Browse and read from a list of the 300 most popular LinkedIn resources, including 20 videos and 7 audios, 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 February 2025…
The Top 10 resources, as part of the current issue:
- Countering Hate Speech in Times of Crisis: Considerations for Mayors and Local Governments (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/ebJ7zq3C - Gendered disinformation and online narratives: Instances from Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Spain, and Türkiye on youth perspectives (Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development):
https://lnkd.in/e4TAwyaX - CODAC implements Women Against Violent Extremism Project in Upper East (Modern Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/ej_awVNk - A matter of perception? investigating subjective and objective exposure to hate speech with a survey and mobile longitudinal linkage study (Information, Communication & Society):
https://lnkd.in/etwEMPqE - Minister of Information Inaugurates Forum on Civil Society’s Role in Countering Extremist Ideology in Mogadishu (Radio DALSAN, Somalia):
https://lnkd.in/eWXSmws5 - Despite Australia’s strict social media ban for minors, a YouTube exemption poses risks (Reuters via MSN):
https://lnkd.in/gVpUVWup - Beyond Misinformation: Ethical, Social, and Moral Strategies for Combating Fake News in the Digital Age (Vrije Universiteit Brussel):
https://lnkd.in/eGYNNhv5 - Collective narcissism, political violence and terrorism (Oxford University Press):
https://lnkd.in/eNV7myic - Germany is prosecuting online trolls. Here’s how the country is fighting hate speech on the internet (CBS News):
https://lnkd.in/eYNMJiei - How are web platforms protecting the German electorate from fake news? (euronews):
https://lnkd.in/eCRwSR5U
Background:
Since 2017, we have filed about 18,000 shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – more than 7,500 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 the three websites strategism.org, preventhate.org, and counter-terrorism.org.
CO025030 | Radicalisation in the Digital Age (RSiS):
https://lnkd.in/ewuqxkzz
Tackling hate online (internet matters):
https://lnkd.in/ewzDdtfi
Safeguarding in an uncertain world (Education and Training Foundation):
https://lnkd.in/egjpVxSU (Summary)
https://lnkd.in/eVWEwdQR (News 1)
https://lnkd.in/eu5YnmgF (News 2)
Beyond radicalization: the 3N model and its application to criminal attitudes in high-risk contexts (Frontiers in Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/eJFvyZSY
Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism (Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/err4TNV6
Measuring Progress in a CVE Program: A 3-Year Longitudinal Case Study (CREST Research):
https://lnkd.in/edQaG3HV
If we’re serious about stemming the tide of far-right extremism, we need to understand what makes it appealing (ABC, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eteGxGx3
Free eBook (reshare)…
Former Extremists: Preventing and Countering Violence (Oxford Academic):
https://lnkd.in/eNbRHSAs
Innovations and Advancements in Criminological Approaches to Terrorism and Violent Extremism (Crime & Delinquency):
https://lnkd.in/eETMCHA7
New findings show online hate spreads harm far and wide (eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/e34MX4xC (News)
https://lnkd.in/eDpdpM-Q (Report)
From Education to Extremism? Exploring Madrassa Identity and Its Implications (AEA RCT Registry):
https://lnkd.in/dq7CeUis
Meta launches new program to improve speech and translation AI (TechCrunch):
https://lnkd.in/e_WfXMas
(De)Weaponizing Climate-Induced Recruitment: Prospects of Climate Change Adaptation as a Non-Kinetic Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Lake Chad Basin Region (Global Society):
https://lnkd.in/eMm93mWY
Australia’s new counter-terrorism and counter-violent extremism strategy: Light on policy and specifics (Policinginsight):
https://lnkd.in/eb9VzRnR
Misinformation and Scientific Expertise in Talk Shows (Elephant in the Lab):
https://lnkd.in/eApZibSh
AI-Driven Strategies to Counter Violent Terrorism and Extremism (Center for International Strategic Studies):
https://lnkd.in/eDCrgM-H
Australia hits right-wing online network ‘Terrorgram’ with sanctions (Reuters):
https://lnkd.in/ewbaT36Q
The ‘Misogyny Trap’ is the first step on the road to radicalisation (LSE):
https://lnkd.in/g2yDZ6i5
Video…
How did online disinformation shape South Africa’s May 2024 election? (ISSAfricaTV):
https://lnkd.in/e4_ZxJwu (Video)
https://lnkd.in/esEsmENS (Report)
Video…
Internet Disinformation, Epistemology, and Education: Meeting the Challenges of Massive Lying (IAFOR Media):
https://lnkd.in/ezY2kyT9
Beware the extremists raiding online gaming sphere (The Star, Malaysia):
https://lnkd.in/eXMwiFCU
Counterterrorism returns as a top U.S. priority (GIS):
https://lnkd.in/eeHMEntU
A comprehensive survey of contemporary Arabic sentiment analysis: Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eQGtbPgK
8.3 Practitioner’s Guidance (‘Toolkit’) (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/e4wvwxgR
Free eBook…
Disinformation, Misinformation, and Democracy. Legal Approaches in Comparative Context Search within full text (Cambridge University Press):
https://lnkd.in/eZhWpauh
From AMISOM to AUSSOM: The African Union’s Evolving Role in Stabilizing Somalia (HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies):
https://lnkd.in/gMS3xvDE
Toolkit (INDEED):
https://lnkd.in/ggZKKeAz
Peace Council empowers women, youth in border communities to prevent violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eYaqJm55
Nepali Transformers@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Detection of Language, Hate Speech and Targets (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/edtdjMn2
Eurobarometer Youth Survey 2024 (European Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eKv939D2 (Overview)
https://lnkd.in/evaVPhRc (News)
https://lnkd.in/ew-JSBdF (Report)
Synthesizing Research on Radicalization: Insights from a Text-Mining Systematic Review (SoxArXiv Papers):
https://lnkd.in/eCb5aP-x
Audio…
How To Counter the Mainstreaming of Extremist Ideas? – Julia Ebner on Radicalization Processes and Our Fraught Moment (RevDem):
https://lnkd.in/eBqHMUwA
Morocco’s Prison Authority Steps Up Efforts to Tackle Extremism Through Rehabilitation (Morocco World News):
https://lnkd.in/eGT32RKy
Understanding EU counter-terrorism policy (Think Tank, European Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eZG3-MzB
AI-Driven Strategies to Counter Violent Terrorism and Extremism (Near East South Asia Center):
https://lnkd.in/ge8jduXY
Fake News and the Sleeper Effect: Why Misinformation Lingers in Memory (Ozean Media):
https://lnkd.in/ezvAV4Eq
An Investigation of Hate Speech in Italian (OAPEN):
https://lnkd.in/e2_Ab2e5
Maldives: Strengthening national framework on preventing violent extremism (United Nations Maldives):
https://lnkd.in/eKaCAJ7t
The Dynamics of Terrorism and Extremism: Definitional Perspectives and Challenges (IRJHIS):
https://lnkd.in/ebVq3qWp
8.4 Training Materials (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/eDGtv4we
Sociology of Emotion and Affect in the Age of Mis-, Dis-, and Mal-Information (Frontiers in Sociology):
https://lnkd.in/eVhtKGiV
Involuntarily celibate: Inside the minds of ‘incels’ who blame women and society (The Straits Times):
https://lnkd.in/enjRr6dx
Free eBook…
Rethinking Religion and Radicalization. Terrorism and Violence Twenty Years After 9/11 (Bloomsbury Academic):
https://lnkd.in/eBuEBaA3
Strategies to address critical challenges to effective science-society relations, including misinformation and trust. Deliverable report (D2.2). COALESCE project (grant agreement No 101095230), funded by the European Union
Creators (COALESCE):
https://lnkd.in/eh_9Y3Wn
Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Detection of Online Hate Speech (Journal of Information & Communication Technolog):
https://lnkd.in/eCrTjx34
FactEval: Evaluating the Robustness of Fact Verification Systems in the Era of Large Language Models (2025 Annual Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics):
https://lnkd.in/ea7v7qtk
Countering the Manosphere: Supporting Young Men against Toxic Online Narratives. A New Zealand teacher’s perspective (CONNECT FUTURES):
https://lnkd.in/erWWkcst
Detecting Toxic Language: Ontology and BERT-based Approaches for Bulgarian Text (ResearchGate):
https://lnkd.in/e5eDZ8y3
Prison Radicalization in Bangladesh: A Critical Study (The Middle East & North Africa Journal on Violence and Extremism):
https://lnkd.in/esjwdwkZ
Side event: Prevention of Violent Extremism through the Implementation of Tajikistan’s National Strategy on Countering Terrorism and Extremism (2021-2025) (UNOCT):
https://lnkd.in/eTa5Z7H8
Gendered disinformation and online narratives: Instances from Belgium,
Greece, Latvia, Spain, and Türkiye on youth perspectives (Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, EnPress):
https://lnkd.in/eRCiDf_i
A Comprehensive Guide to Disinformation: From Definitions to the Best Defense Strategies (TANIUM):
https://lnkd.in/efWz3Wbk
Violent Extremism – Is Prevent Fit for Purpose? (SSS Learning):
https://lnkd.in/gu4exdT8
The Shield of Inclusion: Active Citizenship as a Practical Tool To Combat Radicalization (International Conference on Education for Combating Radicalisation):
https://lnkd.in/eJ85tsts
Address science misinformation not by repeating the facts, but by building conversation and community (New Space Economy, Canada):
https://lnkd.in/eGcmzFee
95
Improved Fine-Tuning of Large Multimodal Models for Hateful Meme Detection (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/ewd97eXs
Wer auf Fehlinformationen hereinfällt und warum (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft):
https://lnkd.in/euE7GMBh
VLDBench: Vision Language Models Disinformation Detection Benchmark (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/ebSKp8yM
Radicalization as a growing tree: An examination from seeds to production (Social Sciences Spectrum):
https://lnkd.in/esE9rEVG
93
This Is How PR Pros Are Combatting Misinformation In An AI-Driven World (Provoke Media):
https://lnkd.in/edaNvaw5
Video…
Weaponizing Hate in India: Perpetrators, Victims, and Political Stakes of Hate Speech in 2024 (Center for the Study of Organized Hate):
https://lnkd.in/eZAF3Z6K
Dealing with Annotator Disagreement in Hate Speech Classification (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/edR7a77h
Escalating Concerns Regarding the Ramifications of Online Disinformation (DISA):
https://lnkd.in/eCj2HDRN
Sasha Havlicek discusses ‘Truth vs Myth in Elections’ at WEF’s annual meeting (via ISD):
https://lnkd.in/e2s_B2u6
Stopping Misinformation: Scientists and Medical Professionals are Important Players in Communicating Reliable Information (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health):
https://lnkd.in/gpMiTRjw
Antifeminist, manosphere and right-wing extremist sentiment among men who use domestic and family violence: masculinism, misinformation, and the justificatory logics of violence (NORMA):
https://lnkd.in/ebKU8fTX
The Phenomenon of Global Terrorism (Fareed Otinga via ResearchGate):
https://lnkd.in/dNPybaZn
Concerns raised to Department of Justice over proposed Hate Speech Bill (Echo Live, Ireland):
https://lnkd.in/gqwxc_M2
Radicalizing spaces: Neighbourhood effects on susceptibility to radicalization (European Journal of Criminology):
https://lnkd.in/e-GyHfAB
Exposure to hate in online and traditional media: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of this exposure on individuals and communities (Campbell Systematic Reviews):
https://lnkd.in/gxtBwryn
Combatting Disinformation in the Digital Age: Responsibilities, Regulations, and Ethical Media Practices (Michigan State University):
https://lnkd.in/enUkMBcJ
The use of artificial intelligence in counter-disinformation: a world wide (web) mapping (Frontiers in Political Science):
https://lnkd.in/eEbe6d_M
Open competitions launched for Independent Prevent Commissioner and Commissioner for Countering Extremism (GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/ejfPRrAX
One_by_zero@ NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Target Identification for Hate Speech Leveraging Transformer-based Approach (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/ec5ZuJ7Z
Police-led approach to extremist intervention programs risks community safety, experts say (ABC News, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eHn7bmxj
Online Safety Regulation & Private Online Communications. The State of Play and Ways Ahead for Addressing Terrorism, Extremism, Hate, and Disinformation (ISD & Alfred Landecker Foundation):
https://lnkd.in/eCrV32QC
Public Attitudes on Content Moderation and Freedom of Expression (Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Digitale Transformation):
https://lnkd.in/eZPJPJNe
Exploring the digital extremist ecosystem: a preliminary analysis of hateful posts on Mod DB (Frontiers in Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/eahhjUCt
„Munich Security Report 2025“: Desinformation unter den größten Risiken für Deutschland // Mehring: „Wir dürfen nicht zu Zuschauern innerhalb unserer eigenen Demokratie werden“ (Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Digitales):
https://lnkd.in/eeTV9gv6
Extremism in Gaming Spaces: Policy for Prevention and Moderation (RUSI):
https://lnkd.in/ePkqi_sB
Rethinking Concepts of De-Radicalization: an Effort to Mitigate Radicalism Through Education (International Journal of Business Law and Education):
https://lnkd.in/eB97mfN3
Unveiling the Capabilities of Large Language Models in Detecting Offensive Language with Annotation Disagreement (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/ea98SGKm
Do big tech companies have a ‘duty of care’ for users? A new report says they do – but leaves out key details (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/g8F9DpmR
Malaysia: Harnessing AI to Tackle Misinformation and Integrity (OPEN GOV ASIA):
https://lnkd.in/e7-FW4QA
New Media Literacy In The Light Of Image Manipulation And Deepfake Technology (Cambridge Scholars Publishing):
https://lnkd.in/eB-NR2bW
Cross-Domain Fake News Detection Through Fusion of Evidence from Multiple Social Media Platforms (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/gM7pNUjQ
The Early Majority. Online counselling as part of disengagement assistance: an initial field report (Interventionen):
https://lnkd.in/egBFwDmM
Key Asks for State Regulation of AI (OHCHR):
https://lnkd.in/e8tkdNFz
From GIA to the Islamic State (IS): De-radicalization as countering violent extremism strategy in Algeria (Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies):
https://lnkd.in/gr8MN2Fx
Stakeholders Review Policy Framework to Enhance National Security (Voice of Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eT9P9Fyw
Perception on Social Media Usage and Fake News Dissemination among Students in College of Education Akamkpa, Cross River State, Nigeria (Prestige Journal of Education):
https://lnkd.in/eMpP9xRR
Video…
NCITE Insights No. 22 – The Psychology of Terrorists (University of Nebraska Omaha):
https://lnkd.in/eQ97ukzY
Panel Discussion: Hate Speech and Hate Crime Targeting Religious and Ethnic Communities (ASSEDEL):
https://lnkd.in/eAbZXKnp
NLP For Inclusive Discourse: Detecting And Mitigating Hate Speech (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eiNfBj_g
Fake news: Why companies should worry about it (Knowledge emlyon):
https://lnkd.in/evY74QSw
Bundestagswahl: Beeinflussung durch Fake-News-Kampagnen (finanzwelt):
https://lnkd.in/eWkxxYjd
Prison Radicalization in Bangladesh: A Critical Study (The Middle East & North Africa Journal on Violence and Extremism):
https://lnkd.in/esjwdwkZ
Free PDF, in German (click download)…
Right. Extreme. Online. – How to empower young people against right-wing extremist influences on the Internet (klicksafe):
https://lnkd.in/eG3Yiw4B
Video…
The Economics of Disinformation: trends, mechanisms and actors (Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eTTh5Vkm
City-Led Prevention of Hate, Extremism and Polarisation: Leveraging Local Youth Councils (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/e7Ru_RXJ
Reasonable Restrictions: Article 39 of the Bangladesh Constitution and Global Standards (The Daily Star):
https://lnkd.in/eMg4_k2z
Building partnerships towards preventing violent extremism in Ghana: case of the Atlantic corridor project (UNDP Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/ecfGugjJ
Fake news fightback needs open-source investigations, new media literacy strategy (Euractiv):
https://lnkd.in/eTShxXUW
BiaSWE: An Expert Annotated Dataset for Misogyny Detection in Swedish (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eNknhSm2
Primary school resources to teach online safety/Guides for online safety (internet matters):
https://lnkd.in/eM6CygJJ (scroll down)
Antimuslimischer Rassismus und islamistischer Extremismus: Wechselwirkungen und Handlungsempfehlungen für die Prävention (ufuq):
https://lnkd.in/exQKVdDS
Understanding Extremism–In the World, and In Ourselves (College of Behavorial & Social Sciences, University of Maryland):
https://lnkd.in/ezH39ucb
CP3’s Approach to Prevention (U.S. Department of Homeland Security):
https://lnkd.in/eBpbp8dC
The Lost Estate. How to put the local back in local news (Public Policy Forum):
https://lnkd.in/eMbwFwrw
Online Safety Regulation & Private Online Communications: The State of Play and Ways Ahead for Addressing Terrorism, Extremism, Hate, and Disinformation (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/gU4TXNY6
Do Conspiracy Theories and Online Hate Fuel Violence? (Conspiracy Watch):
https://lnkd.in/e9EvP2Wt
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Ethiopia (Centre for Information Resilience):
https://lnkd.in/eyMyBcjt
Bad science is a feed for disinformation and scientific negationism (Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical):
https://lnkd.in/ezPaDtjB
Creating Safe, Cohesive and Resilient Cities through Urban Planning & Design: Ten Considerations for Mayors and Local Governments (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/ercsiPry
Sydney mayors unite to fight extremism and build social cohesion (SBS News):
https://lnkd.in/euCWz-R7 (SBS News – Video)
https://lnkd.in/e6gmneWD (SBS News – Audio)
https://lnkd.in/e5TMDNJr (Inside Local Government – News)
Video…
NCITE Insights No. 22 – The Psychology of Terrorists (University of Nebraska Omaha):
Quarterly Insights: Online Hate and Toxicity Trends (Q4 2024 Report) (European Observatory for Online Hate):
https://lnkd.in/gicXkjeW
Bangladesh must wake up to the quiet battle: Culture, women, and freedom (Prothomalo):
https://lnkd.in/eTJ9dcQy
Development and Security Nexus within the NIGERIA Framework:
Challenges and Strategic Pathways (Journal of Security Management, Policy & Administration):
https://lnkd.in/dQEmeznn
The Portuguese Muslim community: integration and its role against radicalization (Security Journal):
https://lnkd.in/e7NPdp_Z
COAS General Asim Munir Calls for Unity Against Extremism (The Spine Times, Pakistan):
https://lnkd.in/ecv5wyNu
Peace council builds capacity of youth to prevent conflict, violent extremism (ZED Multimedia, Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/eZ6pbieE
Modelling Misinformation in Swahili-English Code-switched Texts (I.J. Information Technology and Computer Science):
https://lnkd.in/edNcCg7V
Preventing violent extremism. The power of diverse voices (UNDP):
https://lnkd.in/epfq8gYX
Initiative On Education For The Prevention And Countering Of Violent Extremism Conducive To Terrorism (GCTF):
https://lnkd.in/eW_W_J64
Evaluating the Effectiveness of De-Radicalization Programs: Analyzing Various De-Radicalization and Rehabilitation Programs, Focusing on Their Effectiveness, Challenges, and Long-Term Impacts on Reducing Terrorism (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eZ9cC2_x
The Impact of Fake News and Cloned Online Pages on Media Credibility, Public Trust and Societal Cohesion in Nigeria: Solutions and Practical and Theoretical Implications (New Media and Mass Communication):
https://lnkd.in/eiC6vaib
Building societal resilience against disinformation (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/e9rZZfKh
Sticks and stones: the idea that words cause harm and the implications of this for higher education (Journal of Further and Higher Education):
https://lnkd.in/eARa86ws
Radicalization, Transformative Learning and Struggles for Recognition: Meeting at their Intersections and Making New Pedagogies (Teachers College Columbia University):
https://lnkd.in/eAJUr4z9
Online Safety Regulation & Private Online Communications: The State of Play and Ways Ahead for Addressing Terrorism, Extremism, Hate, and Disinformation (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/gU4TXNY6
Audio…
Why don’t most ‘radicals’ go on to commit terrorism? (Borealis):
https://lnkd.in/ea3fhGpZ
Fighting Fire with Fire: Learning Artificial Intelligence’s Latent Power Against Disinformation (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/gRkdJgyw
Exploring the Nature of the Cyberpsychology Concepts that Apply to COVID-19 Misinformation and Barriers to Health Literacy (IDEAS, Repec):
https://lnkd.in/egKR2cUK
The Digital Uprising: How Social Media is Amplifying Gender and Caste Narratives (InternationalJournal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology):
https://lnkd.in/ebgRpMcn
Towards Automated Fact-Checking of Real-World Claims: Exploring Task Formulation and Assessment with LLMs (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/enN72MKR
Fight Fake News: Critical Reading of Digital Texts and Spotting Fake News and Disinformation Tactics (International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research):
https://lnkd.in/eH6mTZ_g
A Holistic Approach To Countering Violent Extremism In Pakistan (Friday Times):
https://lnkd.in/e7ctp8kq
DSLNLP@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Leveraging BERT-based Architectures for Language Identification, Hate Speech Detection and Target Classification (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/efzEPQa4
Researchers celebrated at the Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement (University of Cambridge):
https://lnkd.in/egp5TgWx
Simulating Rumor Spreading in Social Networks using LLM Agents (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/e8FRW9jT
How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills (Reuters Institute & University of Oxford):
https://lnkd.in/eCf6QntY
CSOs engaging in the prevention and countering of ethno-nationalism and violent right-wing extremism (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/e2ZRc3K9
Countering disinformation and conspiracy theories through education (European School Education Platform):
https://lnkd.in/eJwd9NvH
Encounters with online hate. Research exploring the prevalence, nature and impact of encounters with online hate among adults from targeted groups (eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/eDpdpM-Q
Survey of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Automated Hate Speech Detection and Sentiment Analysis in Multilingual Contexts (International Journal on Emerging Research Areas):
https://lnkd.in/eCVuYYpR
Public Report: Case Study Areas. Deliverable 3.3. (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/eD_mWn_u
Radicalisation in North-West Europe: The State of the Art (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/ehvxpAAq
Videos…
Extremismus – Begriffsklärungen (Beratungsstelle Extremismus Österreich):
https://lnkd.in/d2msfejm
UNICEF youth poll: Misinformation is the leading cause of stress for youth on social media, followed by bullying and harmful content (United Nations Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/e4v9Tiug
The Digital Exodus: How Social Media Decentralization Is Breaking Monopolies (BBF Digital, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/e6pw-7fd
Show Me the Work: Fact-Checkers’ Requirements for Explainable Automated Fact-Checking (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/e5U7QKDq
Islamic military coalition addresses extremism prevention at Riyadh forum (ARAB NEWS):
https://lnkd.in/eHP-65Sm
Towards a Robust Framework for Multimodal Hate Detection: A Study on Video vs. Image-based Content (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/ewbJ6awG
Axa-Report: Mehrheit der Deutschen fürchtet Fake-News zur Wahlbeeinflussung (Cash.):
https://lnkd.in/e-MaHT7h
The political economy of fact-checking in Indonesia (Global Voices advox):
https://lnkd.in/eKDw5mi9
Hate speech – a convenient tool in election campaigns (sabrang, India):
https://lnkd.in/eXTV-D9z
Navigating the Prevent duty: a focus on whole-community safeguarding (NGA, UK):
https://lnkd.in/euMTjvNz
Peace council builds capacity of youth to prevent conflict, violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eaiZ6BWT
The Role of Sufism in Countering Extremism: A Diplomatic Perspective (Al Khadim Research Journal of Islamic Culture and Civilization):
https://lnkd.in/ei5nZmtw
Challenges of Misinformation in Online Learning: A Post-Pandemic Perspective (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/ewJv8gr4
Adolescents launch a movement for an internet free of cyberbullying and hate speech (unicef):
https://lnkd.in/e2p-TjFK
NLPineers@ NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Hate Speech Detection using Ensembling of BERT-based models (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/ehj3g7Ku
DweshVaani: An LLM for Detecting Religious Hate Speech in Code-Mixed Hindi-English (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/e2sPq8vq
National-Local Cooperation: A Pillar of City-Led Prevention of Hate, Extremism and Polarisation – A Practice Update (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/eFTJ2huw
Major Research Report. Deliverable 7.1 (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/eR2sWB8s
Commission endorses the integration of the voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation into the Digital Services Act (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/eetR7uf4
Deliverable 8.1. Workshop – Operationalising Research Findings and Developing the Diagnostic Matrix (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/e92wfC9a
No Likes for Lies: Youth and Disinformation (Telekom):
https://lnkd.in/eBHHRtX9
CODAC empowers women to fight violent against extremism in Upper East (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/e6x7B_8f
A way forward: Disrupting the darker forces impacting young men online (eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/gDKbau5Y
Video…
Fathali Moghaddam: Dynamics within extremist movements (CORE LIBRARY):
https://lnkd.in/eieAJAwV
How counterspeech is tackling hate speech in 2025 (swissinfo.ch):
https://lnkd.in/eC-YM7Dt
Implementing Positive Gaming Interventions: A Toolkit for Practitioners (RUSI):
https://lnkd.in/eJaRdDWV
A deep dive into automated sexism detection using fine-tuned deep learning and large language models (Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence):
https://lnkd.in/eg9dFb27
How can online gaming be a safer environment for everyone? (Better Internet for Kids, European Union):
https://lnkd.in/eysH3R_k
A Systematic Review of Effective Measures to Resist Manipulative Information About Climate Change on Social Media (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/ePSbWc4m
UNRCCA Co-organizes Side Event On Tajikistan’s Counter-terrorism Strategy (UNRCCA):
https://lnkd.in/eDyAkkJU
Enhancing Community Resilience in Facing Terrorism Threat in Indonesia : Sociological Perspective (International Journal Of Humanities Education and Social Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/emB24suj
Council Conclusions on Future Priorities to Counter Terrorism (eucrim):
https://lnkd.in/eyzHcrT8
2 days ago
Online violence and misogyny are still on the rise – NZ needs a tougher response (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/euPjkbQB
Protecting Society from AI-Generated Misinformation: A Guide for Ethical AI Use (Analytics informs):
https://lnkd.in/eaZyx7vs
Stronger Together: Unleashing the Social Impact of Hate Speech Research (figshare):
https://lnkd.in/eDAkSNEN
IITR-CIOL@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Multilingual Hate Speech Detection and Target Identification in Devanagari-Scripted Languages (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/evjUr-R7
Dll5143A@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Detection of Hate Speech and Targets Using Hierarchical Attention Network (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eqhzQbFp
Influential podcasts fuel ‘harmful’ health misinformation (France24):
https://lnkd.in/eqQCrhvy
789 ex-terrorists undergoing de-radicalisation, rehabilitation – CDS (Punch, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eYGjMd4v
Journalists discussed the role of media in combating misinformation and gender issues at the Media Club in Nukus (Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan):
https://lnkd.in/en_jB9pC
How Organisations Can Fight Ai-Driven Misinformation (SMBtech):
https://lnkd.in/eAUeBxKR
Associations between COVID-19 misinformation exposure and belief with COVID-19 knowledge and preventive behaviors: A cross-sectional online study (JMIR Publications):
https://lnkd.in/eF_qAjPx
EU Code of Conduct on Disinformation becomes DSA compliance benchmark (Insight EU Monitoring):
https://lnkd.in/evjXwd7r
Majority support moderation on social media platforms, global survey shows (University of Oxford):
https://lnkd.in/e2RS24T6
Who falls for fake news? New study challenges what we thought (earth.com):
https://lnkd.in/eYykvEk9
Videos…
Expert talk with Ahmad Mansour (klicksafe):
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kochthorsten_policyinstitutenet-preventradicalization-activity-7293664982678798336-1SDD?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABGvZ14BQ1L9N3v3UxhSr1GruXaePOlw3bM
Audio…
Can you handle the truth? Putting misinformation to the test with the OECD Truth Quest Survey (OECD):
https://lnkd.in/e7gN4J2z
Influence Operations in Social Networks (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eKZawWVW
AI chatbots and companions designed to simulate personal relationships are growing in popularity, but they pose some very serious risks – especially to children and young people. Find out how to help keep kids safe (eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/ehHejDRK
Involuntarily celibate: Inside the minds of ‘incels’ who blame women and society (Asia News Network):
https://lnkd.in/ey445Fzr
Misinformation and disinformation: A threat to democracy in Bangladesh (The Daily Star):
https://lnkd.in/eKisnaYh
Video…
Digitalexperte: Fake News erkennen (ORF, Austria):
https://lnkd.in/erVT5rvC
Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Global Counterterrorism (Terror Combat Center):
https://lnkd.in/dfjZEiDR
Video…
Australia’s new hate speech laws pass House, mandatory minimum sentences (ABC News via msn):
https://lnkd.in/e6nDNVcH
Multimodal fake news detection using graph neural networks and
attention mechanisms (Advances in Engineering Innovation):
https://lnkd.in/e6hY6t5d
Traditional media is not dead and it’s still the most trusted ally against Fake News (The Marko Survey via NewsByWire):
https://lnkd.in/erTYgR-D
Australia government postpones big stick for big tech until after election after billions in fines recommended (RNZ, New Zealand):
https://lnkd.in/ewXq4MdF
Nationwide Campaign against Misinformation, Disinformation Begins (Gambia Daily):
https://lnkd.in/gx8vezdp
A Roadmap to Criminal Justice Accountability for SGBV Linked to Terrorism (The Soufan Center):
https://lnkd.in/eyR6ridb
City-Led Youth Engagement in Addressing Hate, Extremism and Polarisation: Ten Recommendations for Cities (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/e5KXHWyu
Toxic Tips: Misogynistic Narratives on TikTok in Hungary (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/eCMbsVwH
Germany’s Fragmented Approach to Disinformation in 2025 Elections (PRIF blog):
https://lnkd.in/e-ec9a8g
The YOU-DARE Project Launches to Tackle Gendered Narratives in Far-Right Extremism (alda):
https://lnkd.in/eNdpTN3j
Paramananda@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Detection of Language, Hate Speech and Targets using FastText and BERT (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eStJzuJ3
LLMsAgainstHate@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Hate Speech Detection and Target Identification in Devanagari Languages via Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning of LLMs (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eeWRhhCH
Audio…
Mary Harper – Three Decades on the Frontlines of Extremism in Africa (TOTALLY Terrorism, Pool Re):
https://lnkd.in/efHFGquB
Bridging mental health and public safety: Enhancing Malaysia’s MyPCVE framework (My Synchew):
https://lnkd.in/edt7cYEd
The Algorithm of Hate: A World Divided by Digital Venom (Opening Doorz):
https://lnkd.in/e3WJqWWS
We Need to Foster a Safe and Supportive Environment for Young People (hive mind):
https://lnkd.in/ezs4UNAB
Can Pakistan’s new plan to stop extremism actually work? (Arab News):
https://lnkd.in/e36TzETD
CUET_HateShield@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Transformer-Based Hate Speech Detection in Devanagari Script Languages (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eB5KDgAm
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to create four specialized centers to counter terrorism & extremism (The Economic Times):
https://lnkd.in/eGR6SZXa
Hoher Bildungsabschluss allein hilft nicht beim Erkennen von Fake News (mdr):
https://lnkd.in/eKwNVdXS
Hate Speech in sozialen Medien (Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Digitale Transformation):
https://lnkd.in/emRVCNGB
Young men online (eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/eRKAXw9P (News)
https://lnkd.in/e2x5F37e (Being a young man online; PDF)
https://lnkd.in/ewfMtwQg (Supporting young men online, PDF)
Methodology Report on Online Mapping. Deliverable 3.2. (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/evbRyCGu
Most Polish teenagers experience online hate, report says (TVP WORLD):
https://lnkd.in/es95GXYF
Governments can’t control people’s thoughts, but they must try to stamp out hate speech (The Age):
https://lnkd.in/eVN6_rsh
Streben nach Anerkennung – Radikalisierungsverläufe deutscher Syrien-Rückkehrer*innen (ufuq):
https://lnkd.in/gdPN2uhV
Methodology Report on Online Mapping Deliverable 3.2. (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/evbRyCGu
Smart chat moderation strategies and tools (RST):
https://lnkd.in/eWkaWjxA
The impact of hate speech on electoral integrity in The Gambia Part 2 (The Standard, The Gambia):
https://lnkd.in/euudNNCs
MDSBots@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Detection of Language, Hate Speech, and Targets using MURTweet (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/ejhBnGu9
The Disinformation Epidemic and Its Cost to Modern Enterprises (koat):
https://lnkd.in/ew2PN5Dn
Conclusions du 11ème séminaire annuel de haut niveau Sur la paix et la sécurité en Afrique, processus d’Oran : 1 au 2 décembre 2024, à Oran, en Algérie (Union Africaine):
https://lnkd.in/eVzyvvdH
Wenn der Schein trügt – Deepfakes und die politische Realität. Unterrichtsmaterialien Zum Thema Deepfakes und Wahlen (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung):
https://lnkd.in/eBNKMfU7
Improving irony speech spreaders profiling on social networks using clustering & transformer based models (Language Resources and Evaluation):
https://lnkd.in/eMCySE3p
CUET_Big_O@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Identifying Script Language and Detecting Hate Speech Using Deep Learning and Transformer Model (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eBfSQQiY
Individual differences in perceiving disinformation sharing as opinion leadership: Effects of dark triad traits, need for uniqueness, and green identity (Personality and Individual Differences):
https://lnkd.in/eRdKYC6T
Nigeria: Federal Govt Begins Implementation of National Action Plan Against Violent Extremism (allAfrica):
https://lnkd.in/ezUt8V5z
From clicks to chaos: How social media algorithms amplify extremism (Observer Research Foundation):
https://lnkd.in/esgsR49n
Nigeria Can Combat Violent Extremism Beyond Military Might. Here’s How (HumAngle):
https://lnkd.in/enhqT6Xp
Video…
Countering misinformation and disinformation: the role of trust in health systems (European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies):
https://lnkd.in/e9CZ-Tic
Counter Radicalization in Cyberspace by the Police (SIT Journal):
https://lnkd.in/enqR4ky7
Audio…
Episode 1 : Alex and Julian from Violence Prevention Network (Podcast about the Prevention of Violent Extremism):
https://lnkd.in/eb5M9-dW
Facebook sets its sights on hate speech with million-euro initiative (CIO):
https://lnkd.in/eU6EGqtB
Video…
Nils Mallock: What motivates extremist political action? (CORE LIBRARY):
https://lnkd.in/eg2-2brh
Cyberbullying Detection, Prevention, and Analysis on Social Media via Trustable LSTM-Autoencoder Networks over Synthetic Data: The TLA-NET Approach (Future Internet):
https://lnkd.in/et7-QjAk
Video…
Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation – Vaccinating Against Fake News (Cambridge Society for the Application of Research):
https://lnkd.in/ed3uPkzX
Sonic Hate: Examining Brazil’s NSBM Scene and Its Global Networks (GNET):
https://lnkd.in/eex3vjHS
800 surrendered B’Haram’s militants undergoing deradicalisation — DHQ (Punch, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eb_b6Wa3
How ideology infiltrated Prevent Groupthink thrives in counter-terrorism (UnHerd):
https://lnkd.in/e8zpEATc
The Dynamic Interactions of Hate, Violence and Economic Well-Being (Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy):
https://lnkd.in/e9d-Q8-K
Report recommends greater protections online (Government News, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/g9MuFafr
Violent Extremism in Kenya (Rift Valley Institute):
https://lnkd.in/e-qJqNNV
How misinformation and bias shapes what we believe (London Business School):
https://lnkd.in/ewEvfArZ
Video…
Spotlight: Disinformation and the German Election (Alexander von Humboldt Institut for internet and society):
https://lnkd.in/evqFXVYg
The Politicization of Fact-Checking (The Nation, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eBDhWgQV
A Hybrid Transformer Model for Fake News Detection: Leveraging Bayesian Optimization and Bidirectional Recurrent Unit (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/ePzEUsCC
Video…
The Nexus Between Disinformation, Radicalization and Violent Extremism ( (KICTANet):
https://lnkd.in/euTx-j3p
‘Stop it at its source’: Hate-speech laws back on table after unanimous vote (The Sydney Morning Herald):
https://lnkd.in/eXX4jvjQ
Deliverable 8.5. Training Workshops (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/eqJqnv8u
Gaps in religious understanding as a cause for violent islamist radicalization (The Middle East & North Africa Journal on Violence and Extremism):
https://lnkd.in/evhCspSX
Video…
The Impacts of Online Hate : Pathways to Promising Solutions (CPN-PREV):
https://lnkd.in/e3jtAYJf
Debunking four myths about children’s safety online (unicef):
https://lnkd.in/e3jpQU_F
Social media: problematic platforms, problematic users (ajen):
https://lnkd.in/eVU2gniF
Major Conference Report. Deliverable 7.2. (DRIVE):
https://lnkd.in/emK-tYsB
MPs discuss criminalising hate speech towards elderly people and disabled (CyprusMail):
https://lnkd.in/eXvKtVSd
The Impact of Influencers on Misinformation: Parasocial Relationships and Media Literacy as a Solution (Tecnológico de Monterrey):
https://lnkd.in/ey7euBwP
Regulating Misinformation or Silencing Dissent? A Constitutional Analysis of the PECA Amendments 2025 (The Critical Review of Social Sciences Studies):
https://lnkd.in/eKGfJYRB
Benchmarking exercise and identification of AI tool to detect false information on food (European Food Safety Authority):
https://lnkd.in/ed53iCS4
Resonanz als Konzept der Präventionsarbeit (ZepRa):
https://lnkd.in/guTzraaF
CUET_INSights@NLU of Devanagari Script Languages 2025: Leveraging Transformer-based Models for Target Identification in Hate Speech (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/e9bqFZFn
Local news can help battle disinformation, report finds. But outlets are struggling (CTV News):
https://lnkd.in/ewfArdk2
Videos…
House Tri-Comm on Tuesday (February 4) (ANC, Philippines):
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kochthorsten_watch-dr-jonathan-ong-expounds-on-business-activity-7292534354520535040-ekJj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABGvZ14BQ1L9N3v3UxhSr1GruXaePOlw3bM
Leveraging Deep Learning for Comprehensive Multilingual Hate Speech Detection (Procedia Computer Science):
https://lnkd.in/e9rcXsMq
Fighting extremism at school (DW):
https://lnkd.in/euf-H6BA
‘Violent extremism remains most complex security challenge in Nigeria’ (The Guardian, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eppiZz3n
CO25021 | Reclaiming Asabiya to Counter Extremism and Foster Unity (RSiS):
https://lnkd.in/eSGpAHnp
Audio…
How online hate became normalised in Ethiopia (Centre for Information Resilience):
https://lnkd.in/e8mQGX2t
Prävention zwischen ,Brückennarrativen‘ und ,phänomenübergreifender Perspektive‘ (PRISMA):
https://lnkd.in/ewVf9jiz
Video…
AI & Society House: Combating Online Hate (Humane Intelligence):
https://lnkd.in/ew2EsDW4
The Continued Threat of Online Radicalization in Malaysia (The Diplomate):
https://lnkd.in/eGmv6t6v
Challenges of Misinformation in Online Learning: A Post-Pandemic Perspective (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/ewJv8gr4
Free eBook…
Digital Disinformation in Africa: Hashtag Politics, Power and Propaganda (Bloomsbury Colletions):
https://lnkd.in/eF_9s7Hi
The Code of Conduct on Disinformation (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/eufZCMaM
Free articles and analyses on soft counter-extremism, against hate, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation:
preventhate.org
strategism.org
counter-terrorism.org
Recent LinkedIn posts with summaries on the above subjects:
https://lnkd.in/eBarZAew
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