Pandemic Poses Radicalization Risks For Children
Despite the fact that there has been a steady increase in radicalization among minors in the last few years, COVID-19 has exacerbated the situation. This is in part due to lockdown restrictions,…
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How Do You Solve A Problem Like The Proud Boys?
For many, the answer to this question is to increase law enforcement attention and broaden prosecution. On one hand, it is easy to understand the push for law enforcement to…
How The US Could Rethink Counter-Extremism Programs
After the violent culmination to years of increasingly polarized and extreme political rhetoric on 6 January at the United States Capitol, it is easy to look at the worst aspects…
How the Left and the Right Radicalize Each Other
The year 2020 has seen a spate of activity that has fueled the growth of far-right activity globally. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spike in conspiracy theory communities…
Resilience and vulnerabilities: Responding to radical-right mobilisation on the local level
Introduction A myriad of research has been conducted in recent years on radical-right messaging online, but what has attracted only limited empirical attention is how radical-right dynamics play out offline…
The New Face of Terror in the US
When the FBI arrested five senior members of the Neo-Nazi Atomwaffen Divison early in 2020, it seemed that the terror cell was on its last legs. Under sustained pressure from law enforcement, effective…
Right Rising Podcast (Season One, Episode Seven): Artificial Intelligence and Far Right Radicalization
ABOUT THIS EPISODE Guest Ashton Kingdon joins Right Rising to break down the connections between Artificial Intelligence and far-right radicalization online. Along with host Augusta Dell’Omo, Ashton takes us on…
Tackling Online Radicalization At Its Offline Roots
You would be forgiven for thinking that the advent of Covid-19 and the accompanying lockdowns have led to the mass radicalization of our youth, consigned to cyberspace, and exposed to…
Boys to men: the violent teenagers of the radical right
This article is part of a debate on Countering the Radical Right inviting people to answer the question: “should we be worried about white men?” “How wonderful it is to be an…
Treating white men as a new suspect community is not the answer
This article is part of a debate on Countering the Radical Right inviting people to answer the question: “should we be worried about white men?” There is no doubt that a recent…