How do we tackle terrorist content in an online world where millions of posts are shared every minute? Looking forward to speaking at this seminar, organised by the ASC’s Division on Terrorism and Bias Crime. We'll discuss how AI is now central to content moderation—but comes with real challenges.

How do we tackle terrorist content in an online world where millions of posts are shared every minute? Looking forward to speaking at this seminar, organised by the ASC’s Division on Terrorism and Bias Crime. We'll discuss how AI is now central to content moderation—but comes with real challenges.

🔍 Webinar: Algorithmic Amplification of Extremist Content 📅 Wed 19 Nov, 17:00–18:00 (UK) 👉 Email info@voxpolinstitute.org to register How recommendation algorithms can amplify harmful content—and how platforms can respond. Join us for an overview of risks, counter-speech, and mitigation strategies.

Our latest report launches online next Monday, 17 Nov., at 14:00 GMT / 15:00 CET, with @s-macdonald.bsky.social, ‪Valère Ndior, Gavin Sullivan, and report author Marguerite Borelli. Join us! More info at: voxpol.eu/events/new-v... #PleaseRS

This article - on how Muslims involved in street life and crime construct and relate to the social identity of the jihadist - looks well worth a read! doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...

🚀 VOX-Pol Institute webinar on Chatbots & Extremism 🚀 14 October, 15:00 to 16:00 (UK time) - Do extremist actors misuse chatbots? - What policies and safety mechanisms are deployed by tech platforms? - How can chatbots be used proactively in P/CVE? To attend, please email info@voxpolinstitute.org

⚡ Final hours. Extremists won’t wait. Curveballs. Consequences. Decisions under pressure. This is it for those professionally tasked with countering extremist content. Registration closes tonight. Munich, 8 - 9 Oct Sign up → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac... #VOXPolInstitute #CounterExtremism

VOX-Pol Institute | Shaping Responses to Online Extremism

Join us in Munich for a hands-on, expert-led workshop designed to deepen your understanding of the challenges and strategies in addressing violent extremism and terrorism content online. This interact...

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🚨 The policy gap is real. The dilemmas are urgent. This workshop puts those professionally tasked in the hot seat - curveballs, tough calls, consequences. Munich, 8 - 9 Oct. Register by 3 Oct → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac... #VOXPolInstitute #CVE #CounterExtremism #CrisisManagement #Policy

VOX-Pol Institute | Shaping Responses to Online Extremism

Join us in Munich for a hands-on, expert-led workshop designed to deepen your understanding of the challenges and strategies in addressing violent extremism and terrorism content online. This interact...

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⚡ Policy is catching up. Extremists aren’t waiting. That’s why we're bringing together those professionally tasked - academics, regulators, law enforcement, platforms. Munich, 8 - 9 Oct. Don’t miss it → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac... #VOXPolInstitute #CVE #CounterExtremism #Policy

VOX-Pol Institute | Shaping Responses to Online Extremism

Join us in Munich for a hands-on, expert-led workshop designed to deepen your understanding of the challenges and strategies in addressing violent extremism and terrorism content online. This interact...

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💡 Closing gaps between extremist tactics and policy response.
Investigations, AI threats, resilience, real-time simulation.
Munich, 8-9 Oct → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac... 👥 Bring a colleague? Discounts via info@voxpolinstitute.org
🔗 #VOXPolInstitute #CVE #CounterExtremism #DigitalSecurity

VOX-Pol Institute | Shaping Responses to Online Extremism

Join us in Munich for a hands-on, expert-led workshop designed to deepen your understanding of the challenges and strategies in addressing violent extremism and terrorism content online. This interact...

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🌐 Extremists exploit the lag between action & policy In Munich (8-9 Oct), those professionally tasked with tackling extremist & terrorist content will face dilemmas, twists & curveballs together 🎟️ Limited discounts: info@voxpolinstitute.org Register by 3 Oct → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac...

VOX-Pol Institute | Shaping Responses to Online Extremism

Join us in Munich for a hands-on, expert-led workshop designed to deepen your understanding of the challenges and strategies in addressing violent extremism and terrorism content online. This interact...

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🌍 When extremists go viral before policy can react - what’s your move? Join those professionally tasked with the response in Munich, 8 - 9 Oct. Details → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac... 👥 Discounts if you bring a colleague - email info@voxpolinstitute.org. #VOXPolInstitute #CounterExtremism

VOX-Pol Institute | Shaping Responses to Online Extremism

Join us in Munich for a hands-on, expert-led workshop designed to deepen your understanding of the challenges and strategies in addressing violent extremism and terrorism content online. This interact...

voxpolinstitute.org

⚡ Extremists adapt faster than policy - can you keep up? Two days in Munich (8 - 9 Oct) bringing together those professionally tasked with tackling violent extremism content online 👥 Discounts if you bring a colleague - email info@voxpolinstitute.org Further info & registration → lnkd.in/eCWijHaJ

Happening tomorrow! Our webinar on the changing nature of radicalisation online 👇

Stuart Macdonald@s-macdonald.bsky.social · 11mo ago

On 18th September, the VOX-Pol Institute will be teaming up with Institute for Countering Digital Extremism for a webinar on "The Changing Nature of Radicalization Online". It will run from 9:00 – 10:00 (ET) / 14:00 – 15:00 (BST) To register, please email: info@voxpolinstitute.org

On 18th September, the VOX-Pol Institute will be teaming up with Institute for Countering Digital Extremism for a webinar on "The Changing Nature of Radicalization Online". It will run from 9:00 – 10:00 (ET) / 14:00 – 15:00 (BST) To register, please email: info@voxpolinstitute.org

The call for papers & breakout sessions at the 2026 Terrorism and Social Media (TASM) Conference is now open! Join 250+ researchers, policymakers, practitioners and tech professionals discuss pressing challenges and opportunities on online terrorism and extremism. Visit www.tasmconf.com for details

🚨 Event Alert – 8 September 2025, 16:30 (London/Dublin time) 📣 VOX-Pol Institute presents: Chatbots and Extremism: Risks, Policies, and Opportunities

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4chan will refuse to pay daily UK fines, its lawyer tells BBC

The online message board's lawyers say UK safety laws shouldn't apply to a business based in the US.

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**Call for contributors to the Elgar Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law** @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social, @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social and I are compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by Edward Elgar. So far we have commissioned over 100 entries with a fantastic

On this week's Blog, Alice Sibley and @joshuabowes.bsky.social describe and discuss the ways in which UK far-right actors, including the Homeland Party and Britain First, are using X's Grok AI. voxpol.eu/exploiting-t...

Exploiting the Algorithm: How British Extreme Right-Wing Individuals and Groups Leverage Grok and Generative AI for Malign Purposes - VOX - Pol

By Alice Sibley and Joshua Bowes As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated and embedded into social media platforms, wariness around its harmful exploitation has grown. As previo...

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@bricksilk.bsky.social's report "Lessons for Prevent" has been published. Its important recommendations include that violence-fascinated individuals - with no particular ideology but the potential to commit acts similar to terrorism - should be accommodated within Prevent.