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Today, Christopher V. David, Nils Riekers and Marten Risius examine how the Schongau attacker combined blackpill fatalism, misogyny, anti-Muslim hatred, antisemitism, gore content and shooter fandom into a personalised worldview of nihilistic violent extremism: gnet-research.org/2026/08/05/f...
From Blackpill Fatalism to Misanthropy: Unpacking the Motivation of the Schongau School Shooter - GNET
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📢🌐 In May, GNET hosted our Sixth Annual Conference with support from @gifct.bsky.social 🗣️ With three panels, a keynote and a discussion, the conference covered emerging trends, extremist subcultures and potential policy routes. Read the key takeaways and watch the recordings here:
The Sixth Annual GNET Conference: A Summary of Key Takeaways - GNET
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Today, Uri Klempner draws on findings from Alice's routine adversarial red-team testing, where frontier AI models were probed to determine whether they could provide operational guidance for CBRNE threats.
Artificial Intelligence and Extremist Capability: How AI Lowers the Barriers Between Intent and Capability - GNET
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An analysis of the San Diego Attackers' Manifesto by Muskan Sangwan identifies four themes: the evolving role of manifestos, the construction of symbolic identities versus organisational membership, the influence of fandom and internet culture, and the growing importance of emerging technologies.
“The New Crusade”: What the San Diego Attackers’ Manifesto Reveals About Contemporary Radicalisation - GNET
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In the wake of the 2026 Montreal shooting, Claire Birch examines the perpetrator's manifesto, revealing how it reframes online incel-related extreme misogyny to present it in more sanitised terms.
The Montreal Manifesto: An Attempt to Intellectualise Incel Ideology - GNET
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Today, Jake Kalender investigates the Incelcore/Shootercore music community on SoundCloud linked to the radicalisation of Antioch High School shooter Solomon Henderson, adding to a growing body of work demonstrating the intersection between extremist art and extremist violence.
Extremist Music Communities and Online Radicalisation: The Case of the Antioch High School Shooting - GNET
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Reflecting on the April Terrorgram trial in Denmark, Daniel Madsen explores the perpetrator's role in disseminating propaganda via Terrorgram and addresses why the court chose to treat the case as a terrorism matter.
Terrorgram’s ‘Main Voice’: Lessons From a High-Profile Danish Trial - GNET
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Don't miss your chance to register for our upcoming webinar on extremist exploitation of offline violence for online impact. See the post below for more information ⤵️
GNET@gnetresearch.bsky.social · last mo.🗓️ Join GNET and the @gifct.bsky.social at our upcoming webinar: ‘Conflict and Content: How Terrorists and Violent Extremists Exploit Offline Violence for Online Impact’ on Wednesday, 15 July at 15:00 BST/10:00 EDT. For more details and to register, please follow the link below ⤵️
Dr. Heath Landress' new Insight addresses the ambiguity of violent nihilistic aesthetics, exploring how platforms and practitioners can distinguish between performative and genuinely threatening behaviours to better adapt content moderation strategies.
Between Meme Culture and Warning Behaviour: Interpreting Nihilistic Violence Aesthetics in Online Extremist-Adjacent Spaces - GNET
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Addressing a gap within existing counterterrorism architecture, Michael Varga analyses five structural mechanisms through which general-purpose conversational AI systems, operating exactly as their developers intended, may function as radicalisation environments.
The Counterterrorism Blind Spot: AI as a Radicalisation Environment - GNET
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Adam Rousselle's new analysis examines how Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP) has regenerated despite sustained military/sanctions pressure, arguing that online recognition, trust-node formation, and distributed financial adaptation facilitate this process.
Pre-Transactional Infrastructure and Insurgent Resilience: The Case of Islamic State Mozambique - GNET
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Today, Ruben Celada examines how online jihadist ecosystems linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State have reacted to Israeli and United States military operations against Iran, and what this reflects about the organisations themselves.
Online Jihadist Responses to the Iran War: Divergence, Propaganda, and Positioning - GNET
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🗓️ Join GNET and the @gifct.bsky.social at our upcoming webinar: ‘Conflict and Content: How Terrorists and Violent Extremists Exploit Offline Violence for Online Impact’ on Wednesday, 15 July at 15:00 BST/10:00 EDT. For more details and to register, please follow the link below ⤵️
GNET/GIFCT Webinar – Conflict and Content: How Terrorists and Violent Extremists Exploit Offline Violence for Online Impact - GNET
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If you’re working on MNVE, PMVE, TCC, or youth subcultures that lead to real world violence, Munira Mustaffa’s new piece on the 2023 Siam Paragon attack is a must read.
GNET@gnetresearch.bsky.social · last mo.In a retrospective analysis of the Siam Paragon shooting, Munira Mustaffa situates the attack within a wave of emerging regional incidents involving underage perpetrators, interrogating the role of digital platforms and drawing out lessons for more appropriate responses and countermeasures.
In a retrospective analysis of the Siam Paragon shooting, Munira Mustaffa situates the attack within a wave of emerging regional incidents involving underage perpetrators, interrogating the role of digital platforms and drawing out lessons for more appropriate responses and countermeasures.
Emerging Extremism Frameworks: Reexamining the 2023 Siam Paragon Attack in Context - GNET
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A new Insight by Zunaira Khan addresses the conceptual fog surrounding the convergence of human trafficking, extremist financing, and AI-enabled digital infrastructure in Pakistan's Af-Pak corridor, highlighting the adverse implications for effective governance and counterterrorism frameworks.
The Invisible Pipeline: Human Trafficking, Extremism, and the Case for AI-Driven Detection in Pakistan’s Af-Pak Corridor - GNET
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Drawing on a selection of recent attacks associated with nihilistic violence across Latin America, Urszula Mrozowska adopts a broader regional perspective on the phenomenon and analyses the circulation of TCC-related social media content that glorifies local perpetrators.
From Columbine to Teotihuacán: The Rise of Nihilistic Violence in Latin America - GNET
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Today, Mauro Lubrano investigates recent trends in anti-technology extremism, such as the firebombing of Sam Altman’s house. The analysis explores where this trend may be heading, the risk of further escalation, and how policymakers can respond effectively.
A Silent Escalation: Anti-Technology Violence Coming to the Fore - GNET
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A closer analysis of the recent San Diego attack by Muskan Sangwan examines how IS supporters on a dark web communication platform collectively processed and interpreted the San Diego attack in real time.
From Reaction to Retaliation: How Islamic State Dark Web Ecosystems Processed the San Diego Mosque Shooting - GNET
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Today, Fabrizio Minniti explores the financial logic of state-cover networks and examines how the broader landscape of terrorist financing in Europe is changing, as organised crime and state-backed violent extremism increasingly overlap.
HAYI and State-Cover Networks: The Changing Landscape of Terrorist Financing in Europe - GNET
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In this analysis, Yuri Neves and Emily Klein, PhD argue that an accelerating convergence between cybercriminals and violent extremists is enabling the transference of AI capabilities into extremist spaces.
Innovation in AI-Enabled Harms: The Transference of AI Knowledge from Cybercriminals to Extremists - GNET
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Reflecting on the rise of online fitness ecosystems with ties to right-wing extremism (RWE), Katri-Maaria Kyllönen discusses how these groups use Telegram to ritualise belonging, mobilise emotion and attract young men into RWE activism.
Rituals of Recruitment: How Right-Wing Extremist Combat Sports Groups Mobilise Young Men Online and Offline - GNET
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Aligning with interest in Louis Theroux’s latest documentary titled 'Into the Manosphere', Georgia Lala explores how the financial incentives of social media platforms inadvertently shape and radicalise the manosphere.
Into the Manosphere: Louis Theroux’s Documentary and How Platforms Enable the Business of Misogyny - GNET
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Today's Insight adopts a behavioural and psychological lens to better understand the dynamics underpinning NVE activity. It examines the defining characteristics of many NVE actors and concludes with some P/CVE recommendations that practitioners can implement to combat this type of threat actor.
Distinctive Hallmarks: Investigations into Online Subcultures of Nihilistic Violence - GNET
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In a reflection on the Bondi Beach attack, Sergey Elkind analyses how the “no allegiance” strategy in ISIS’s operational and propaganda efforts lowers the threshold for participation in ISIS-inspired violence.
Unclaimed Violence: ISIS, Bondi Beach, and Digital Mobilisation - GNET
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Today, Maya Yamout proposes a framework for identifying online ideological markers that may signal continued engagement with extremist ecosystems after disengagement, while remaining consistent with platform governance standards and data protection norms.
The Digital Persistence of Violent Extremism: A Framework for Analysing Online Ideological Markers Post-Disengagement - GNET
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In today's Insight, Hugo Champion explores the use of AI as a tool in the fight against terrorism by examining how AI can support prevention and disengagement efforts while highlighting the need for clearer frameworks to understand radicalisation and re-engagement.
Artificial Intelligence, Disengagement, and Terrorism Prevention: Opportunities and Challenges - GNET
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In response to CNN's report on the disturbing #OnlineRapeAcademy, Gazbiah Sans analyses how digital infrastructure can enable safe havens for such networks, normalising violent behaviour, and commodifying TFGBV into a transactional ecosystem of betrayal.
Online Spousal Rape Networks: Advancing Violent Misogyny in Real Time - GNET
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Through exploring reactions to Dezi Freeman's recent death among Sovereign Citizen groups and the broader online conspiracist milieu, @gerardagill.bsky.social situates these responses within the wider crisis of truth and trust affecting Australia and the Western world.
Truth, Trust, and Extremism: The Sovereign Citizen Movement and Porepunkah - GNET
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Sharon Adarlo provides an overview of HAYI and its claimed attacks to date, including the tactics and technologies it has employed, comparable hybrid warfare tactics used by other actors, and recommendations for policymakers and practitioners moving forward.
Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia: New Hybrid Group Threatens and Confounds European Security Landscape - GNET
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