Researching online extremist communities (Islamic State, AQ, white supremacy) | @GNET_research contributor | @TheARConsortium Fellow | I ♥️cats
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5 Feb 2024
1/5 I wonder if I spend too much time online but then there are interesting things like finding large amounts of AI-generated pro-IS visual propaganda! This @GNET_research article reviews a dataset consisting of this AI-enhanced/generated pro-IS content.
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More than $1.4 million has been raised for the family of Amin Abdullah, the security guard fatally shot at a San Diego mosque while protecting the lives of more than a dozen children and staff at a school inside. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/her…
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How has the Iran war affected global jihadism, especially al-Qaida & ISIS?
Join us Monday at 10 AM EDT with me, @ColinSmith1492 from the UN Monitoring Team & @wellesbien from @gwupoe for a discussion on the implications for the global jihadist landscape. Register: extremism.gwu.edu/isis-al-qa…
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In our latest analysis for the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), Saif Tahir and I examine how the Islamic State has reconstituted itself in the digital identity spaces where Gen-Z lives. IS has migrated into gaming platforms, meme culture, and music trends — building a "virtual caliphate" icct.nl/publication/engineer…
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Apr 29
The full superseding indictment against Sinaloa governor Rubén Rocha Moya is out and it's brutal. He faces Narcotics Importation Conspiracy along with various Sinaloa officials. "To protect and grow this drug trafficking empire, the Cartel has partnered with corrupt politicians."
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Apr 25
Islamist and pro-Al-Qaeda accounts on Telegram are actively sharing and celebrating reports and footage that suggest JNIM (Al-Qaeda’s branch in Mali) is making significant advances in the country. These posts are filled with fervent prayers and expressions of hope, with many users anticipating that JNIM will capture Bamako and large areas across Mali
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How does the Salafi-Jihadi online ecosystem operate without platform disruption?
This article analyses nearly six years of outlink-sharing from an IS Rocket.Chat server, offering rare insight into multiplatform communication strategies.
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Apr 20
The Counterinsurgency Dilemma was by far my most challenging book to write. I am excited to give my first talk on it and celebrate its release next Monday, April 27 at 6:30pm at @Studio_Theatre!
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Apr 19
The granular details of Xinjiang’s continued repression are now coming to light, thanks to a rare source: firsthand testimony from a former insider within the Chinese police apparatus. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16…
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leader of Khattab Media Foundation Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Foreign Terrorist Organization | United States Department of Justice justice.gov/opa/pr/chicago-m…
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Apr 15
Trump administration erasing convictions of its supporters in far right extremist groups. cnn.com/2026/04/14/politics/…
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Apr 13
New — My friends and I were interested in what makes an American ISIS supporter decide to plot an attack at home or travel overseas to join the terror group so we went through thousands of pages of court records. Full research brief here:
digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/c…
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Apr 10
🗓️ We are thrilled to announce GNET's Sixth Annual Conference on 27th May 2026!
Our theme this year: 'Threats in Focus: Re-Examining Terrorism and Violent Extremism at the Tech Frontier.'
For panel information and to register, visit the link below ⬇️
gnet-research.org/event/the-…
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Apr 9
Excited to launch my new book, the Counterinsurgency Dilemma later this month at @Studio_Theatre. @hoffman_bruce @AU_SPA
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1/2 Talked with @transform6789 about CJNG, FTO designations of cartels, how non-State actors display innovative approaches may attempt to set up alternative governance, & what the future might hold for CJNG following leadership decapitation
thebattleground.eu/2026/04/0…
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2/3 For more on concerns about designating cartels as FTOs, see:
- foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/18… by @tricbacon
- latimes.com/opinion/story/20… by @Jason_Blazakis and @ColinPClarke
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Mar 26
ICE tried to buy a vacant Big Lots warehouse in Durant, Oklahoma. The Choctaw Nation, which came out in force against the deal, just bought it instead. projectsaltbox.com/p/choctaw…
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يلينيكا ماي اربيكا غرماتة!
(ελληνικά με αραβικά γράμματα)
While we tend to associate Arabic script with Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Urdu, it has historically been used for writing many other languages as well, including the one represented here, an Islamic devotional text copied in 1812- can you guess the language?
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This may be the first U.S. gun shop owner charged with “material support to terrorism” for arming Mexican organized crime groups after the 2025 FTO designation of certain groups.
justice.gov/usao-az/pr/gun-s…
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