My latest out today for Irregular Warfare Initiative — “Al-Hol’s Collapse: How Syria’s Detention Crisis is Enabling Islamic State Resilience” irregularwarfare.org/articles/syr...
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Sam David
@smdvd.bsky.social
Analyst | Researcher | Terrorism and Violent Extremism | Mobilisation and Online Radicalisation | Board of Directors, CASIS Vancouver
My latest out today for @vox-pol.bsky.social — “UpScrolled and The Co-Option Of Legitimate Civic Discourse” voxpol.eu/blurred-line...
Blurred Lines: Upscrolled And The Co-Option Of Legitimate Civic Discourse - VOX - Pol
By Sam David UpScrolled, a social media platform for microblogging and short-form video sharing, experienced rapid growth in late January 2026 following disputes surrounding TikTok’s US operations. Th...
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Following the U.S. capture of Nicolás #Maduro, @smdvd.bsky.social explores a trend in which geopolitical events are repurposed as symbolic anchors within violent extremist narratives online.
Shock and Awe: Geopolitical Disruption and Terrorist Narrative Opportunism Online - GNET
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