ICDE's Executive Director @mattkriner.bsky.social is testifying for the Crown today in the sentencing hearing for Atomwaffen's "Dark Foreigner." Follow @antihate.ca for updates.

Canadian Anti-Hate Network@antihate.ca · last yr.

🚨 1/ IN COURT: The sentencing for Patrick Macdonald, better known as the Dark Foreigner, and a propagandist for the terrorist group Atomwaffen, has begun. Follow along here for important updates. Read our coverage of Macdonald’s trial where he was found guilty here:

Such an important issue that many people still have never heard of. If you have kids in your life, please, please talk to them about best practices online. Help them understand signs of exploitation and manipulation, and let them know you're a safe landing space no matter what.

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism@icde.bsky.social · last yr.

Very encouraging news to wrap the week. The DOJ announced yet another arrest in their campaign to hold members of the 764 network accountable for their crimes. 764 is a nihilistic violent extremist network that preys on our kids.

I am deeply honored to have been part of AC Thompson and James Bandler's recent investigative reporting and the PBS Frontline documentary: The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram. It is a crucial examination of a highly dangerous global terrorism movement. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram | FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate how an online network known as Terrorgram spread extremism and violence.

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If you want to better understand why Amy and I co-founded ICDE, then this thread is worth your time. Promise.

Amy Cooter, Ph.D.@amycooter.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm thrilled to announce my new position as Deputy Director (and cofounder!) of ICDE. As promised earlier, I'm sharing a bit more detail in this thread.

Thrilled to announce my new position as Deputy Director (and cofounder!) of ICDE. More later!

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism@icde.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Announcing the launch of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism (ICDE)! 📢 ICDE is a non-profit think tank and consulting group dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age. Learn more at www.counteringextremism.org

Also quite excited to announce that @arcglobal.bsky.social will permanently be housed out of @icde.bsky.social! Lots of big changes in the works. Stay tuned!

Accelerationism Research Consortium@arcglobal.bsky.social · last yr.

ARC has a permanent home! 🙌 As an initiative of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism, ARC will contribute to the ICDE mission of countering violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age. Be sure to follow @icde.bsky.social and spread the word!

For weeks now terrorism researchers have anticipated this moment would come. Now that it's here it's almost impossible to over state the impact this will have on American, actually global, safety from terrorist violence. This only puts Americans and our allies (those we have left) at greater risk

John Horgan@johnhorgan.bsky.social · last yr.

NIJ, Minerva, and now DHS. Terrorism research portfolios gone. Just wiped out. Years of progress, years of partnerships, years of producing actionable knowledge to make communities safer just down the toilet.

📢 I am beyond excited to announce that @amycooter.bsky.social and I have co-founded @icde.bsky.social 📢 ICDE is a non-profit think tank dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age. Follow us and learn more at www.counteringextremism.org

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism | Every.org

A non-profit think tank dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

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Institute for Countering Digital Extremism@icde.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Announcing the launch of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism (ICDE)! 📢 ICDE is a non-profit think tank and consulting group dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age. Learn more at www.counteringextremism.org

Excellent work from 3 ARC fellows!

Dr. Marc-André Argentino@maargentino.com · last yr.

In reading the court records for the Jack Rocker 764 case, and found that Exhibit B was our ( @mbtyler.bsky.social and Barrett) GNET article on 764

Future lists of social and institutional steps on the pathway to genocide Must include organizations that analyze and fight extremism abandoning their mission and endorsing other steps on that list. It's stunning and disgusting and just plain painful, and not enough people are speaking out,

A new piece out today from the incredible @oyousef.bsky.social looking at new radicalization patterns in school shootings in the US. With comments from me speaking to insights generated by the amazing @arcglobal.bsky.social team! www.npr.org/2025/03/08/n...

Experts warn that recent school shootings show growth in new radicalization pattern

Some researchers say these recent attacks are examples of "nonideological" terrorism — the result of several antisocial, decentralized, online networks coming together.

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Want to make your policy strategy more effective at the state and local level? Join @aspenpolicyacademy.bsky.social’s upcoming webinar: “State and Local Government Advocacy” on March 26 at 12pm PT/3pm ET to hear from an expert panel. Register here 👇: bit.ly/3XoWByf

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Join us for a webinar on state and local government advocacy. We'll begin with an overview of state and local government structures taught by Aspen Policy Academy staff, followed by a panel of experts...

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Anyone want to bet that no one looks at the email responses that Musk asked for ? It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone. If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.

This will be an indispensable resource

Jessie Blackbourn@jessieblackbourn.bsky.social · last yr.

Along with Stuart Macdonald and @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social, I am compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social. We already have a fantastic line up of contributors, but now we are looking for more!

It’s fascism. The Trump administration and its officials are engaging in fascist signaling. Bannon has long been on the cryptic fascism train. Why now? Because they know they won’t face repercussions for their true views.

Elad Nehorai@eladn.bsky.social · last yr.

I feel so sick. Enough with the lies, enough with the games. They know exactly what they're doing. This is a neo-Nazi movement. Proudly so. The only reason they've kept it coded up until now was to take advantage of those who didn't want to believe it. No more looking away. Face up to what it is.

Elon appears to be going more explicitly white supremacist fascism each day... In case you missed it, I wrote about his and the Trump administration's history with fascist dogwhistles for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/musks-inaugu...

Musk’s inauguration salute is not the only apparent fascist signal from Trump’s administration

This is not the first time that Trump or someone close to him has been accused of sending fascist messages. Nor even is it the first time a prominent Trump supporter has made that gesture.

theconversation.com

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · last yr.

The 14 flags at 1:14 might be a coincidence, and it might not be. Utterly terrifying if it’s not.

Correct. The only reasonable way to interpret this is through the lens of fascism

David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · last yr.

This is fascism.

Full price or discounted, you won’t regret making this purchase.

Amy Cooter, Ph.D.@amycooter.bsky.social · last yr.

Oh hey, just realized it's my book's first birthday! It's a little pricey right now, but if you want to learn more about what motivates militias, maybe request your library purchases a copy? www.routledge.com/Nostalgia-Na...

According to the court documents, Tinajero is a self-identified member of the 764 network. Jairo He pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy, online enticement, production and distribution of CSAM, and conspiracy to murder Jane Doe 1 in aid of racketeering. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/membe...

The body language here is phenomenally transparent. Both think they’re controlling the other but neither has a hand on the wheel

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · last yr.

The new iconic photo that i predicted ultimately destroys the relationship:

Just three weeks ago Elon was standing behind another symbol of the Presidency doing a fascist salute… The assault on American democracy continues theconversation.com/musks-inaugu...

Imagine being a researcher or analyst of the far-right…

Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · last yr.

I can't imagine what it's like being a constitutional law, American history, international relations, public health or economics professor right now

Well, you've been hearing me bang on about it forever, but my dissertation is finally online. I will bookify it later, but for now you get it in the original Academese. A short thread on The Social Construction of Extremism. www.jmberger.com/extremism/th...

This embrace of racism fits in nicely with his inauguration “salute” Which I wrote about here: theconversation.com/musks-inaugu...

Musk’s inauguration salute is not the only apparent fascist signal from Trump’s administration

This is not the first time that Trump or someone close to him has been accused of sending fascist messages. Nor even is it the first time a prominent Trump supporter has made that gesture.

theconversation.com

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · last yr.

Elon Musk said today that he’ll bring back a DOGE staff member who resigned after it was found that he had previously made racist remarks online. "To err is human, to forgive divine," Musk said.

I spoke with @davecantor.bsky.social at @vpm.org about the recent indictment of four CVLT leaders, a sextortion group that was the predecessor to 764. Whether its CVLT, 764, Terrorgram Collective or the entity not yet made, accelerationist networks rely on digital spaces to advance their harms.

Accelerationism Research Consortium@arcglobal.bsky.social · last yr.

Our Executive Director, @mattkriner.bsky.social and Senior Fellow @maargentino.com were featured in a @vpm.org article on 764 predecessor org, CVLT, and the recent federal indictment of four of its leaders. www.vpm.org/news/2025-02...

From ARC's executive director @mattkriner.bsky.social theconversation.com/musks-inaugu...

Musk’s inauguration salute is not the only apparent fascist signal from Trump’s administration

This is not the first time that Trump or someone close to him has been accused of sending fascist messages. Nor even is it the first time a prominent Trump supporter has made that gesture.

theconversation.com

My latest publication with the @theconversation.com looks at the history of fascist dog whistles and coded language in the Trump Administration! theconversation.com/musks-inaugu...

Musk’s inauguration salute is not the only apparent fascist signal from Trump’s administration

This is not the first time that Trump or someone close to him has been accused of sending fascist messages. Nor even is it the first time a prominent Trump supporter has made that gesture.

theconversation.com

Its not a fucking odd looking hand gesture, that was a Nazi Salute, a Seig Heil. Media has to do better, we have historical lessons we can pull from, rather than make the same mistakes of the past. Outlets and reporters cannot afford to be pushovers or brown nosers.

Need an outlet for that Inauguration Day anxiety? Help us with a simple 10 question pre-research survey to understand how people think about a certain type of extremism!

Amy Cooter, Ph.D.@amycooter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Feeling some combination of hopeless, angry, or depressed today? Want to channel a little of that into something helpful? Please do this 10 question pre-research survey to help me understand how people think about a certain kind of extremism. (Zero expertise required) surveymars.com/q/7nbyxuKog

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