PERSPECTIVE: Taliban and al-Qaeda Weaponize Withdrawal into Their Afghanistan Victory
For al-Qaeda, failure to fully oust them alongside the Taliban serves as a prime indicator of American weakness. Keep Reading
Al-Qaeda Tells Parties in America’s ‘Impending Civil War’ to Use Islamist Terror Guides
Video from the terror group tries to stoke "impending civil war" and religious violence against Catholic president. Keep Reading
Shifting Nature, Fluidity of Racially Motivated Violent Extremism Poses Unique Challenges for Justice Community
While experience fighting ISIS and al-Qaeda can be "directly relevant to countering REMVE, there are also significant differences that require new knowledge, approaches, strategies and tools." Keep Reading
Challenges in Combating Terrorism and Extremism Online
Online terrorism and violent extremism are cross-platform and transnational by nature. Nobody has just one app on their phone or their laptop, and bad actors are no different. Keep Reading
Al-Qaeda Urges Acquisition of Ghost Guns in Review of Boulder Mass Shooting
Would-be jihadists should not start with simpler knife or vehicle attacks "until you search" for guns, terror group directs. Keep Reading
Al-Qaeda Renews Its Focus on Antisemitism and Attacking Israel
The last time Al Qaeda noticeably increased its messaging around Palestine was in 2019, and its affiliates subsequently staged attacks against a hotel in Kenya and a military installation in Mali which they claimed were in protest of Israel’s “Judaization of Palestine.” Keep Reading
Moonshot & ADL Project Finds Anti-Black, Antisemitic, White Supremacist Internet Searches Peaked in Conjunction with Major Offline Events
Overall, 511,759 total searches related to white supremacy were observed during the study period from July 2020 to March 2021. Keep Reading
EU Rules on One-Hour Removal of Online Terrorist Content Enter into Force
Member States will be able to sanction non-compliance and to decide on the level of penalties, which will be proportionate to the nature of the infringement. Keep Reading
Mapping the Turkestan Islamic Party’s Online Propaganda Networks
The Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) is considered the most prominent Salafi-jihadist terrorist organisation that originates from China. While it aims to establish an Islamic Emirate in Xinjiang, it has been active primarily in Afghanistan and Syria. Keep Reading
The Digital Transformations of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State in the Battle Against Online Propaganda
Islamic State took the lead by temporarily migrating to TamTam, Hoop, Conversation, Riot, and other messaging applications. However, following deletions and bans on these platforms, Islamic State media channels soon returned to Telegram. Keep Reading
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Commissioning ISIS Bomb-Making Video from Undercover FBI Operative
The FBI produced a video in accordance with Langhorne’s instructions, but – unbeknownst to Langhorne – it featured an inert chemical formula for TATP that would not produce an explosion. Keep Reading
ISIS Perception of Far-Right and Far-Left Political Movements in the West
ISIS propaganda frequently referred to its desire to attack and conquer the city of Rome, perceived and defined as the hearth and capital of Europe, even if Italy appears as relatively immune to intense jihadi activities, including homegrown jihadism. Keep Reading
ISIS Supporter Who Knew Westminster Attacker Committed 15 Terror Offenses After Release from Prison
A convicted ISIS supporter who knew the Westminster attacker has admitted disseminating terrorist propaganda after his release from jail. Keep Reading
ISIS Cyber Group Launches Cloud, Chat Platforms to ‘Close Ranks’ Online
Online jihadists say the development was necessary due to "restriction of technology companies." Keep Reading
How Do Those Vulnerable to Terror Recruitment Respond to YouTube Counter-Narrative Videos?
As the premiere video-sharing application, YouTube has been particularly useful to terrorist groups, including ISIS. As such, it has also been a target for counter terrorism efforts, namely the use of counter narrative videos to disrupt and refute the messages put forth by these groups. Keep Reading
Hyper-Reality, Identity and Mediatisation – A Sociological Reflection on the Pro-Islamic State Online Community
During the opening months of 2021 several pro-Islamic State unofficial media outlets have produced and shared a vast amount of video productions, both short and long, sophisticated as well as seemingly improvised. Keep Reading
No Child’s Play: IS Propaganda Videos and the Recruitment of Children
Imagine the horror of seeing a child in a video executing an individual. Islamic State (IS) raised the brutality of their violence by showcasing children as executioners in their propaganda videos. Keep Reading
ISIS Magazine: Stop Dancing on ‘Tok-Tok’ and Making ‘Aimless and Stupid’ YouTube Videos
Terror group slams videos made "insulting, mocking and ridiculing people and then sharing those videos on YouTube, Facebook etc where thousands more idiotic men and women view it and laugh at it." Keep Reading
Two Years Later, Christchurch Attack Propaganda Flourishes Online
Gunman Brenton Tarrant used in white supremacist propaganda and recruitment with memes, manifesto and tribute videos. Keep Reading
ISIS Fans Are Using Drake, Spongebob, and Marvel Memes to Galvanize New Recruits
ISIS supporters have spent the last half-decade or so creating their online community complete with its own winking argot, much of it derived from seemingly counterintuitive items lifted from American popular culture. Keep Reading