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
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
Would-be jihadists should not start with simpler knife or vehicle attacks "until you search" for guns, terror group directs. Keep Reading
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
Overall, 511,759 total searches related to white supremacy were observed during the study period from July 2020 to March 2021. Keep Reading
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
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
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
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 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
A convicted ISIS supporter who knew the Westminster attacker has admitted disseminating terrorist propaganda after his release from jail. Keep Reading
Online jihadists say the development was necessary due to "restriction of technology companies." Keep Reading
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
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
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
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
Gunman Brenton Tarrant used in white supremacist propaganda and recruitment with memes, manifesto and tribute videos. Keep Reading
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
Whether based on religious bigotry, sectarian contempt or ethnic hatred, social media accounts are deployed to recruit followers, exacerbate social fault lines and organize violence. Keep Reading
"The incident of breaking into the Congress is only a little bit of what will happen to them," says AQAP leader. Keep Reading