Browse and read from a list of the 125 most popular LinkedIn resources – including 2 full eBooks and 9 videos – dealing with soft counter-extremism, countering hate speech, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation. As posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of July 2025…
The Top 10 resources, as part of the current issue:
- Understanding Youth Violence Through a Socio-Ecological Lens (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/dmykjCCe - Strategic Interventions to Combat Terrorism Financing in Pakistan: Challenges and Pathways (Annals of Human and Social Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/d3vuxz6W - Exploratory Framework: Ideological and Philosophical Constructs with Radical or Extremist Potential (Policyinstitute.net)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exploratory-framework-ideological-philosophical-koch-ma-pgdip-4k3yf - National risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing 2025 (GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/dyZyzzWN - The state-of-the-art in combating mis- and disinformation (University of Amsterdam):
https://lnkd.in/dHytwMUq - Unmasking the ‘manosphere’: Dal Health researcher explores online radicalization, masculinity and power (Dalhousie University):
https://lnkd.in/d_mhC7hT - Addressing AI-Driven Cyber-Terrorism Within the Framework of International Law (European-American Journals):
https://lnkd.in/dZMRJuHs - Steering Committee members take stock of progress under the PER-VEO project in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Council of Europe):
https://lnkd.in/dZ-NUcrb - Video…
Is terrorism changing in the EU? Counter-terrorism expert explains (EUROPOL):
https://lnkd.in/dnQNqhsW (Video) - Lessons learned on artificial intelligence and countering violent extremism conducive to terrorism (GCTF):
https://lnkd.in/dUktTWek
Background:
Since 2017, we have filed almost 21,000 shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – more than 8,200 followers and connections – with links to articles and documents about preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE), against radicalization, on countering hate, and on how to desist from fallacious information. This is one of the reviews of the posts. Each two weeks, the full list of resources, made up of URLs ordered according to content performance, features on our three project websites.
Browse on…
Tackling misinformation is a long game: here’s how science journalists can help (Association of British Science Writers):
https://lnkd.in/dCZMivYe
Too Young to Drive, Old Enough for Extremism: Youth Radicalization’s New Reality (Homeland Security Today):
https://lnkd.in/dfAQtj5h
It’s more than fun and games: The online gaming experiences of young people with disability (eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/dkqNwMMp (News)
https://lnkd.in/dvS2tyug (Report)
Urgent need to counter radicalisation of vulnerable individuals in prisons: MHA (mint):
https://lnkd.in/diyNEHCd (News)
https://गृहमंत्रालय.सरकार.भारत/sites/default/files/DeRadical_07072025.pdf (MHA Communication)
Public or private violence? Understanding the overlap between intimate partner abuse and susceptibility to violent extremism (Aggression and Violent Behavior):
https://lnkd.in/dVbAUyU5
Disinformation Response through Insightful Analysis (VIGILANT):
https://lnkd.in/dc9V-ZK5
Anti-Women Attitudes and Extremism: Empirical Evidence from the
Australian Context (Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, Deakin University):
https://lnkd.in/dyGECiqs
United Nations Global Risk Report 2024 (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/dsUKFkvb
Science at Risk: The Urgent Need for Institutional Support of Long-Term Ecological and Evolutionary Research in an Era of Data Manipulation and Disinformation (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dYgmNCCF
Interventions to Counter Health Misinformation Among Older People: Protocol for a Scoping Review (JMIR):
https://lnkd.in/dfSsRCDa
Remember Past, Anticipate Future: Learning Continual Multimodal Misinformation Detectors (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/ejvuJeRe
The Terrorism Acts in 2023 (Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation):
https://lnkd.in/dGUvYRgA
Combatting new forms of extremism (RAND):
https://lnkd.in/dkU3sHR5
Conclusion Paper…
Thematic Panel 5 ‘Lone Actors: Who Are They, What Is Their Modus Operandi, and How Are They Connected Online’ (EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation):
https://lnkd.in/gnQvicew
A Survey of Fake News: Fundamental Theories, Detection Methods, and Opportunities (ACM Computing Surveys):
https://lnkd.in/deYuaEPg
Combatting mis- and disinformation in the digital age: challenges and opportunities for Australia (Griffith Law Review):
https://lnkd.in/d6EsJDBx
Ministry of Information, UNESCO, and OIF Launch the National Media and Information Literacy Campaign: “No Filter: Believe Everything? Think Again” (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/drTDn_DM
How do journalists respond to disinformation? (TEPSA):
https://lnkd.in/dN8GPihV
Motivations behind misinformation engagement: approving, disapproving, and ignoring. A study on individual characteristics in connection with supporting and renouncing online misinformation (Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties):
https://lnkd.in/d7kcd-ap
Corrections and Countering Violent Extremism Symposium. Summary Report (CANSES):
https://lnkd.in/d-webpBd
Development of Socio-Psychological Protection Mechanisms to Reduce Adolescents’ Susceptibility to Religious Extremism (Jurnal Psikologi):
https://lnkd.in/dbh5BF7x
Monitoring new and emerging technologies in order to prevent extremism and terrorist violence (Technological Forecasting and Social Change):
https://lnkd.in/dXRU7Pwv
Empowering Women to Strengthen Counterterrorism: Regional Meeting in Casablanca (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/dx_G2MKq
Prevent must ‘up its game’ (A Lawyer Writes):
https://lnkd.in/dyiPY3ad
How can tech firms help users spot deepfakes? (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/dn3nGsak
Regulating the Crypto Market in Nigeria (IMF):
https://lnkd.in/dr9nu2md
The 4 psychological markers of ideological extremism (BIG THINK):
https://lnkd.in/dwtFm98t
Mitigating the Risk of Radicalization: Management Strategies for Religious Moderation Programs in Islamic Boarding Schools (Journal of Educational Management Research):
https://lnkd.in/dyR8NMqj
EU-funded Project Aimed at Promoting Media Literacy and Combating Disinformation Concludes in Uzbekistan (polit-x):
https://lnkd.in/deRzgvTT
Experiences of online hate and abuse among women in politics (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/djYaBJB5
Mis/Disinformation Survey Highlights Urgent Need for Stronger Alliances while 81% oppose Platforms Dropping Independent Fact-Checkers (Ethical Market Research):
https://lnkd.in/dHWVSZZ4
The paradox of autonomy when disinformation masquerades as truth a discussion paper (Patient Education and Counseling):
https://lnkd.in/d2-CFPa3
Meeting 2. The Nexus Between Organised Crime and Extremism: How Ideologies and Conspiracy Theories Fuel the Symbiotic Relationship Between Organised Crime and Extremism (EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation):
https://lnkd.in/dnn24adH
Reading news on social media for two weeks improves knowledge and fake news recognition, study finds (PHYS.ORG):
https://lnkd.in/d4usZyRY
Advancements in Transformer-Based Models for Enhanced Hate Speech Detection in Arabic: Addressing Dialectal Variations and Cross-Platform Challenges (ivySCI):
https://lnkd.in/dn-EFeyy
Terrorist financing through non-profit organizations (Financial Intelligence Unit, the Netherlands):
https://lnkd.in/d94xz_bz
How University Students Perceive Hate-Speech Moderation by Large Language Models (Samantha Flores & Stella Lee, University of Chicago):
https://lnkd.in/dmxjzvXu
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Tackling Mis/Disinformation – A Global Digital Handbook for Communicators (ICCO):
https://lnkd.in/djJ5Q_s6
Videos…
EDMO Training Series on Climate Disinformation (STG Campus):
https://lnkd.in/ddS_EiSW (Module 1: Understanding Climate Disinformation)
https://lnkd.in/dqgewPST (Module 2: Responding to climate disinformation)
AI’s Epistemic Harm: Reinforcement Learning, Collective Bias, and the New AI Culture War (Philosophy & Technology):
https://lnkd.in/dwCcqGE5
The Eco-System of Extremist Violence As A New Lens (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/dr5biuVq
Towards Reliable Fake News Detection: Enhanced Attention-Based Transformer Model (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/eQjPvzeb
Features of disinformation: an expert interview study on the perception of disinformation among political, governmental, media and business elites in Germany (Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties):
https://lnkd.in/drE33W_u
AI Feedback Enhances Community-Based Content Moderation through Engagement with Counterarguments (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dWgU3Kvp
Shattered Safety? Developmental Trajectories for Conspiracy Mentality and Violent Extremist Attitudes (OSFPREPRINTS):
https://lnkd.in/drx9GhFW
Role of Echo Chambers in the Polarization of Society (Athens Journal of Politics & International Affairs):
https://lnkd.in/deG3bE8E
North America Regional Hub: Introduction to Prevention – The Role of Libraries in Preventing Hate and Targeted Violence and Maintaining Social Cohesion (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/d6A3Dy22
Analyzing Textual Data in Behavioral Science with Natural Language Processing (Engineering and Technology Journal):
https://lnkd.in/d_sXgzQU
An Approach for the Automatic Detection of Prejudice in Instant Messaging Applications (Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications, DATA 2025):
https://lnkd.in/daDXfK-V
Monitoring new and emerging technologies in order to prevent extremism and terrorist violence (Technological Forecasting and Social Change):
https://lnkd.in/dXRU7Pwv
Misogyny incubators: how gaming helps channel everyday sexism into violent extremism (Frontiers in Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/d5Awkatx
MHA flags rising radicalisation in prisons as urgent internal security threat (The Economic Times):
https://lnkd.in/dtgvpuYp
Detecting Misinformation Virality on WhatsApp (Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications, DATA 2025):
https://lnkd.in/dcf5HRXb
Audio…
How to take a softer approach to combatting misinformation (npr):
https://lnkd.in/dcnRBnrk
Using Search Traffic Analysis to Understand Canadian Right-Wing Extremism Online (Government of Canada):
https://lnkd.in/dEY6fMec
Climate misinformation is ‘muddying waters’ and delaying urgent action, experts warn (swissinfo):
https://lnkd.in/dbs94HrN
Video…
How Does Hate Speech Normalize Discrimination? (Gender Equality Network):
https://lnkd.in/dWaEnMDN
Breaking domain barriers: mixture of experts for cross-domain fake news detection (Machine Learning):
https://lnkd.in/dWYmj56z
2025 Reuters Institute Digital News Report: Eroding Public Trust, Growing Misinformation Threats, and Investigative Journalism’s Appeal (Global Investigative Journalism Network):
https://lnkd.in/dSnSXCX9
From BERT to Qwen: Hate Detection across architectures (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dHr9MsJD
‘You are just like a man’: gendered experiences of women experts in the epistemic community on security in Pakistan (Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/dmhQJSmB
EU-funded Project Aimed at Promoting Media Literacy and Combating Disinformation Concludes in Uzbekistan (Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan):
https://lnkd.in/dhg3fnHd
FALSE: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren’t True (PsychatricTimes):
https://lnkd.in/dQedBpEf
Ummah: a Holistic Framework for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Nigeria (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dfAPFhiY
The future of misinformation control: integrating advanced algorithms and Blockchain for effective Deepfake detection (Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications):
https://lnkd.in/d9Aacrpt
Fighting online abuse: Women city leaders speak out (EUROCITIES):
https://lnkd.in/dyTkTkZf
Mapping research on disinformation and misinformation across the Nordic countries (sciendo):
https://lnkd.in/dxDvkwBf
How can tech firms help users spot deepfakes? (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/dn3nGsak
Exemplars and Influencers as Counterspeakers (The Journal of Value Inquiry):
https://lnkd.in/dgEw8e-X
Automated Threat Detection in Social Media: A Review of Advanced Computational Techniques (Annual Methodological Archive Research Review):
https://lnkd.in/dRMqMJ9d
Youth Bootcamp Empowers a Generation to Tackle Hate Speech Through Digital Action (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/dbCdqgYX
Written evidence submitted by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (COM0017) (ISD via UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/dkedBjNY
Video…
From disinformation to distrust: Making sense of post-truth politics | Prof. Maximilian Conrad (EPSA):
https://lnkd.in/dvr44VPp
Social Media: Misinformation and Algorithms (Hansard, UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/ddyCkgDe
Freedom of expression survey (Commission for Countering Extremism & GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/dWHwNMCN
Explainable Fake News Detection with Large Language Models Fine-Tuned by Motivation Psychology (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dGdAtCk5
Free eBook…
A Framework for Countering Organized Crime (National Defense University Press):
https://lnkd.in/dbGQG4-E
Video…
Stop Hate Speech – Mit Algorithmen gegen Hass im Netz (Universität Zürich):
https://lnkd.in/dUE9gx5D
Efficiency and Effectiveness of LLM-Based Summarization of Evidence in Crowdsourced Fact-Checking (ACM Digital Library):
https://lnkd.in/dZ3FyaqB
UK counterterrorism scheme needs to include violence with no fixed ideology, says report (Financial Times):
https://lnkd.in/dhnuGr8u
Detecting Fake News in Urdu Language Using Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Large Language Model-Based Approaches (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/dSWyK5Zc
Video…
Incels explained: From radicalization to leaving (NZZ):
https://lnkd.in/dc_3awph
Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms. Second Report of Session 2024–25 (Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, House of Commons):
https://lnkd.in/d2ZxmBdG
Truth Sleuth and Trend Bender: AI Agents to fact-check YouTube videos and influence opinions (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/d8g5UE3F
Kostenloses eBook…
Handbuch Gaming & Rechtsextremismus (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung):
https://lnkd.in/drkKVH_C
Too Young to Drive, Old Enough for Extremism: Youth Radicalization’s New Reality (Homeland Security Today):
https://lnkd.in/dfAQtj5h
Designing Lightweight Multimodal Models for Real-Time Fake News Classification (SN Computer Science):
https://lnkd.in/dtrVBDd7
Journalists’ responses: Case studies comparative report (RECLAIM):
https://lnkd.in/ddGrjbcM
Video…
Fighting Disinformation Without Breaking Democracy (Observer Research Foundation):
https://lnkd.in/dqhE2riP
Experiences of online hate and abuse among women in politics (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/djYaBJB5 (News)
https://lnkd.in/d7TkFaFa (Report)
https://lnkd.in/dAHGmjuD (Guidance)
Chapter 6: The Role of Stop and Search in Counter-Terrorism Policing (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/d-fZ5FH9
User Comment-Guided Cross-Modal Attention for Interpretable Multimodal Fake News Detection (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/dax7Stnv
Motivations behind misinformation engagement: approving, disapproving, and ignoring. A study on individual characteristics in connection with supporting and renouncing online misinformation (Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties):
https://lnkd.in/duXn_9ft
The federal Gender-based Violence Strategy. Federal progress report 2022–2024 (Government of Canada):
https://lnkd.in/dRARMBjh
Testing Hypotheses from the Social Approval Theory of Online Hate: An Analysis of 110 Million Posts from Parler (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dmy-WZqs
Dual stream graph augmented transformer model integrating BERT and GNNs for context aware fake news detection (scientific reports):
https://lnkd.in/dXcfwr_v
A Multimodal Semantic-Enhanced Attention Network for Fake News Detection (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/dh-ycdNE
Countering misinformation requires both laws and access to trusted news sources: Josephine Teo (Singapore Law Watch):
https://lnkd.in/dX4NTQpn
Understanding and Combating Fake News: Challenges and Strategies (Proceedings of 1st International Conference On Youth Empowerment Through Skill Acquisition):
https://lnkd.in/dSW8xHKr
Speech: Enable, Engage, Evolve: A new recipe for regulation. Speech given by Lord Grade, Ofcom Chairman, to the King’s College Strand Group, 15 July 2025 (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/daNujpJu
A Large Language Model-Based Approach for Multilingual Hate Speech Detection on Social Media (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/djGbqUvU
Video…
2025 Future of Summit: The Digital Mirage: AI, Deepfakes & Disinformation with Dr. David Bray (Ideagen Global):
https://lnkd.in/d2JRWTDD
Political News Literacy in Indonesian Classrooms (Journal of Political Science Education):
https://lnkd.in/dzpbNJ32
A New Incentive Model For Content Trust (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/de-xmB5t
Automated rhetorical move and step recognition in fact-checking articles with neural models (Information Processing & Management):
https://lnkd.in/ddpZ-WKU
Video…
Taking On Fake News About Climate Change | John Cook (Center for Inquiry):
https://lnkd.in/d3YJ52rD
Advanced Health Misinformation Detection Through Hybrid CNN-LSTM Models Informed by the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/d3qpR6ZC
The Climate Of Misinformation: Why Business Must Now Defend The Truth (Forbes):
https://lnkd.in/dBT-7WMB
Wie Institutionen mit IT gegen Finanz-Fake-News vorgehen können – Neue Studie zeigt dynamische Strategien gegen Desinformation (Universität zu Köln):
https://lnkd.in/dAJEvYz7
Political Disinformation: “Fake News”, Bots, and Deep Fakes (SocArXiv Papers):
https://lnkd.in/dB5Fyyeg
Ranking for Engagement: How Social Media Algorithms Fuel Misinformation and Polarization (Barcelona School of Economics):
https://lnkd.in/dSPABVSe
Misinformation lends itself to social contagion – here’s how to recognise and combat it (gavi.org):
https://lnkd.in/dWuDeqSH
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