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EUROPE | “Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is casting the wildfire crisis as evidence the French state can no longer protect its citizens”. apple.news/AIFIkWXXmQyK...
As France burns, the far right sees an opening — POLITICO
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is casting the wildfire crisis as evidence the French state can no longer protect its citizens.
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PSYCHOLOGY | 382 relevant publications focusing on the roles of digital environments in radicalisation processes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Radicalization and the internet: 25 years of (online) radicalization research
The evolution of the internet and social media has fundamentally changed how we communicate, access information, and build connections. Extremist actors have been shown to benefit from these develo...
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Nigel Farage wants the Clacton by-election to be seen as “people vs establishment”. But the private-school educated, highest-earning MP is struggling to sell it. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/07/15/f...
Farage's “People vs. Establishment" gamble fails to win over online community, analysis shows – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate | Data Desk | Rob Wray – July 2026 Following Nigel Farage’s announcement last week that he will stand down as MP...
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“Modern attackers tend to be radicalised in “nihilistic” digital communities where violence is “gamified” and marked by an “ideological fluidity” that often combines conspiracy theories, anti-system narratives and personal grievance”. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘It becomes inevitable’: the toxic mix fuelling deadly political violence around world
After killing of a British former MP, experts say dehumanising rhetoric, declining institutional trust and disinformation fuelling a global problem
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NEW: How a small network of high-profile, right wing accounts systematically floods the digital landscape with coordinated, manufactured and often inaccurate, misleading narratives. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/07/21/f...
Flood warning - How manufactured outrage on social media travels faster than facts – HOPE not hate
Today, more people consume news through social media than through traditional journalism. Therefore, the information that influences public opinion is increasingly shaped by algorithms, engagement, an...
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A Nature study of 15,000 people found that playing a game teaching the six tactics used to spread misinformation, even just once, made them better at spotting and resisting falsehoods online immediately afterward. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Can ‘Pre-Bunking’ Cure the Health Misinformation Infodemic?
As health misinformation fuels public mistrust in medicine and science, a small but growing number of clinicians, researchers, and health institutions are searching for an antidote.
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NEW: How a small network of high-profile, right wing accounts systematically floods the digital landscape with coordinated, manufactured and often inaccurate, misleading narratives. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/07/21/f...
Flood warning - How manufactured outrage on social media travels faster than facts – HOPE not hate
Today, more people consume news through social media than through traditional journalism. Therefore, the information that influences public opinion is increasingly shaped by algorithms, engagement, an...
hopenothate.org.uk
CTE | A 25-year-old law student has appeared in court charged over a bomb which was discovered in a car in the Republic of Ireland. apple.news/A6oTb9kL_S2q...
Law student is charged over intercepted bomb in car — BBC News
Isobella Perrie Sullivan's lawyer says she did not know that a bag in the car she was driving contained a bomb.
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CTE | “A total of 12 people have been arrested as part of an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London”. news.met.police.uk/news/total-o...
Total of 12 arrests as part of Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London investigation
The investigation is connected to a suspected threat directed towards an Islamic event in Suffolk
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RESEARCH | Why does the hard right target campuses? www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
2025 Year in Hate & Extremism: When the hard right comes to campus
The nation’s college campuses are some of the hard right’s most frequent targets. Speaking engagements remain a strategy of the movement.
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UK | One in five people arrested over 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
CVE | Children are being radicalised “within days” as online extremism and exploitation surges, according to the nation’s top cop.
Aussie kids being radicalised ‘within days’, top cop says — The Nightly
Australian children are being radicalised ‘within days’, according to the nation’s top cop who said urging tech giants to step up will be the primary focus of next month’s high-level police summit in ...
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RESEARCH | “For the first time in history, civic discourse commonly occurs in digital environments in which algorithms influence exposure to social information” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Redesigning algorithms to intervene on social norm misperceptions during a national election - Nature
Engagement-based feeds amplify intergroup, moralized, emotional (IME) and toxic content relative to reverse-chronological feeds, and a diversified extremity algorithm reduces exposure to IME and toxic...
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BREAKING | Carol Vorderman brands Reform candidate 'little coward' in a letter delivered by HOPE not hate, to 6,000 women in Makerfield. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Vorderman brands Rob Kenyon a ‘coward’ as she writes to 6,000 women
EXCLUSIVE: Carol Vorderman has directly appealed to women voters in Makerfield to reject Reform UK’s Rob Kenyon, after a string of crude and sexist social media posts resurfaced.
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CTE | In the 1930s, American federal and local law enforcement ignored domestic Nazi threats, instead prioritising perceived Communist threats. apple.news/ALQT0yKENTGW...
Sometimes Stopping Extremism Means Getting Your Hands Dirty — The Bulwark
The John Birch Society, the Anti-Defamation League, and the American tradition of infiltrating and exposing radical organizations.
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US LATEST | “Secret Service Police returned fire striking the suspect who was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased," said Anthony Guglielmi, USSS chief of communications.” apple.news/AoYqK3cZaT7O...
Gun suspect killed after opening fire at White House security checkpoint — Sky News
President Donald Trump was in the White House while Secret Service officers shot a suspect who opened fire at a security checkpoint.
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US | “Police recovered anti-Islamic writings and a gas canister bearing a Nazi SS sticker from the suspects’ vehicle, as well as weapons inscribed with racist messages, one of which read: “Race War Now.” ” apple.news/AetPRkFXvRMy...
San Diego shooting suspect’s family says he was autistic and radicalized by online hate — The Independent
Parents of Caleb Vazquez, 18, say they are ‘heartbroken and devastated’ by their son’s actions and that they ‘reject hatred, extremism, bigotry, and violence in every form’
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US | “The two teenage suspects in this week’s deadly attack on a San Diego mosque appear to have written a 75-page document replete with neo-Nazi ideology, incel rage and racist meme culture drawn from the darkest corners of the internet.” apple.news/AvyGJVo7uRDK...
Suspects’ writings reveal influence of neo-Nazi ideology and incel rage, experts say — NBC News
A 75-page document and a livestreamed video apparently created by the gunmen echo previous shootings fueled by extremist ideology.
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BREAKING | Police say "threat has been neutralised" after reports of active shooter at mosque in San Diego, US. www.bbc.co.uk/news
Home - BBC News
Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, b...
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CVE | Far-right co-opting Jesus apple.news/Afcd0R6h4Rg2...
Is the far right driving a Christian revival in the UK? – video — The Guardian
Is the UK really experiencing a Christian revival and to what extent is it being driven by nationalism? To find out, the Guardian visited churches across the country and uncovered a growing schism ove...
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CVE | “intelligence and law enforcement officials say they are contending with a new form of violent extremist behaviour that’s mostly targeting youth and young adults online, known as “nihilistic violent extremism.” globalnews.ca/news/1183904...
What is nihilistic violent extremism? The ‘new threat’ eyed by CSIS, police - National | Globalnews.ca
A new report said CSIS has noted a growing trend of youth radicalization associated with violent nihilistic online groups like 764 and the Maniac Murder Cult.
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US | “The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges related to allegations the organization committed fraud and conspired to money launder.” apple.news/AvfSklMN6RLq...
Southern Poverty Law Center pleads not guilty in federal fraud case — The Guardian
Prosecutors allege SPLC funneled over $3m to sources in extremist groups but legal experts say case is weak
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CTE | Ninety-three per cent of fatal terrorist attacks in the West over the last five years have been carried out by lone wolf actors. www.visionofhumanity.org/evolving-thr...
Evolving threat of lone wolf terrorism in the West
Western democracies face a growing threat from lone wolf attackers, who operate independently, often radicalising rapidly and acting with little to no external support.
visionofhumanity.org
BREAKING | Two people have died after a car rammed into a crowd on a busy street in Leipzig, Germany. www.lbc.co.uk/article/car-...
Car rams into crowd of people in German city of Leipzig | LBC
Police confirmed multiple injuries and two deaths have been reported.
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CVE | Between April 2024 and March 2025, 8,778 people were referred to Prevent the highest figure recorded since data collection began in 2015. theconversation.com/uk-terror-th...
UK terror threat is raised – counter-terror expert explains how official prevention strategies work
The government’s Prevent programme has real strengths – but also limitations.
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NEW: Reform UK's leaflets in Hylton Castle spell their candidate's name wrong. That turns out to be the least of his problems. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/01/m...
"Melt them all down and fill in the potholes" - The bizarre racist rant from Sunderland Reform candidate – HOPE not hate
Glenn Gibbins (not “Glen Gibbons” as their leaflets suggest…) is the Reform UK candidate for Hylton Castle ward in Sunderland. He says he is standing...
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🚨 NEW: Reform UK's leaflets in Hylton Castle spell their candidate's name wrong. That turns out to be the least of his problems. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/01/m...
"Melt them all down and fill in the potholes" - The bizarre racist rant from Sunderland Reform candidate – HOPE not hate
Glenn Gibbins (not “Glen Gibbons” as their leaflets suggest…) is the Reform UK candidate for Hylton Castle ward in Sunderland. He says he is standing...
hopenothate.org.uk
Yesterday, we published a huge list of candidates we have uncovered, including a Mosley fan, a Holocaust denier, a man who wants migrants in slave camps, and a self-declared angel of God. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/30/6...
60 Reasons (and Counting) to Not Vote Reform on May 7th – HOPE not hate
When covering Reform UK closely, as HOPE not hate has done since its inception, it can be a struggle to find new formulas of words...
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UK | Reform forced to resort to increasingly desperate tactics to put Reform names on polling cards
'I Set Up a Fake Far-Right News Channel to Interview Reform UK Candidates and This Is What They Told Me' — Byline Times
The Reform hopefuls were quick to condemn scandals supposedly overseen by Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councils, without realising they were actually condemning the actions of their own p...
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BREAKING | “Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre’s assessment means terror attack ‘highly likely’”
UK terrorism threat level raised to ‘severe’ after Golders Green attack — The Guardian
Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre’s assessment means terror attack thought to be ‘highly likely’
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