Man these new EES lines are soooooooo efficient at making people miss their flights
Dr. Marc-André Argentino
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Counterterrorism | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Facta Non Verba My Books: QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement Contemporary Far-Right Culture
Meta conducted a secretive program that directed hundreds of contractors to pose as teenagers while bombarding its competitors’ AI models with disturbing prompts ranging from suicide to cannibalism futurism.com/artificial-i...
Meta Operated a Secret Program That Paid Hundreds of Contractors to Pretend to Be Children and Teenagers While Having Disturbing Conversations With AI
Meta hired hundreds of contractors to pose as children and teenagers while asking chatbots like ChatGPT about suicide and even cannibalism.
futurism.com
LGBT Q&A: you asked - is there a way for me to wipe data about me online that could point to my queer identity? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
LGBT Q&A: How Can I Wipe Online Data That Points To My Queer Identity?
This Pride, we’re answering all your digital rights questions in season two of our initiative, LGBT Q&A. You Asked: Is there a way for me to wipe data about me online that could point to my queer
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perpetrator of a 2024 Terrorgram-inspired stabbing attack at a mosque in Eskişehir, Turkey commits suicide in prison turkishminute.com/2026/06/30/m...
Man sentenced to 75 years over livestreamed stabbing attack dies by suicide in Turkish prison - Turkish Minute
A 20-year-old man who was sentenced to over 75 years in prison for stabbing five people in a livestreamed attack in Turkey’s central Eskişehir province in 2024 has died by suicide in prison, the DHA n...
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In our latest article we examine 764 and the wider Com Network as a case study in remotely coerced violence and the hybridization of contemporary terrorist and violent extremist threats drawing on an arrest dataset of 295 offenders across 33 countries. ctc.westpoint.edu/remotely-coe...
Remotely Coerced Violence: 764, The Com Network, and the Hybridization of Threats - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Abstract: This article examines 764 and the wider Com Network as a case study in remotely coerced violence and the hybridization of contemporary terrorist and violent extremist threats. It argues that...
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Aaron Corey, a.k.a. “Baggeth,” age 23, has been charged with attempted murder for hire related to his attempts to hire a hit man kill the two FBI Agents and the assistant States Attorney assigned to investigate and prosecute him in an unrelated federal criminal case. www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr...
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Russian group hacked Quebec water treatment plant, gained access to control pumps and chlorine dosing: CSE nationalpost.com/news/politic...
Russian group hacked Quebec water treatment plant, gained access to control pumps and chlorine dosing: CSE
Russian cybercriminals managed to hack into a Quebec municipality's water treatment plant systems.
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Online transphobia following the 2026 Tumbler Ridge school shooting www.antihate.ca/online_trans...
Online transphobia following the 2026 Tumbler Ridge school shooting
Another harm was borne out of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy; based on the research conducted and contained in this report, social media and online content generated by various entities is indicative of th...
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New article on 764 and the Com Network in the CTC Sentinel with my co-author @anguslindsay.bsky.social "Remotely Coerced Violence: 764, The Com Network, and the Hybridization of Threats." ctc.westpoint.edu/remotely-coe...
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A 25-year-old co-suspect was arrested as part of the criminal investigation into 23-year-old Mert A. who is suspected of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, and is also alleged to have coerced young girls into filming themselves self-harming. nltimes.nl/2026/06/29/m...
Maastricht man arrested as co-suspect in major child sex abuse material case
A 25-year-old co-suspect was arrested in Maastricht on Monday morning as part of the criminal investigation into 23-year-old Mert A. from Hoofddorp. A. is suspected of possessing and distributing chil...
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It is official @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and I have a book coming out in February 2027 "Dangerous Conspiracies: When Bad Ideas Turn Violent" a.co/d/0g6VaAAU
Dangerous Conspiracies: When Bad Ideas Turn Violent
Dangerous Conspiracies: When Bad Ideas Turn Violent: Amarasingam, Amarnath, Argentino, Marc-André: 9781509556670: Books - Amazon.ca
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Sister of slain Montreal police officer asks people to stop sharing videos of his final moments www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Sister of slain Montreal police officer asks people to stop sharing videos of his final moments
The sister of the Montreal police officer killed in the line of duty in this week’s shooting is calling on people to stop sharing videos online of his final moments.
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20-year-old is convicted of participation in the terrorist organization Maniac murder cult www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
20-åring döms för deltagande i terrororganisationen Maniac murder cult
På fredagen dömdes en 20-åring från Sollentuna av Attunda tingsrätt till fängelse i ett år och sex månader för deltagande i terrororganisation. – Tingsrätten delar dock inte åklagarens uppfattning att...
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Not like I wrote a book/dissertation about QAnon and its political weaponization 🤫🍕🐇 www.routledge.com/QAnon-From-C...
Favorite pick me up sorry of the week is the Tartan Army drinking Boston dry during the World Cup. Way to go gents
A 14-year-old who was making plans to carry out a school shooting in Saskatoon will be under a terrorism peace bond for the next year. Content on the girl's TikTok account was flagged to the federal RCMP on Feb. 10, the same day as a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Terrorism peace bond imposed on youth who planned school violence in Saskatoon | CBC News
A 14-year-old who was making plans to carry out a school shooting in Saskatoon will be under a terrorism peace bond for the next year.
cbc.ca
Eighteen-year-old Elijah Palmer, from Sheffield, contacted the 15-year-old on gaming platform Roblox before moving to chat room Discord and encouraging her to share increasingly extreme images. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sheffield man who encouraged girl to self-harm on Discord jailed
Elijah Palmer, 18, said he joined a sextortion group which was "like a cult" because of the "thrill".
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A 13-year-old Maryborough boy charged with violent extremist offences has been denied bail.nQueensland police say the boy had documents on his devices that could be an "attack plan" on a school, and a manifesto expressing hatred towards children www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Bail denied for 13-year-old boy charged with violent extremist offences
Police allege a Queensland teenager had written a manifesto expressing hatred towards children.
abc.net.au
Our findings suggest Telegram has made genuine efforts to identify and remove illegal content, but that it may not be winning that battle. Despite taking down millions of channels and groups, cybercriminal activity remains a major threat on the platform. Bad actors are rejoining and adapting tactics
Open Measures@openmeasures.io · 2mo agoTelegram has removed millions of channels and groups in its attempts to address illegal activity taking place on its app. But despite those efforts, the issue persists. Our latest looks at how cybercriminals have adapted to the company's policy changes and takedowns openmeasures.io/telegram-cra...
My current book rotation for the next few weeks.... Some light summer reading/re-reading 1) violent extremism a handbook on risk assessment and management 2) autism awareness and crime 3) handbook of online deviance 4) international handbook of threat assessment
Member of Nihilistic Violent Extremist Group “764” Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Offenses www.justice.gov/opa/pr/membe...
Member of Nihilistic Violent Extremist Group “764” Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Offenses
Shawn Krishendat Premsook, 26, of Clermont, Florida, has pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography.
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It was a pleasure to write the foreword for this Research report from Point de Contact "Understanding nihilistic violent extremism and the True Crime Community in France". www.pointdecontact.net/wp-content/u...
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Violent extremism targeting kids online an 'escalating threat': Winnipeg police www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'This is real': Winnipeg police warn of 'escalating threat' of violent extremism targeting kids online | CBC News
Violent, nihilistic extremism targeting kids online is an "escalating threat" across Canada and the world, Winnipeg police say, and they're urging parents and caregivers to learn the warning signs so...
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RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region calls for increased public vigilance of violent online groups rcmp.ca/en/news/2026...
RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region calls for increased public vigilance of violent online groups
The RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region’s (NWR) National Security teams are committed to raising awareness about the prevalence of violent online groups and the sharing of content associated to vio...
rcmp.ca
As a true Habs fan I am proud of my team this year, and I truly hope the Golden Knights and Marner get the Cup
It's publication day! Mine and @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social's book is now available anywhere books are sold: www.mqup.ca/Books/F/For-...
Montreal Canadiens fans are so loud that when the Habs scored it registered as 0.5 on the Richter scale www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/05/19/l...
Comme des petits tremblements de terre: les partisans ont vraiment fait trembler Montréal
Les célébrations des partisans de la Sainte-Flanelle au Centre Bell ont été si intenses qu’elles ont causé des séismes d’une magnitude de 0,5.
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A trial begins Monday at Umeå tingsrätt against an 18-year-old charged in connection with the online network 764. The indictment runs to 77 counts. We've published a short working guide for journalists, editors, and producers covering cases like this: revontulet.co/insights/vpx...
Reporting on M/NVE without amplifying it — Revontulet
There have now been enough M/NVE-linked prosecutions across enough jurisdictions that working journalists will encounter these cases regularly. The most consequential challenge in covering them is tha...
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In February, a man drove cross-country with a cache of weapons to a major Nevada-area power plant. His apparent attack failed, and he killed himself. He had literature popular with neo-Nazis, and his target had circulated in guides in the movement. Latest at SPLC: www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
Neo-Nazi activists continue to inspire attacks on electrical infrastructure
Recent incident follows more than a decade of attempted or successful attacks on critical infrastructure appearing to involve right-wing extremism.
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