I was interviewed on the ABC this morning about He Told Us www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Were there warning signs before the Christchurch terror attack? - ABC listen

March 15, 2019 was one of New Zealand's darkest days. We now know that the Australian terrorist who shot dead 51 people during Friday prayers at two Christchurch mosques had meticulously planned his ...

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Quite the attempt to portray violent hatred of immigrants, Muslims and 'race traitors' as somehow environmentalist (based, as so often, on a small section of propaganda in the Christchurch manifesto). www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...

He Told Us, our book on the Christchurch terrorist attack, was published this week. The project began at the start of 2024 when we found the terrorist’s previously undiscovered online record on 4chan.

In late 2024 FBI tipped off NZ Police to a man planning a mass stabbing at a mall or mosque. When raided the man had a knife, bayonet, video of the Christchurch attack and child pornography. He claimed he was seeking notoriety. m.youtube.com/watch?v=dnsq...

Hawke’s Bay extremist admits plot for mass stabbing after FBI tip-off

YouTube video by nzherald.co.nz

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Such a good thread.

John Horgan@johnhorgan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

10/n As terrorism continues to quickly evolve, we are going to see, through digital footprints etc., far more "personal" data. If we think that undermines or lessens the importance of ideological influences shaping an event, we have misunderstood human psychology as well as contemporary terrorism.

In messages to his roommate/partner, Kirk's alleged killer Tyler Robinson, wrote that the engravings on his shell casings were "mostly a big meme" which supports our earlier reporting not to try and attribute much too meaning to them. But the new texts suggest a pretty clear ideological motive.

Aussie MP Bob Katter denies link to the megaphone held by a neo-Nazi member of NSN, covered in runes like those used by the Australian terrorist in Christchurch. Denying being a Nazi or antisemitic, Katter stated he's actually “the leader of the anti-Gazan mob” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Bob Katter distances himself from neo-Nazi group associated with megaphone at anti-immigration protest

Separately, Greens call on Queensland MP to ‘apologise or resign’ for verbal altercation with Channel Nine reporter last week

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If you are attacking an Indigenous site and people it's not only opposition to immigration that is driving you. It's also an act intended to advance a political, ideological cause that causes serious harm. There are specific laws for that. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Neo-Nazis attack Indigenous protest site after anti-immigration rally in Melbourne as officer allegedly assaulted in Sydney

At least 50 men, mostly clad in black, approached Camp Sovereignty as sun was setting on Sunday. Four people were injured

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On the difficulty of finding 'Freeman' in the bush: www.smh.com.au/national/vic...

High Country hide and seek: How hunt for accused shooter Dezi Freeman could unfold

Near-impenetrable alpine bushland and the risk of further ambushes are likely to force police to take a cautious approach.

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2 police officers shot dead in country Victoria, reportedly by a sovereign citizen: www.smh.com.au/national/vic...

Victoria Police shooting LIVE updates: Two officers shot dead and one wounded after ambush in High Country

Two officers are dead and another wounded after a shooting at a rural property in Porepunkah, about 300 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. Follow our live updates.

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These people know nothing about our professions, yet they presume to tell us confidently that AI will "replace" us and it matters what they say because the people in charge of funding universities sadly take their guidance not from faculty but from techbros/companies like this.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · last yr.

Kiran Tomlinson has no experience working in these fields, what archives has he visited? What oral histories has he collected? Why should we be buying his analysis of how AI will replace us? Neither have @soniajaffe.bsky.social, Will Wang, Scott Counts or Siddharth Suri. They know NOTHING.

In this article, we compare the manifesto of the Christchurch terrorist and his more candid online posting on 4chan. We demonstrate how several claims he made in his manifesto were part of a sophisticated propaganda campaign and do not reflect his true views. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

I struggle to come to grips with the term 'nihilistic extremism'. I'm old fashioned in thinking that extremism (like terrorism) is designed to achieve something. The term seems like an oxymoron.

Threat against Sydney mosque referencing the Christchurch attack: www.smh.com.au/national/i-m...

‘I’m about to christ church 2.0 this joint’: Mass shooting threats against new Sydney mosque

The threat referencing the massacre in Christchurch was left on the Instagram page of the Australian Islamic House Masjid.

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This looks very interesting www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Role of Ideology in Motivating Lone Actor Terrorism: An Analysis of the Online Record of the Christchurch Terrorist

This article considers how ideology motivates lone actor terrorists to use violence. A significant body of literature in terrorism studies sees ideology as a much less important driver of terrorist...

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French video game gave its new Christchurch born Māori character a birth date of 15 March (the date of the 2019 terrorist attack in the city) www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Popular video game updates avatar after controversy over Christchurch mosque attack date

Ubisoft has been slammed online for the Christchurch terror attack linking as well as having a fake iwi.

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I only have 20 followers on Bluesky but I thought better to share this new article here than on X (for obvious reasons). Using the previously undetected online record of the Chch terrorist we consider the role of ideology in his pathway to violence: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Role of Ideology in Motivating Lone Actor Terrorism: An Analysis of the Online Record of the Christchurch Terrorist

This article considers how ideology motivates lone actor terrorists to use violence. A significant body of literature in terrorism studies sees ideology as a much less important driver of terrorist...

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Australian National Socialist Network and other neo-Nazis and white nationalists increasingly emboldened, with their leaders back on X and thriving. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Musk’s X enables Australia’s neo-Nazis, warn Coalition and online watchdog

White supremacists and leaders of Australia’s National Socialist Network (NSN) were previously banned or censored on X before returning in the past year or so.

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“Once school starts again, Another Christchurch will happen." Per @seamushughes.bsky.social and Court Watch, a Tennessee man whose "hatred was far-reaching" was arrested plotting a white supremacist attack. www.courtwatch.news/p/like-brent...

“Like Brenton”: Tennessee Man Arrested for Mass Shooting Plot at Mosque

Gunner Fisher was arrested in late December and indicted today for communicating a threat. DOJ says he fantasized about mass shootings, had a rifle, repeatedly used racial epithets, and said he was go...

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The Madison, Wisconsin school shooter was a radfem Columbine-worshipper who followed "radfem Hitler". Garrison Davis dug into her online presence and wrote this to explain what the hell all that means and why the right wants us to think she was transgender. shatterzone.substack.com/p/the-madiso...

The Madison, Wisconsin School Shooter Was A "Femcel" Columbine Copycat: Here's What That Means

Also: why the far-right wants you to believe she was transgender

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A Nazi sympathiser has been found by a court to have prepared a terrorism attack on an immigration law firm after choosing them as a target after reading a Daily Mail article. He carried a Nazi flag & a knife into a solicitors' offices in 2020 and then attacked the staff www.bbc.com/news/article...

Court finds neo-Nazi Cavan Medlock planned attack at law firm

Cavan Medlock had a Nazi flag and a knife when he targeted the immigration law firm, a court finds.

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My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...

Education Is Key to Fighting Disinformation on Social Media

In our interconnected modern world, education is critical in the fight against disinformation.

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"An unprecedented coordinated plea from security agencies in the Five Eyes countries – Australia, the US, Britain, Canada and New Zealand – for their citizens to do more to stop young people falling prey to radical, violent ideologies": www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Two Australian teens convicted under counter-terrorism laws as AFP and Asio warn of ‘early signs of radicalisation’

Agencies urge parents, teachers and healthcare workers to be vigilant, paying particular attention to gaming sites and messaging platforms

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“You cannot condemn” human rights violations around the world, Mr. Sanders said on the Senate floor on Wednesday, “and then turn a blind eye to what the United States is now funding in Israel — people will laugh in your face.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...

Democrats Split as Senate Rejects Bills to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel

The legislation failed resoundingly but highlighted a growing Democratic divide over whether the United States should withhold some weapons to register its disapproval of Israel’s war tactics.

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