“In order to radicalize people, you don’t actually need to have theorists or ideologues that are calling people to violence against AI, because the tech CEOs are doing a pretty good case,” Veilleux-LePage said.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

‘A driver of political violence’: how the breakneck AI boom is fueling anti-tech extremism

Quoted in Newsweek on the rising violence around AI data centres. www.newsweek.com/data-center-...

Data center backlash turns to threats and violence as anger spreads

Growing backlash over AI data centers is moving from zoning fights into threats and violence as concern grows nationwide.

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At #TASMconf in Swansea this week. Presenting my @gnetresearch.bsky.social as a knowledge-ecosystem paper. A corpus audit of an industry-funded research venue. Jake Wright is presenting our "Files, Firearms, and Fantasies of Insurgency," paper co-authored with Ayse Lokmanoglu.

So the world's first trillionaire is also the man who gutted USAID, which is projected to cause millions of additional deaths among the world's poorest by 2030. No matter how angry that makes you, you're probably still not angry enough.

Quoted in @theguardian.com on the rise of anti-AI extremism. Very different groups, very different ideologies, converging on a shared anti-tech frame. You don't need ideologues calling for violence against AI; the tech CEOs are doing a pretty good case. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘A driver of political violence’: how the breakneck AI boom is fueling anti-tech extremism

Backlash against AI is taking an extremist turn, following in the footsteps of earlier techno-pessimist militants

theguardian.com

Early images from the San Diego Islamic Center attack appear to show scribed firearms and neo-Nazi iconography. If confirmed, this fits a broader REMVE pattern: weapons used not only as tools of violence, but as communicative artefacts signalling lineage, belonging, and ideological intent. 1/2

The Altman firebombing attempt and the "No Data Centers" shooting at Councilman Gibson's home aren't isolated incidents, they fit a recognizable historical pattern. My new latest article in the Sentinel piece on AI, grievance, and the future of political violence: ctc.westpoint.edu/beyond-misus...

Beyond Misuse: Artificial Intelligence, Grievance, and the Future Landscape of Political Violence - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Abstract: The scholarly literature on artificial intelligence and terrorism has organized itself around three questions: (1) how violent non-state actors currently misuse AI, (2) how that misuse may e...

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With our new defender, Scoutabout, Canada might actually have a fighting chance at the World Cup 🇨🇦⚽️🐾 #PawballComingHome #PawsOnTheBall

Attack against Sam Altman’s home may point to emerging AI-linked grievance dynamics. Just this week at West Point, I warned that rapid AI adoption could fuel new grievances and make tech leaders symbolic targets. Too early to conclude, but worth watching closely. www.wired.com/story/sam-al...

At the Class of 1971 Student Conference on Terrorism at West Point. Argued that AI is not just a tool for extremists, it is also generating new grievances that may drive political violence. The key shift is from how AI is used to who becomes a target when it is seen as the source of harm.

Interviewed by Canadian Affairs on youth radicalization online in Canada. The piece highlights how benign content can act as entry points into extremist ecosystems, a dynamic central to our European Union funded project "AMALTHEA". www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/03/25/d...

Down the rabbit hole: Experts warn of youth radicalization online

Experts warn algorithms, influencers and online communities are radicalizing Canadian youth — and current responses are inadequate

canadianaffairs.news

A new piece in @thewalrus.ca looks at the nexus of the Canadian military and far-right extremism. I contributed context on how we study this issue in Canada, where data gaps mean relying on media reporting, ATIPs, and comparisons with other militaries. Worth a read: thewalrus.ca/in-quebec-ci...

In Quebec City, Military Culture Collides with Far-Right Extremism | The Walrus

White-supremacist groups are getting armed. They’re also becoming more normalized

thewalrus.ca

If confirmed, the reported arrest of “Zé Carioca,” the alleged designer behind the Urutau, would be a significant development. Last year, we examined the Urutau and its implications for the global 3D printed firearm ecosystem for @gnetresearch.bsky.social gnet-research.org/2025/01/08/b...

Beyond the FGC-9: How the Urutau Redefines the Global 3D-Printed Firearm Movement - GNET

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Honoured to have my paper, “Ghost Guns, Real Violence: The Strategic Use of 3D Printed Firearms in Far Right Terrorist Plots,” featured in this inaugural issue. The article examines how 3DPFs are becoming embedded in extremist attack planning, often alongside explosives and other weapons.

Program On Extremism@gwupoe.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are proud to announce the Global Extremism Papers Inaugural Issue. New studies examine how ISIS networks and far-right groups adapt through emerging tech, AI, and decentralized structures - and the implications for policy responses.

Important investigation by the @antihate.ca. I was asked to comment on the case and noted that the presence of right-wing extremist ideology within military institutions can produce multiple forms of harm, from reputational damage to risks for personnel serving within the chain of command.

Canadian Anti-Hate Network@antihate.ca · 5mo ago

Late last year, a white supremacist dating platform was hacked and its users leaked. One of those users is Royal Canadian Air Force Major Tristan Armstrong, who CAHN has linked to thousands of posts made on far-right forums between 2019 and 2024. 🧵 www.antihate.ca/air_force_ma...

13 year old me would be so jealous of old me.

Quoted in ABC News on 3D-printed firearms after the Bondi attack. Software blocks on 3D printers may raise the barrier to entry, but they are not a panacea. Technical fixes alone will not keep pace. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

3D-printed guns pose 'greatest risk' to community, expert warns

Hardware stores would report customers suspected of building 3D-printed guns to the authorities under fresh calls for corporate Australia to play a role in thwarting access to the deadly weapons

abc.net.au

It’s easy to imagine agents of state violence — like ICE — as uniquely evil. But history shows, under the right conditions, most humans are capable of horrors. It’s only in confronting that reality that we can begin to inoculate ourselves against it. @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social helps explain:

Today I will be joining @rachelgilmore.bsky.social on Bubble Pop to discuss how ordinary individuals become agents of state violence, how language and institutions shape that process, and why it matters right now. Tune in at 11 AM EST.

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨LIVE AT 11AM ET TOMORROW🚨 How do ordinary people become agents of state murder? @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social joins me on Bubble Pop to grapple with this defining question of the current political moment. Get notified: www.youtube.com/live/PNqCmxF...

🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking. I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/

At the risk of repeating myself... "death squad behaviour".

On the killing of Renee Nicole Good, I just published a piece in @foreignpolicy.com arguing the Trump administration is weaponizing the narrative of “vehicular terrorism” as a shortcut to justify an unlawful killing: “death squad logic, adapted to American streets” foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/13/v...

Claims of Vehicular Terrorism in Minnesota Don’t Hold Up

The U.S. government is adopting dangerous language to justify unlawful killing.

foreignpolicy.com

✅ @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

Pleased to be featured in the December 2025 Horizon Europe Newsletter of ISED Canada. I reflect on leading Canada’s contribution to the AMALTHEA project on gender and violent extremism and on building meaningful EU Canada research partnerships. www.uwo.ca/research/doc...

I will be leading Queen’s University’s contributions to the AMALTHEA project, a 3 year, €3.11 million Horizon Europe initiative on gender and extremism. This is the first Horizon Europe award in Queen’s University’s history. www.queensu.ca/cidp/press/q...

⭐Only 3 days left to apply! I am hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University in Kingston for #AMALTHEA, a 3 year Horizon Europe project on how gender shapes radicalisation & extremism. Apply if you work on gender, qualitative methods, or terrorism studies. www.queensu.ca/cidp/call-ap...

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Heureux d’annoncer que le Centre for International and Defence Policy a Queen's recrute un·e chercheur·e postdoctoral·e pour le projet européen AMALTHEA (#HorizonEurope) sur le genre, la radicalisation et l’extrémisme. www.queensu.ca/cidp/call-ap...

Excited to share that the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow for our EU #HorizonEurope project AMALTHEA on gender, radicalization & extremism. www.queensu.ca/cidp/call-ap...