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AI and Counter-Terrorism in Africa: Assessing the Role of the African Union’s Continental AI Strategy (GNET)

There is great promise for the AU Continental AI Strategy to propel innovation and direct policy priorities throughout Africa. It does not, however, include comprehensive…

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Strengthening Evidence-based Practice in P/CVE with the INDEED Repository of Studies on Risk and Protective Factors (Journal for Deradicalization)

Research on risk and protective factors has significantly increased in the field of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE). However, it has become challenging to…

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Two Weeks in Soft Security: Free Resources on Countering Extremism, Hate, and Disinformation, June 2025 (I/II)

Browse and read from a list of the 265 most popular LinkedIn resources, also including 20 videos and 3 audios, dealing with soft counter-extremism, countering…

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Characteristics and Drivers of Lone Wolf Terrorism (Vision of Humanity)

An especially concerning trend is the targeting of young people by extremist organizations. Younger users who are tech-savvy and spend a lot of time online…

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Integrated model explains violent extremism (PHYS.ORG; myscience)

Associate Professor Milan Obaidi of the University of Copenhagen, together with colleagues from Uppsala University, Aarhus University, and the University of Stuttgart, has developed a…

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Artificial Intelligence Agents in Counter-Extremism: A Framework for EthicalDeployment in Digital Deradicalization (Preprints)

With an emphasis on digital radicalization in Islamic contexts, the current study examines AI deployment tactics for combating online extremism. It looks at the potential…

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Ofsted criticised over training manual linking autistic children to extremism (The Guardian)

After informing inspectors that students with autism are “at heightened risk of being receptive to extremism,” Ofsted, the organization in charge of safety in English…

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Radicalization within a network of misogynist extremists: a case study of an incel forum (humanities and social sciences communications)

Incels (involuntary celibates) mobilize around their incapacity to establish romantic or sexual connections and are associated with violent crimes and online misogyny. Their cisgenderist and…

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