Browse and read from a list of the 130 most popular LinkedIn resources that deal with counter-extremism and countering hate speech, as posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the second half of January 2024.
The Top 5 posts, as part of this issue:
- From extreme beliefs to actual violence: research into terrorist suspects (NSCR):
https://lnkd.in/ehfh-c_s - Why is Terrorism so Appealing to Some Groups? (Ronan Gunaratna):
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kochthorsten_why-is-terrorism-appealing-to-some-groups-activity-7157349016941285376-iatb - Self-compassion as a factor in the deradicalisation of extremist offenders (Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/e6DtuCHr - INTERPOL whitepaper highlights grooming, radicalization and cyber-attacks as key challenges of the Metaverse (Aptantech):
https://lnkd.in/edGQjmMK - Sentiment Analysis of Arabic Dialects: A Review Study (International Conference on Computing and Informatics):
https://lnkd.in/eCmz8apd
Background: since 2017, we have filed more than 13,000 of shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – more than 6.3k followers and connections – shares of articles and documents about countering extremism, radicalization, and on countering hate. This is one of the bi-weekly reviews of our posts, hosted on the website counter-terrorism.org.
Generating Terror: The Risks of Generative AI Exploitation (CTC Sentinel):
https://lnkd.in/exrrCnTw
The Hate Speech Crisis: Ways to start fixing it – A toolkit for civil society organizations and activists (Minority Rights Group):
https://lnkd.in/eVhnD7Pd
Germany to require social media sites to report hate speech (Republic World, India):
https://lnkd.in/eCE-tECn
Independent report. National research environment for the study of extremism in the UK (via GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/eaZ_TEr7
Mentorship programmes and approaches in P/CVE, December 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/ejTubKTD
Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of and Strategies for Managing Bullying: The Influence of Socialization (Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport):
https://lnkd.in/e6Gde5-7
Update on Terrorism-Related Cases Under the Internal Security Act (Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore):
https://lnkd.in/gzXrz4tc
Study analyzes differences among lone, pair and group terror attackers (Phys.org):
https://lnkd.in/eNj94fRD
Terrorism, Extremism, Disinformation and Artificial Intelligence: A Primer for Policy Practitioners (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/e3frxWmX
8 Effective ways to prevent cyberbullying in schools (nearpodblog):
https://lnkd.in/ec3Zc4cW
Early prediction of radicalisation in online extremist communities (Open Review):
https://lnkd.in/eweGCJfu
Responsible Research and Innovation for Preventing Online Violence (AFNO, Norway):
https://lnkd.in/gYi2MKtR
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The Challenge of Radicalization and Extremism. Integrating Research on Education and Citizenship in the Context of Migration (Brill open access):
https://lnkd.in/eB7_d8JQ
Why I Post Against Extremism and Hate (Policyinstitute.net):
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-i-post-against-extremism-hate-thorsten-koch-ma-pgdip-bo5le?trk=public_post
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Why Media Reporting on Terrorism Matters (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eRx-GrSf
RAN Cross-cutting Event – Prevention of violent extremism: A shared responsibility between mental health care and the security domain, The Hague 28 November 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/emuQCJgi
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The parallels between extremism and addiction, measuring recidivism risk, global vaccine diplomacy (RAND):
https://lnkd.in/e96W9p5S
Prevent, avert, protect and manage: new national strategy against violent extremism and terrorism (Government Offices of Sweden):
https://lnkd.in/e87eZYbw
From Theory to Action: Incitement to Violence and Hate in UK Conspiracy Theory Online Spaces (Hope not Hate, UK):
https://lnkd.in/eZcuXedZ
Analysis and Detection of Multilingual Hate Speech Using Transformer Based Deep Learning (Preprint via Researchgate):
https://lnkd.in/eZAGQYQa
SA children exposed to online hate and violence (IOL, South Africa):
https://lnkd.in/ert5hJZS
Spotlight on The Year in Review 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eS2dNjVX
Psychological operations and strategic communication for national security, By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi (Premium Times, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/e8fSpnMA
Why Does Bullying Happen? (Healthline):
https://lnkd.in/e-66etin
Understanding Hate Speech in the Digital Era with Caitlin Carlson (Hate Speech Around The World):
https://lnkd.in/gJzxTrCx
On the Influence and Political Leaning of Overlap between Propaganda Communities (ACM Digital Library):
https://lnkd.in/eYKcJjgY
A Scoping Review of Anti-Bullying Interventions: Reducing Traumatic Effect of Bullying Among Adolescents (Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare):
https://lnkd.in/eziztfzv
Attentive Fusion: A Transformer-based Approach to Multimodal Hate Speech Detection (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/esv5arYz
“How we are protecting Sweden from violent extremism and terrorism” (Government Offices of Sweden):
https://lnkd.in/e7PHH3jY
Hundreds of thousands demonstrate against right-wing extremism in Germany (Reuters):
https://lnkd.in/ekHUbAGi
Explanatory model of cyberbullying, cybervictimization, aggressiveness, social anxiety, and adaptation to university: a structural equation analysis (Journal of Computers in Education):
https://lnkd.in/e-vhuCqx
A Scoping Review of Anti-Bullying Interventions: Reducing Traumatic Effect of Bullying Among Adolescents (Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare):
https://lnkd.in/e43p3-yt
Grooming, radicalization, and cyber-physical attacks: INTERPOL warns of ‘Meta crimes’ (Economic Times, India):
https://lnkd.in/eS9M5rtp
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Ben Shapiro interviews Elon Musk about ‘Social Media and Online Hate’ (MAGNEWS):
https://lnkd.in/eZxs5jAe
The Tenth Coordination Committee meeting of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact (UNOCT):
https://lnkd.in/etDfrnae
icommit final publication (icommit):
https://lnkd.in/eaSPywyY
A Look at the State of Research on [Counter-] Terrorism and Violent Extremism (Perspectives on Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/egETGake
Comparative Analysis of NLP Techniques for Hate Speech Classification in Online Communications (G-Tech, Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/eFk5Zm-Y
Bullying and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Correlating the Victimization of High-Functioning Autism Students with Educational Practices in the Context of Inclusion in Primary Education (International Journal of Bullying Prevention):
https://lnkd.in/eUsZ_tzF
New Study Explores the Impact of Hate Crimes on Victims (Tackling Hate):
https://lnkd.in/e2BDHgja
Online safety rules have ‘blind spot’ to radicalisation of children, terror watchdog warns (The Standard, UK):
https://lnkd.in/gqt59SR9
Harnessing Peacetech for Socio-Political Resilience in Benin (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/exvqQAde
Hate Crime and Hate Speech Victims Support Handbook (STAND-UP):
https://lnkd.in/eZeb3xkM
Spotlight: ISS informs Benin’s response to violent extremism (ISS):
https://lnkd.in/eQT3yy54
Data Collection in Online Terrorism and Extremism Research: Future Directions (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/eVvSSUnV
Annual Report 2023: Commissioner Mijatović calls for determined and collective efforts to regain lost ground and advance human rights (Council of Europe):
https://lnkd.in/ee4Z9zfa
Functional and dysfunctional impulsivity mediates the relationships between ‘Dark Triad’ traits and cyberbullying perpetration (CBMH, Wiley):
https://lnkd.in/eCXHcKEv
Review of State’s laws on threats and incitement to violence (NSW Government, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/e2tN9rJi
Arafat for cultural engagement of people to fight against radicalization (BSS, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/eDySidVM
Ursachen islamistischer Radikalisierungsprozesse multidimensional betrachtet (ZepRa,Violence Prevention Network):
https://lnkd.in/e2B-CmNK
Informal education and conflict trauma: reducing adolescent risk and building resilience (XCEPT Research):
https://lnkd.in/eSvZHhWf
How to counter online hate and extremism with young people (Internet Matters):
https://lnkd.in/eY28NP6v
Musk’s X to finally hire 100 employees for content moderation team (Economic Times, India):
https://lnkd.in/ee68mq3k
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The brain and peace: How can insights from neuroscience advance peacebuilding? (Berghof Foundation):
https://lnkd.in/e3i_dycg
Exploring the Distinctive Tweeting Patterns of Toxic Twitter Users (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eeppvfpa
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Episode 3: Anti-institutional extremism in Europe (Anti-Institutional Extremism: Causes and Responses, ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/e6GA34Fv
Climate Change and Radicalization: A Case Study of Indonesia (Harvard International Review):
https://lnkd.in/eMS9NzRC
RAN Practitioners Study Visit: The Dutch Multi-Agency Approach to Rehabilitation of Radicalised Detainees (MAR), 22-23 February 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/ecbM3zkM
Cross-lingual Offensive Language Detection: A Systematic Review of Datasets, Transfer Approaches and Challenges (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/gB6PZHJp
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Masterclass – Deconstructing hate speech – 18/10/2023 (UNESCO Campus):
https://lnkd.in/eWksgWqb
International Day of Education: Why learning for peace matters (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/e2JAD5ne
Digital Violence Guide. Information on dealing with digital violence (Friedrich Schiller University Jena):
https://lnkd.in/e-JRPAAy
New research sheds light on incel community’s connection to mass violence (newswise):
https://lnkd.in/eT9wpACa
Police probe job ploys luring youth to terror groups (People’s Daily, Kenya):
https://lnkd.in/ecJajU7j
Predicting Discriminative Personality Profile of Haters from Digital Texts (Knowledge-Based Systems):
https://lnkd.in/erCeVvJb
Understanding right wing extremism in Australia: testing an integrated unfairness grievance and outgroup threat framework (Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/evNWY8UZ
Ideological Parameters For Deradicalization Programs To Measure Changes In Terrorist Ideology In Indonesia (JTS, School of Strategic and Global Studies, Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/euxhjWpy
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The Dark Side of Social Media (with Imran Ahmed) (Scrolling 2 Death):
https://lnkd.in/edMqZTCe
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HILAC Lecture – Hate speech and incitement: International criminal and humanitarian law perspectives (T.M.C. Asser Instituut)
https://lnkd.in/e_Sbxzy3
Grooming, radicalization and cyber-attacks: INTERPOL warns of ‘Metacrime’ (INTERPOL):
https://lnkd.in/eGkbc4VH
Chapter 5. Family, Relatives and Friendship as Channels of (Non)Radicalisation in the Narratives of the Second Urban Generation of North Caucasian Youth (From the book Resisting Radicalisation?):
https://lnkd.in/eVdhamiF
Fans Power: Uniting to combat hate speech in Albanian Football (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/enqjJ8Yt
Preventing violent extremism through development – a technical note (sida.se):
https://lnkd.in/e2cce9-B
Transforming minds: Importance of educating against extremist ideologies (SAWAB Center):
https://lnkd.in/eXvzHptV
Emotional Intelligence and Cybervictimization: Stratified Multilevel Analysis With Synthetic Data (Preprint via Qeios):
https://lnkd.in/eRkmQgAH
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Transforming universities to better combat hate speech on Education Day (UNESCO IESALC):
https://lnkd.in/eYrVX22Q
Concluding Note on Analog Bias in Counter-Extremism (Policyinstitute.net):
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kochthorsten_home-activity-7154003300470648832-eKcK?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Learning The Language Of Terrorism (Research Live):
https://lnkd.in/eXe7QZXV
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Webinar on FATF report “Crowdfunding for Terrorist Financing” (The Financial Action Task Force):
https://lnkd.in/eCiZr-gX
New community resources to tackle extremism and disinformation (Curtin University, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/e9DMJ7Hh
CM calls for concerted efforts to tackle extremism, bigotry in society (DAWN, Pakistan):
https://lnkd.in/euk_3WdT
Religious Observance And Youth Violent Extremism Among Young Arab Students. Implications For Youth Religious De-radicalization (Researchgate):
https://lnkd.in/eeTy4Kr9
The Platformization of Violence: Toward a Concept of Discursive Toxicity on Social Media (Social Media + Society):
https://lnkd.in/eRjB6_9g
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Zapping up Turnitin to Identify ChatGPT Output in Academia? (Policyinstitute.net):
https://lnkd.in/eE3Wpn3D
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Nina Käsehage: Challenges Posed by Radicalized Children and Adolescents (Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center):
https://lnkd.in/eHvuXgpN
UNESCO dedicates the International Day of Education 2024 to countering hate speech (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/evYgNK2h
RAN Small-scale expert meeting – The missing gender-dimension in risk assessment, 14 November 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eP2jkUxG
Confronting extremism and disinformation – an open-source short course for business professionals, community leaders, and youth (Curtin CERN):
https://lnkd.in/eP_2DVt2
Girls are leading the charge for a better digital world (British Telecommunications via WebWire):
https://lnkd.in/e7dnDjGk
Automated Text Annotation Using a Semi-Supervised Approach with Meta Vectorizer and Machine Learning Algorithms for Hate Speech Detection (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/ebWvHq-p
[Resolution adopted on 18 January 2024]:
Motion for a European Parliament resolution on extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime (European Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eNDK6TQM
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Why Media Reporting on Terrorism Matters (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eeb4bCCB
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Episode 1: What is anti-institutional extremism? (Anti-institutional Extremism: Causes And Responses, ICCT):
https://buff.ly/4aWFdWI
Comparative Analysis of NLP Techniques for Hate Speech Classification in Online Communications (Jurnal Teknologi Terapan, Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/e6fcrYmf
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Episode 2: Anti-institutional extremism in North America (Anti-institutional Extremism: Causes And Responses, ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/eFDX77Ev
‘Degrading AI content’ changing face of cyberbullying (Australian Associated Press via Yahoo! News):
https://lnkd.in/gcYcFnhy
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Addressing male conflict trauma (Breaking Cycles of Conflict):
https://bit.ly/48F2pXV
Joint commemoration and remembrance of the victims of past genocides brings light into the darkness (Council of Europe):
https://lnkd.in/eUau9VzM
The effect of peer bullying on academic achievement: A meta-analysis study related to results of TIMSS and PIRLS (Psychology in the Schools):
https://lnkd.in/ew7njxZc
How to address hate speech through pedagogical tools? A MasterClass to mark International Education Day (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/g3pgAdPc
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Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime (European Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eYwCXyPN
The best digital concepts for preventing and combating disinformation and hate speech have been designated (UUNDP):
https://lnkd.in/e-iNTeCP
Dilemma of regulating speech on social media (The Pioneer, India):
https://lnkd.in/eG_hxVGK
Hate Speech Detection in the Arabic Language: Corpus Design, Construction and Evaluation (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence):
https://lnkd.in/es5Bq8U5
A study of the influence of altruism, social responsibility, reciprocity, and the subjective norm on online prosocial behavior in adolescence (Science Direct):
https://lnkd.in/euTnCcvd
Differences between lone, pair and group terror attackers analysed in study (Nottingham Trent University):
https://lnkd.in/e9uJWNKV
Introduction To The Problematics Of Bullying, Cyberbullying And Cyber-aggression – Analysis Of Selected Methods Of Prevention And Intervention (14th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation):
https://lnkd.in/eftqtFQ7
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Dimensions of Hate – Exploring the State of Hate Speech in Europe (Political Capital, Hungary, via YouTube):
https://lnkd.in/eby46VXS
The German Far Right Online: A Longitudinal Study (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/ei4syCcF
Fort Jackson Policy Memorandum #31 – Extremism and Racism (Department of the Army, USA)
https://lnkd.in/ecqCuMPT
UAE Ambassador to Lebanon Addresses Role of Media in Fighting Extremism (Asharq Al-Awsat):
https://lnkd.in/eEcbnfWA
5 Ways to Reduce the Risk of Cyberbullying (allBusiness):
https://lnkd.in/edPp8Rkc
Hate speech is contagious and leads to harm, says prejudice expert (Science in Poland):
https://lnkd.in/exZWEnpE
Rahmenbedingungen und Standards für gelingende Onlineprävention (Sonderausgabe Ligante, BAG RelEx):
https://lnkd.in/eJ459qKq
The Little-Known Harms of Ethnicity-Based Bullying (Psychology Today):
https://lnkd.in/eK6_3fZR
Meme-ingful Analysis: Enhanced Understanding of Cyberbullying in Memes Through Multimodal Explanations (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/ea5BpYds
Migration and Religious Radicalization: A Family Issue? (IOS Press, NL):
https://lnkd.in/eUD68Xs2
Social Media and Radicalization: The Latest Threat to Religious Moderation (JIPP, Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/ewKxCaVB
Explain Thyself Bully: Sentiment Aided Cyberbullying Detection with Explanation (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/gM6q366D
Team Europe strengthens the capacities of women in Kédougou for conflict prevention (Delegation of the European Union to Senegal):
https://lnkd.in/ekkmbNyi
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RAN Webinar: Preventive work for girls in and around schools (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/ekbTaAfq
Trudeau’s party passes bill to regulate social media, streaming (Bloomberg News):
https://lnkd.in/eHdFA48C
Countering Violent Extremism, Countering Fear of the Other: State Department Visits NCITE (University Of Nebraska Omaha):
https://lnkd.in/ey4vxFRR
Towards a global approach to digital platform regulation. Preserving openness amid the push for internet sovereignty (Chatham House):
https://lnkd.in/gVWq5TT6
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Confronting Bullying in the Cyber Age | Education Now (Harvard Graduate School of Education):
https://lnkd.in/evnBkzqY
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