On the list below, you will find the 175 most popular LinkedIn posts on the topics of counter-extremism and countering hate speech by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of September 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 the following:
1. Misogynistic Extremism, The Manosphere, and Mainstream Social Media | September 2023 (Diverting Hate):
https://lnkd.in/gdx2Sx2i
2. Patterns in terrorist propaganda can provide foundation for effective counter messaging (University of Buffalo):
https://lnkd.in/e7KY5Y7M
3. Improving Your Counter-Terrorism Response: A Six-Step Guide to Adhering to the EU’s TCO Regulation (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/exy7nfmu
4. A Functional Approach to Violent Radicalization. Building a Systemic Model Based on a Real Case (RESI, Spain):
https://lnkd.in/eNDTimjS (Website)
https://lnkd.in/eZ-YMPXV (PDF)
5. Algorithmic extremism? The securitization of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on radicalism, polarization and political violence (Technology in Society):
https://lnkd.in/eqf65XfK
Enjoy browsing and reading these and other documents on our list!
UNODC Launch Initiative on Youth-Led Action to Prevent and Respond to Terrorism (UNODC):
https://lnkd.in/e8Tym3_7 (News)
https://lnkd.in/eybXwqez (Website)
First person: Surviving terrorism only to face stigma in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique (UNODC):
https://lnkd.in/gDj49htS
Reshare…
Policyinstitute.net and its Status as an NGO (Policyinstitute.net):
https://lnkd.in/eRtBfUtE
Open-Access eBook…
STUDY ON BARRIERS TO REINTEGRATION FOR RETURNEES AND POST-RELEASE VIOLENT EXTREMIST OFFENDERS (UNODC e.a.):
https://lnkd.in/g8EJcCiw
Video…
Understanding Mixed Ideology Extremism (Program on Extremism at GWU):
https://lnkd.in/eUw4d-8D
A Guide for Mayors: Preventing and Responding to Hate, Extremism & Polarisation (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/ec2xCRBR
Good Practices on Women and Countering Violent Extremism (GCTF):
https://lnkd.in/e884Gamq
2023 Counter-Terrorism Week Visibility Report (United Nations office of Counter-Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/esggDuhk
Stemming the Rising Tide of Hate and Extremism Around the Globe: Cities Need to be at the Table (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/eci2mmzF
Neuroimaging study reveals hate speech dulls brain’s empathy responses (PsyPost):
https://lnkd.in/e4wVak9n
Audio…
‘Climate Change and Violent Extremism: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions (GCERF via YouTube):
https://lnkd.in/eavRu9RP
The Indonesian Foreign Minister Shares Three Rehabilitation and Reintegration Efforts for Former Terrorists in Indonesia (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/eKgZzVpW
UNHRC approves resolution, condemning religious hatred (Kuwait TImes):
https://lnkd.in/gGqBE8Sg
Religiously Motivated Terrorism & Preventing Violent Extremism (Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses):
https://lnkd.in/g2MxfrNf
Hate Crime Laws: A Practical Guide. Revised Edition (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/esr-XZxE
Cyberbullying of children (United Nations Human Rights):
https://lnkd.in/eFsgz_4B
Be an Upstander: 7 Steps to Combat Bullying (Psychology Today):
https://lnkd.in/eysPrirA
French Content Moderation and Platform Liability Policies (JSIS, University of Washington):
https://lnkd.in/eiFbAEVy
Document, Summary, Video…
Preventing Extremism in Fragile States: A New Approach. Final Report of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States (USIP):
https://lnkd.in/ez7EqDe2
Cryptocurrency-based Terrorist Financing: Investigating and Prosecuting Cases under International Criminal Court (GCTI):
https://lnkd.in/eTZybzhq
Disinformation and online political violence against women in Brazil (Wilson Center):
https://lnkd.in/e8cABfdV
Exploring Tradeoffs in Ranking and Recommendation Algorithms (Lawfare):
https://lnkd.in/eKh4q9_c
Counseling towards the Deradicalization of Islamist Extremists: An Overview of Approaches Based on Two Qualitative Interview Studies with Prevention Practitioners in Germany (Journal for Deradicalization):
https://lnkd.in/ef4jvqVh
The Insurrection Wave: A Comparative Assessment of Anti-Government Attacks in Germany, the US, and Brazil (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/eTNrQq4h
Norway. In: Routledge Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience (Routledge):
https://lnkd.in/e4THSwdt
Aphasia and bilingualism: Using one language to relearn another (ScienceDaily):
https://lnkd.in/eZRKw9nH
Unintended but not unanticipated consequences: youth work, organized crime, and concealed radicalization (Journal for Deradicalization):
https://lnkd.in/eVrd2XnA
Content moderation through removal of service: Content delivery networks and extremist websites (Wiley):
https://lnkd.in/ejq67_cF
Radicalization and Terrorism in East Africa (Politics Today):
https://lnkd.in/eh2SuMMw
Reshare…
The Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector (GCTF):
https://lnkd.in/ephYRCg8
Book Chapter…
3.7 Radicalisation and conspiracy theories by Benjamin Lee (Routledge):
https://lnkd.in/e6jF-Pf6
The Online Safety Bill has officially passed – we break it down in layman’s term (Cosmopolitan, UK):
https://lnkd.in/e8Bxq6VU
X/Twitter scraps feature letting users report misleading information (The Guardian):
https://lnkd.in/eJYDskeq
Ministers engage in a discussion on rehabilitation and reintegration of former terrorists at the 13th Ministerial Meeting (CGTF):
https://lnkd.in/e_PUg_wq
Testimonials: Involving victims/survivors of terrorism in P/CVE, September 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eNVajcxF
Dialogue 360 Project is “Triggering Social Transformation” in Somalia (KAICIID):
https://lnkd.in/ewfjUPV9
Open-Access eBook…
Book: Current Trends in Terrorism and Counter- Terrorism (USANAS Foundation):
https://lnkd.in/gbNBcv-C
Seminar on hate speech held at ULAB (The Business Standard, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/e3MD5Svq
Terrorism (Palgrave Encyclopedia of Security Studies):
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kochthorsten_palgrave-encyclopedia-of-global-security-activity-7113934740461629440-LrkH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Policy Toolkits (GCTF):
https://lnkd.in/ePDebnyd
Mitte-Studie (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung):
https://lnkd.in/eRGKCQfp
Audio, transcript…
Islamic State Online: Emerging Trends and Tactics (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/ehfdZRva (Podcast)
https://lnkd.in/efimVh6J (Transcript)
‘Deepfake Doomsday’: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Amplifying Apocalyptic Islamist Propaganda (GNET Reaearch):
https://lnkd.in/e-M8fzrA
UN, ECOWAS sign MoU on counter terrorism (Radio Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eetubHMN
Focal Inferential Infusion Coupled with Tractable Density Discrimination for Implicit Hate Speech Detection (Paperswithcode):
https://lnkd.in/eBBxXY73
Britain makes internet safer, as Online Safety Bill finished and ready to become law (GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/eRveA86u
Group-focused online hate: A danger to democracy (Telekom, Germany):
https://lnkd.in/dSu-65Ud
A Guide For Cities: Preventing Hate, Extremism & Polarisation (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/e4nvuBzc
Editorial ‘The Theory and Practice of Counterspeech’ (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice):
https://lnkd.in/gAG9s2SV
Measuring Results in Counter-Terrorism and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism. Compendium of Good Practices (A Joint EU-UN Publication):
https://lnkd.in/eHMV3vUu
The Dynamics of Islamic Radicalization in Bangladesh: Confronting the Crisis (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/eaBHhHwy
Day 2 of Eradicate Hate Summit focuses on violent extremism (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle):
https://lnkd.in/e9E3FrsU
The Agency and Roles of Foreign Women in ISIS (The Center of Justice & Accountability):
https://lnkd.in/e9bQZDNC
France: Proposed law to limit easy access to illegal online content (digwatch):
https://lnkd.in/eShsrpJy
A Graph-Based Context-Aware Model to Understand Online Conversations (ACM Digital Library):
https://lnkd.in/gwBNeV54 (see PDF)
Chapter Abstracts of eBook…
Extremism. A Philosophical Analysis By Quassim Cassam (Taylor & Francis Group):
https://lnkd.in/epbQGgaT
Not a Drop to Drink: Water Scarcity Gives Rise to Local Violence, International Disputes (The Soufan Center):
https://lnkd.in/eu4JMaKQ
OSCE Policy Brief – Linkages between Violent Misogyny and Violent Extremism (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/eC3dCgJi
General theory of data, artificial intelligence and governance (Humanities and Social Sciences Communications):
https://lnkd.in/gV_DesKa
Britain Passes Sweeping New Online Safety Law (The New York Times):
https://lnkd.in/eXpdjW-a
OVER-THE-HORIZON COUNTERTERRORISM. Implications of the new Western approach to counterterrorism (Djøf Publishing; Centre for Military Studies, Denmark):
https://lnkd.in/ebareXYs
Does Artificial Intelligence have a right to free speech? Only if it supports our right to free thought (Deccan Herald):
https://lnkd.in/ezeBWFSD
RAN in the WBs Study Visit – Management of Returnee Foreign Terrorist Fighters and their Family Members, Berlin 28-29 April 2022 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/ep9BSeKE
Making the Nation Safer Through Social Science. The Psychology of It All (Stimson):
https://lnkd.in/eyw_c57u
Violent Extremism: Agencies’ and Financial Institutions’ Efforts to Link Financing to Domestic Threats (U.S. Government Accountability Office):
https://lnkd.in/gkh32h-j
Discovery and characterisation of socially polarised communities on social media (Springer Nature):
https://lnkd.in/gHYYRFqs
CO23131 | Weaponising of the COVID-19 Pandemic (RSIS, Singapore):
https://lnkd.in/esHnnpPc
The Nature of Bullying in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Students’ Experiences in Ghana and Norway (Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education):
https://lnkd.in/eT_kBske
Domain-adaptive pre-training on a BERT model for the automatic detection of misogynistic tweets in Spanish (Springer):
https://lnkd.in/evgCYKRn
RAN Mental Health: Trauma, violent extremism and masculinity, Bologna 20-21 June 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/ebypq98J
‘Easy access to illegal content’ likely to be curbed in France (Euractiv):
https://lnkd.in/eHSsF37a
Book review…
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE: INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, STRATEGY AND CRISIS ESCALATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE (IISS):
https://lnkd.in/e_q6K7Ww
From hate speech to AI music: the YouTube chief trying to leap tech’s biggest hurdles (The Guardian):
https://lnkd.in/eivz4upF
Multi Platform-based Hate Speech Detection (ICAART 2023):
https://lnkd.in/e7utGbUP
The Four Realms of Extremism and Mitigation Techniques By Adham Elmayergi (University of Alberta):
https://lnkd.in/edWA39fB
An Evolving Threat Landscape: Composite Violent Extremism and Prevention Efforts (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/e9pj6VNG
Video…
The Psychology Of Interoperability Animation (CREST Research):
https://lnkd.in/gzPVJqPw
Benin/Violent extremism: UNDP raises awareness among young people of the risks of indoctrination (Jumelages & Partnarinats):
https://lnkd.in/d-kfdu2U
Reshare…
Child Protection in Digital Education. Technical Note (UNICEF):
https://lnkd.in/ecfCDkVe
Improving Your Counter-Terrorism Response: A Six-Step Guide to Adhering to the EU’s TCO Regulation (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://bit.ly/3PxmCXw
Singapore’s education ministry takes on radicalisation (Borneo Bulletin):
https://lnkd.in/ei4zS4aF
US Supreme Court to hear cases over free speech and social media (Financial Times):
https://lnkd.in/eri-uxKz
Multimodal Computation or Interpretation? Automatic vs. Critical Understanding of Text-Image Relations in Racist Memes (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eWv5eD9k
How Costa Rica drafted Latin America’s first ever anti-hate strategy (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/epw24_iK
RAN HEALTH Personality disorders and mental illnesses with implications in preventing violent extremism, Helsinki 20-21 July 2022 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/e435Nwd3
Spotlight on Mental Health (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/gg4Q2q_6
Online Hate Speech In Australia: The Role of News Media and Pathways for Change (Purpose Labs):
https://lnkd.in/euShdeKH
ECRI REPORT ON NORTH MACEDONIA (sixth monitoring cycle) (ECRI):
https://lnkd.in/e2gZYXQM
Video…
Select Committee on Security and Justice, 19 September 2023 (Parliament of the Republic of South Africa):
https://lnkd.in/enK4KMNC
Eradicate Hate Global Summit wraps up with sharing and connecting of solutions (Pittsburgh Union Progress):
https://lnkd.in/eEtcyMRr
Open-Access eBook…
Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (DGPs) (Melusina Press, Luxemburg):
https://lnkd.in/e4mmb3CM
Video, summary…
Victims of terrorism and their right to access justice: Challenges and solutions (ICCT):
https://buff.ly/3PUaqBl
Twitter hates speech detection using FastText (Parth Dholakiya via medium):
https://lnkd.in/eAeW2Qdw
A Framework for Countering Organised Crime (SOC ACE):
https://lnkd.in/dEMXfeZc
Free Safety by Design course gives future tech leaders competitive edge (eSafetyCommissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/eQAH-aJ4
Qualitative Indicators of Transparency During an Incident Response (GIFCT):
https://lnkd.in/eaH3hBq6
Predictors of Bullying among Athletes in the Romanian Context (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/e3xjiZbB
Singapore makes efforts to prevent radical views via social media (Vietnamplus):
https://lnkd.in/et-jVhDM
Will the Dark Side of the Internet Lead to More Misinformation Beliefs? Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eJfyDZwG
Kenya and Kuwait join the Global Counterterrorism Forum, strengthening multilateral security and counterterrorism efforts (GCTF):
https://lnkd.in/eBTtz3kp
Guide for Policymakers for the use of Sport for the Prevention of Violent Extremism (United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eMSawWTn
EU parliament to push for more action with broad mental health report (Euractiv):
https://lnkd.in/epqBzgc6
Eradicate Hate Global Summit returns to Pittsburgh for 3rd year (Triblive):
https://lnkd.in/eBhQEYuD
Does Social Media Cause Cyberbullying And Depression? (Security Boulevard):
https://lnkd.in/eDswYsrN
Backlash Against and Resistance To Feminist Peacebuilding (PRIF, Germany):
https://lnkd.in/dUNariXA
Quantitative Indicators of Transparency During an Incident Response (GIFCT):
https://lnkd.in/e4AtcxzM
T5 for Hate Speech, Augmented Data, and Ensemble (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/edFQCCW9
Prevent duty animation – public sector staff working together to stop radicalisation (UK Home Office):
https://lnkd.in/derjQGJr
Balancing Content Moderation and Free Speech on Gov Platforms (CIVICPLUS):
https://lnkd.in/eezTUTwx
Reshare…
The Hague Memorandum on Good Practices for the Judiciary in Adjudicating Terrorism Offenses (GCTF):
https://lnkd.in/e5hgZSMw
Video…
Select Committee on Security and Justice, 20 September 2023 (Parliament of the Republic of South Africa):
https://lnkd.in/emvfX86u
A Reporter’s Guide to Navigating Disinformation on Social Media (PEN America):
https://lnkd.in/eaCxhGzd
Freedom of Expression and Social Conflict (IFN Working Paper, Sweden):
https://lnkd.in/eNvwQAxZ
Publication: Unemployment and Violent Extremism: Evidence from Daesh Foreign Recruits (OKR, World Bank):
https://lnkd.in/ee-V4z9Z
Feminists Infiltrate The “Incelosphere” — Where Toxic Content Warps Modern Masculinity (WORLDCRUNCH):
https://lnkd.in/e6aq-5wf
Pittsburgh’s 3rd Annual ‘Eradicate Hate Global Summit,’ seeks to drive anti-hate solutions (90.5 WESA):
https://lnkd.in/eNX84kFG
Video…
Dr. Jörg Walendy at ICT22 (2023) (International Institute for Counter-Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eu6bgD6t
Topological Data Mapping of Online Hate Speech, Misinformation, and General Mental Health: A Large Language Model Based Study (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eUgJauXH
Recherche sur les évolutions de l’écosystème en ligne: Telegram, Discord et Odysee (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/edc5pFzr
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