization among adult outpatients (BMC Public Health):
https://lnkd.in/eeC_Ua5X
The 4 Stages of Conspiracy Theory Escalation on Social Media (The Conversation via Scientific American):
https://lnkd.in/dcWJ5n_J
Côte d’Ivoire-Burkina Faso/Security: Media, civil society and FDS from Liptako-Gourma and Côte d’Ivoire share experiences (Jumelages & Partenariats):
https://lnkd.in/eVkgyXRg
Creating a common language to address online harm (World Economic Forum):
https://lnkd.in/ea8uSAbp
Definition of hate speech complex, real problem is execution of law: SC (The Shillong Times):
https://lnkd.in/ew3Vgu-S
Conspiracy theories: how social media can help them spread and even spark violence (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/emMSjh-g
FIA JOINS FORCES WITH FIM IN COALITION AGAINST ONLINE ABUSE (FIA):
https://lnkd.in/e_WiH8gy
Hate speech becomes a crime with 3-yr jail term (The Times of India):
https://lnkd.in/eB6Sp2_H
Platform Problems and Regulatory Solutions: Findings from a Comprehensive Review of Existing Studies and Investigations (UNESCO via The Communication Initiative Network):
https://lnkd.in/ei7K7-Ek
Security minister visits India to boost anti-extremism and anti-corruption work (Surrey Comet):
https://lnkd.in/ewwiiHfD
ESA Regional Hub Strategic Engagements in Burundi: Role of Local Governments in Prevention of Extremism, Hate and Polarisation (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/exYtZkvk
Facts and Figures: Ending Violence against Women and Girls (UN Women Arab States):
https://lnkd.in/evTudM8a
SSL-GAN-RoBERTa: A robust semi-supervised model for detecting Anti-Asian COVID-19 hate speech on social media (Natural Language Engineering):
https://lnkd.in/eme79nHK
Inequalities and content moderation (Global Policy):
https://lnkd.in/ekN8phzH
Violent conflict and hostility towards ethno-religious outgroups in Nigeria (Household in Conflict Network):
https://lnkd.in/eab5Rg2t
A hierarchy of hate (LSE):
https://lnkd.in/gE-UFM86
The Function Of Universities In Preventing Radicalism Of Thinking In Indonesia, Malaysia And Thailand (BiblioMed):
https://lnkd.in/dRzXhBee
Video… Vortrag: Esther Reinhardt-Bendel | Antiziganismus damals und heute (FEX – Fachstelle Extremismusdistanzierung):
https://linktr.ee/fexbw
Playing Against Radicalization: Why extremists are gaming and how P/CVE can leverage the positive effects of video games to prevent radicalization (modus | zad):
https://lnkd.in/e3VZhW38
Social media mostly fails new ‘online hate report card’ by ADL; Twitch in the lead (i24 News):
https://lnkd.in/e9bsMqDs
Defending Others Online: The Influence of Observing Formal and Informal Social Control on One’s Willingness to Defend Cyberhate Victims (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health):
https://lnkd.in/eHpbZied
Toolkit on dealing with conspiracy narratives, July 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/en5tADaB
Audio… Ways to protect children online (TechTank by Brookings):
https://lnkd.in/eXGkifmZ
Commentary: Understanding and countering the challenge of youth radicalisation in Singapore (M Today):
https://lnkd.in/emei75Yk
Hacktivism Unveiled, April 2023 Insights Into the Footprints of Hacktivists (Radware):
https://lnkd.in/gNBEXQev
New research shows widespread antisemitism in universities and online (ABC News):
https://lnkd.in/eXhePMHH
Hate crime strategy: easy read version (Scottish Government):
https://lnkd.in/eucc-thv
Stakeholders advocate collective action against terrorism, violent extremism (NEWSDIARY, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eB5aBhbJ
Supreme Court Calls for Committee to Address Hate Speech, Urges Harmony Between Communities (BBN, India):
https://lnkd.in/eP4dPKEz
AI language models are rife with different political biases (MIT Technology Review):
https://lnkd.in/emWarCaT
‘Significant’ number of young people with extremist views have special needs (Southern Daily Echo via MSN News):
https://lnkd.in/eTPagWDS
Understanding Bullying And Its Causes (BetterHelp):
https://lnkd.in/etMkMmXi
Social media companies falling short in protecting targets of hate, report says (Spectrum News):
https://lnkd.in/gsh4bDQn
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