Browse and read from a list of the 150 most popular LinkedIn resources dealing with soft counter-extremism and countering hate speech, as posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the second half of April 2024.
The Top 5 resources, as part of the current issue:
- Combating the Terrorist Stigma: Communicating Rehabilitation and Reducing Barriers to Reintegration (Terrorism and Political Violence):
https://lnkd.in/e9Me7sep - Tackling Online Hate In Football With Sky Sports News (Leeds Beckett University):
https://lnkd.in/esf4suhx - High-Level African Counter-Terrorism Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria (UNOCT):
https://lnkd.in/eQ4D4bsW - UNODC Supports Member States in the Sahel to Promote Meaningful Youth Engagement in Preventing Violent Extremism (UNODC):
https://lnkd.in/er6hVRBS - Insights into Rehabilitating Violent Extremists: A Critical Approach (Homeland Security Today):
https://lnkd.in/emT9EAd8
Background: since 2017, we have filed more than 14,000 shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – about 6,600 followers and connections – with links to articles and documents about countering extremism and radicalization, on countering hate, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation. This is one of the reviews of the posts. Each two weeks, the full list of resources, made up of direct links – ordered according to content performance – features in full on the website counter-terrorism.org.
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Disinformation, Elections & Democracy: How journalists can spot and disarm current tactics to influence voters – Journalism Institute (National Press Club Journalism Institute):
https://lnkd.in/e_eQm6NC
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VIVA Verschwörungsdenken individuell verstehen und auffangen (Violence Prevention Network):
https://lnkd.in/e3m6_aan
The power of moral conviction: How it catalyzes dogmatism, intolerance, and violence (Paris Institute for Advanced Study):
https://lnkd.in/e6ytrXjQ
The Roles of Trauma and Mental Health in Preventing Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism (National Institute of Justice Journal):
https://lnkd.in/e8TUZH4K
Ghana: Cyber Security Authority Engages Tech Providers to Counter Misinformation Powered By AI (allAfrica):
https://lnkd.in/exDsRrKE
Audio…
Does Africa need a rethink on tackling violent extremisim? (Focus on Africa, BBC):
https://lnkd.in/ef8fbeWK
Launch Ceremony and Workshop on Countering Violent Extremism Through Community Engagement (UNODC):
https://lnkd.in/eMqeidJy
Policy Paper on Countering and Preventing Meso-Level drivers of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in MENA and Balkans (Connekt):
https://lnkd.in/gyUpsCTe
News, Video…
Why We Believe: The Psychology, Reality, And Future Of The Disinformation Crisis (PEN America):
https://lnkd.in/eTU36ebe (News)
https://lnkd.in/eiem7Awk (Video)
Human Rights-Based Approaches to Preventing Terrorists and Violent Extremists from Exploiting Digital Platforms (GIFCT):
https://lnkd.in/edPDy5Nr
The difference between disinformation and misinformation, and how to do your own analysis (The Globe and Mail, Canada):
https://lnkd.in/g7bAhdNp
When enough is enough: terrorism, counterterrorism, and public opinion (Critical Studies on Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eaTN5qJB
Ghana needs new counter-terrorism Act to tackle radicalised youth – CISA (Modern Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/ezb-TgxE
Most popular AI chatbots providing ‘unintentional’ misinformation to users ahead of EU elections (euronews):
https://lnkd.in/ej8hTfA7
Social media: a digital social mirror for identity development during adolescence (Current Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/e4AbfDkE
Tackling Radicalisation Risks in the Balkans: Multi-level Complexities and Policy Solutions (Connekt):
https://lnkd.in/gWTH_3j6
Gove unveils new extremism definition to tackle ‘challenge’ to democracy (pa media, UK via Yahoo! News):
https://lnkd.in/eZqfgtrc
Information Technology for Detecting Fakes and Propaganda Based on Machine Learning and Sentiment Analysis (Qeios):
https://lnkd.in/eDdwteJY
Joint Study on Drivers of Radicalisation in Balkans (Connekt):
https://lnkd.in/gFTQ9bph
Religious Education and Prevention of Violent Radicalization: Analysis of Catholic and Islamic Education Curricula in Spain (The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society):
https://lnkd.in/efm_zsKM
Generative AI is already helping fact-checkers. But it’s proving less useful in small languages and outside the West (Reuters Institute & University of Oxford):
https://lnkd.in/ehhiPf_G
Understanding radicalization: New research highlights the online pathway to indoctrination (PsyPost):
https://lnkd.in/ezVzT7Bi
The UN Counter-Terrorism Agenda and its Linkages to Broader Prevention, Peacebuilding, and Peace Enforcement Efforts (New York University Center on International Cooperation):
https://lnkd.in/ecmQzhzU
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prison directors further enhance knowledge on effective management of violent extremist prisoners (Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo):
https://lnkd.in/e-FwDcnb
New strategy in war on extremism big leap to ending the menace (The Standard, Kenya):
https://lnkd.in/eEDBxvj2
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Fighting misinformation online (International Journalism Festival):
https://lnkd.in/e3mJDZBG
Women journalists bear the brunt of cyberbullying (France24):
https://lnkd.in/eedTrpHf
King advises political leaders to avoid extremism in giving opinions on religious, racial issues (The Edge, Malaysia):
https://lnkd.in/ezfCq4wg
HateXplain: A Benchmark Dataset for Explainable Hate Speech Detection (OECD AI Policy Observatory):
https://lnkd.in/ec2pVZ6T
Promoting Societal Peace: Collaborative Efforts of CPC and FNF MENA (Friedrich Naumann Foundation):
https://lnkd.in/e2m9Sy3k
RAGAR, Your Falsehood RADAR: RAG-Augmented Reasoning for Political Fact-Checking using Multimodal Large Language Models (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/emMxzRb7
DHS fills out AI safety board with major tech execs (Federal News Network):
https://lnkd.in/eB8r458K
The life of children in families affiliated with terrorism: an ecological systems theory approach (Critical Studies on Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/euFFZEVj
What are climate misinformation and disinformation and what is their impact? (LSE):
https://lnkd.in/e3edF5MZ
People Trust News That Fuels Political Extremism More (Mirage News):
https://lnkd.in/eVnfJR69
New UNESCO report warns social media affects girls’ well-being, learning and career choices (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/e3Msyjvx
EU elections: How is Europe preparing for possible disinformation campaigns?
https://lnkd.in/gacP-R77
Digital media literacy programs: overview, good practices and potential problems (Debunk.org):
https://lnkd.in/e_KqdEm6
Audio…
New podcast on dis- and misinformation in elections. Spreading Facts. (Unsettling Extremism):
https://lnkd.in/etUzbFXn
Video…
Connector Chat: Science journalism and communication in the misinformation era (CASW ScienceWriting):
https://lnkd.in/eY_Km99v
Cyberbullying Impact and Prevention Tips (ESS Global Training Solutions):
https://lnkd.in/eHUeWTJs
CEDAR – Continuing Education Against Radicalisation (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/eVfPje2w
Climate Security and Misinformation: A Baseline (Council on Strategic Risks):
https://lnkd.in/ecmzWXJz
Prevent duty training: Learn how to support people susceptible to radicalisation (GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/eFrh5qnu
How young, vulnerable people get radicalised (ABC News, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/dGyFicKE
Video…
Preventing Bullying in Schools (AfiaTv, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eVqmtdTV
Bogor hosts Southeast Asia Regional Seminar on EU Engagement in Counter Terrorism and Preventing Violent Extremism (Delegation of the European Union to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam):
https://lnkd.in/e8UZ6DYX
‘Radicalisation’ and ‘Countering radicalisation’: The emergence and expansion of a contentious concept (Universiteit Gent):
https://lnkd.in/gCVbDbF3
Addressing Hate Crime in the 21st Century: Trends, Threats, and Opportunities for Intervention (Annual Reviews):
https://lnkd.in/exTyJQxy
Fake profiles and time spent online during the COVID 19 pandemic: a real risk for cyberbullying? (Current Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/eS7njeSD
UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/geAcRD2d (News)
https://lnkd.in/g7gK67mj (Report)
Facts, values, and the epistemic authority of journalism: How journalists use and define the terms fake news, junk news, misinformation, and disinformation (sciendo):
https://lnkd.in/grCsBCnh
Building resilience in mental health practitioners: Caring for our caregivers (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/gfDGs_Zh
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (Hansard, UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eeJuMpzu
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DeactivHate: An Educational Experience for Recognizing and Counteracting Online Hate Speech (IJCoL):
https://lnkd.in/e6xzEvzn
Addressing Violent Extremism in the MENA Region (Connekt):
https://lnkd.in/gVvFrNdz
Persistence of Rumours and Hate Speech Over the Years: the Manchester Arena Bombing (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis):
https://lnkd.in/eKMzqWc2
Department of communication and media researchers win 2024 best paper award (Science X):
https://lnkd.in/eJppGUic
Nigeria needs an anti-bullying policy (Punch, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eFUVBatn
Bullying and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms Among Adolescents of Public Schools in Colombia: A Cross-Sectional Study (Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma):
https://lnkd.in/eE_9wyyA
Government wants to pass amended hate speech Bill before next general election (breakingnews.ie, Ireland):
https://lnkd.in/eByZk4qD
Social Media Influence on Emerging Adults’ Prosocial Behavior: A Systematic Review (Basic and Applied Social Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/emvN2Y4x
RECAP: NCITE Speaker Series with Cynthia Miller-Idriss (University of Nebraska Omaha; NCITE):
https://lnkd.in/dyDNh_Fk (Recap, University of Nebraska Omaha)
https://lnkd.in/dydqVb24 (Video, NCITE)
Challenging Gender Biases in Radicalisation and Violent Extremism (Connekt):
https://lnkd.in/guhtMmyb
The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants (Google DeepMind):
https://lnkd.in/e8S4-AsF
Escalating terrorism, extremism in Africa worry AU (APA News):
https://lnkd.in/ePBNjp6B
African leaders call for rethink on tackling violent extremism (Reuters):
https://lnkd.in/eAuk4Yrg
The Vocabulary Of Disinformation & Misinformation (Goethe-Institut):
https://lnkd.in/eZgDbjtR
Video…
Violence against women active in politics in the EU: A serious obstacle to political participation (European Parliamentary Research Service):
https://lnkd.in/ej2GThuV
Multilingual Hate Speech Detection: A Semi-Supervised Generative Adversarial Approach (Entropy):
https://lnkd.in/e6x_Gy3V
Strategic Framework on preventing and countering violent extremism (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand):
https://lnkd.in/esrRMwuT
Streaming, Chatting, Modding: Eine Kurzexploration extremistischer Aktivitäten auf Gaming- und Gaming-nahen Plattformen (PRIF):
https://lnkd.in/dUVrkkbY
Sydney universities launch database to tackle information disorder (FactCheckHub):
https://lnkd.in/eFzJFuBq
Building Resilience Against Election Influence Operations (IFES):
https://lnkd.in/gZZyBP4z
Transparency Must be a Cornerstone of the Digital India Act (Tech Policy Press):
https://lnkd.in/gyAXqvdm
Multilingual Hate Speech Detection: A Semi-Supervised Generative Adversarial Approach (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/eccmwQX9
Detoxing information ecosystems: A proactive strategy for tackling disinformation (DW Akademie):
https://lnkd.in/etZRzFVS
How Extreme Should the FBI and DHS Be in Removing Extremism from Gaming? (JDSupra):
https://lnkd.in/eM6Ts8bA
Fact-checking is the cure for misinformation spread: Stephen Ibelli (The Business Standard, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/eu_hRrBf
Anticipating the Storm: Mapping Digital Threats to the 2024 European Parliament Elections (Democracy Reporting International):
https://lnkd.in/etcbzZs5
Investigatory powers enhanced to keep people safer (UK-GOV):
https://lnkd.in/eu9GyFFB
How to Handle Online Harassment When It Happens to You (Wired):
https://lnkd.in/gqumAZ5J
Audio…
Code Red: Episode 1 (Daily Bruin):
https://lnkd.in/eaMzFCem
Statement on removal of extreme violent content (eSafetyCommissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/ej-wkPCG
Australian researchers launch global misinformation database. The world-first platform will cover fake news, AI regulation (InformationAge):
https://lnkd.in/eDTnzGrP
Joint Study on Drivers of Radicalisation in MENA (Connekt):
https://lnkd.in/gXAGXqJe
Australia. National cabinet to meet on violence against women, with Albanese saying everyone ‘must do better’ (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/eJucjBfG
Australia must act now on its crisis of male violence and misogynist ideology (ASPI):
https://lnkd.in/eKxFkT3W
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What is the Definition of Extremism in the UK? ft. Professor Paul Thomas (Fever Radio):
https://lnkd.in/ejKBaUCd
Video…
How to combat bullying with AI (Women in Tech Sweden):
https://lnkd.in/eiehSgkw
Video…
Inoculating students against Disinformation in a Post Truth Society (SUNY CPD, State University of New York):
https://lnkd.in/g9kQsx8s
A new Mozilla report exposes major flaws in social media ad libraries (NiemanLab):
https://lnkd.in/eUtBzdYX
Government seeks public feedback on major expansion of eSafety powers (ABC News, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eRGfdijz
Proof of biased behavior of Normalized Mutual Information (Nature):
https://lnkd.in/eMisPMXT
An Adaptive Hate Speech Detection Approach Using Neutrosophic Neural Networks for Social Media Forensics (Tech Science Press):
https://lnkd.in/exjYzv-t
Peer cybervictimization and cyberaggression as a function of developmental stage during adolescence: A preliminary study (Acta Psychologica):
https://lnkd.in/eViK6MvD
Fake news and misinformation: Sydney universities launch new database (The University of Sydney):
https://lnkd.in/eF6FD6ZX
Attitudes to who should be responsible for identifying and countering online disinformation worldwide as of September 2023, by HDI (statista):
https://lnkd.in/edJpBEcw
Lightweight Language Agnostic Data Sanitization Pipeline for Dealing with Homoglyphs in Code-Mixed Languages (in book ‘Speech and Language Technologies for Low-Resource Languages’):
https://lnkd.in/ea4avE3n
Police warn and inform against bullying in schools (Citizen.co.za):
https://lnkd.in/eUY73XYW
Khan review on threats to social cohesion and democratic resilience (House of Commons Library):
https://lnkd.in/eBArKeQT
Countering terrorism in the Sahel region: an ongoing battle and the new Joint Force between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso (Mondo Internazionale):
https://lnkd.in/eUMqPXba
Decline in hate crime reports to police welcomed (Scottish Legal News):
https://lnkd.in/ehKQVxQq
International sample of adolescents shows many experience weight-related bullying online, especially social media users (Medical XPress via Microsoft Start):
https://lnkd.in/eFT2AYPN
New Report Highlights Best Practices to Counter Election Disinformation (GMF Alliance for Securing Democracy):
https://lnkd.in/eM6B2YPD
Tech Against Terrorism Welcomes UK Proscription of Terrorgram (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/g33XYqEG
The how’s and how often’s of school harassment: How do they influence the academic achievement of adolescents over time? (Studies in Educational Evaluation):
https://lnkd.in/e5qKxZHJ
Three-quarters of public fear misinformation will affect UK elections – report (The Standard, UK):
https://lnkd.in/evZnpTjB
Africa governments urged to combat women abuses, bullying online (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/gJFt4Uqw
US, Italy agree to work together to counter spread of misinformation (Reuters):
https://lnkd.in/erCcJjq2
Social Media Fake News Breaches People’s Freedom of Speech (JETIR, India):
https://lnkd.in/e86R2aKM
Case management interventions seeking to counter radicalisation to violence and related forms of violence: A systematic review (Campbell Systematic Reviews):
https://lnkd.in/eVQ4b9nr
Digital 2023: Global Overview Report (Datareportal):
https://lnkd.in/egqrbbew
Violence against women active in politics in the EU: A serious obstacle to political participation (Think Tank, European Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eGhNVh7S
‘Let’s build a system to keep children safe online’ – Meet Almudena Lara, child protection policy lead (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/e2ar8DYi
Determinants of individuals’ belief in fake news: A scoping review determinants of belief in fake news (PLoS One):
https://lnkd.in/gNkKqCHj
Potential risks of content, features, and functions: The science of how social media affects youth (American Psychological Association):
https://lnkd.in/eiZHsaTh
Exploring Boundaries and Intensities in Offensive and Hate Speech: Unveiling the Complex Spectrum of Social Media Discourse (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eS5G5DSE
How gendered disinformation on social media harms Kenyan women seeking political office (Global Voices advox):
https://lnkd.in/emQDHk_8
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Virtualism, Cyberviolence and Hate Speech in the Metaverse: What Impact for Criminal Justice? (Academy of European Law):
https://lnkd.in/eDbaY8BX
Prevent: Extremism and Radicalisation. One Minute Guide (North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership):
https://lnkd.in/eQucPtHk
Links between Terrorism and Migration: An Exploration (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/eAH-7yVa
Video…
IEEE Computer Society: Ilene Klein, CISSP, CISM: Lies Damned Lies, and Disinformation Event (IEEEComputerSociety):
https://lnkd.in/e-9pQ7KE
Cross-regional study on radicalisation in MENA and Balkans (Connekt):
https://lnkd.in/g5TFhzKD
How AI impacts on academic publishing (hepi, UK):
https://lnkd.in/ejEt-BsZ
Behind the Paper: Shockwaves Link (Anti)Social Behavior Across the Internet (Nature):
https://lnkd.in/e4DUKjsN (Background)
https://lnkd.in/eN4f36c3 (Paper)
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Should the First Amendment protect hate speech? (So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast):
https://lnkd.in/e-GXeymN
Regional expert-level conference on addressing the digital information disorder, terrorism and violent extremism concluded in Ulaanbaatar (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/eWsq8kq5
From entertainment to extortion: Tunisian children’s online experiences (Child Abuse & Neglect):
https://lnkd.in/e94Fw6Dc
Video…
Global Local Executive Panel: Strategies for tackling misinformation in local government (Local Government Information Unit):
https://lnkd.in/e39dTJ8Y
Inside the echo chamber: Linguistic underpinnings of misinformation on Twitter (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eEWbprte
Policy Brief on Countering and Preventing Meso-Level Drivers in MENA and the Balkans (Connekt):
https://lnkd.in/gZKtHz5R
Innovative app aims to combat hate speech online (CyprusMail):
https://lnkd.in/eAbs3c-S
Policy Paper on Countering and Preventing Micro-Level Drivers of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in MENA and Balkans (Connekt):
https://lnkd.in/ehdwkpJh
Cross-Platform Hate Speech Detection with Weakly Supervised Causal Disentanglement (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/e6Yt6imQ
Collective efforts to prevent sexual harassment, cyber bullying stressed (BSS News, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/e5jjwApq
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 ( Lords Chamber, Hansard, UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eMqayFcx
Beyond Definitions: The Need for a Comprehensive Human Rights-Based UK Extremism Policy Strategy (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/ddQe59KA
Rebuilding Trust In Health By Addressing Information Challenges (Edelman):
https://lnkd.in/egpk-ZrU
Disinformation: sources, spread and impact (Post Note, UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/ep7HNA8q
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Launch of Study Report Regional and Cross Border Responses Towards Disinformation in Southeast Asia (CSIS Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/edsHvjic
Free articles and analyses on counter-extremism, on countering hate, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation:
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