Out now: we examine policy and investigatory implications, methodological challenges, and avenues for future research on the online posting behaviors of violent and non-violent right-wing extremists. It is #openaccess.

Proud of this work: pt.icct.nl/article/unde...

Out now: we used a data-driven framework to examine how definitions of hate crime and hate speech align and diverge in capturing the hate element.
 
The article is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🔥 Extremists move fast - Policy often lags
Colleagues at VPI are hosting a workshop that confronts the gap, incl. a simulation where every call has intended & unintended consequences
📍 Munich, 8-9 Oct
🔗 Further info & register by 3 Oct: lnkd.in/efmKBNb9
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Thanks Sofia!

Pleased to have had the opportunity to contribute to this research with Human Digital and @vox-pol.bsky.social.

The ongoing proliferation of illegal content on gore sites is undermining broader efforts to counter terrorism and other harms online.

Among the key findings of the research:

ICYMI, our newest report on 'Gore and Violent Extremism' is now available #openaccess on our website. Go to voxpol.eu/publications/.

Missed the launch webinar? Drop a line to info@voxpol.eu from your institutional email address and we'll share the link.

#PleaseRS

I am pleased to share that @isabellevdv.bsky.social, @ryanscrivens.bsky.social and I have just signed a contract with @uclpress.bsky.social to co-edit an open-access book that will discuss ‘Methods for Studying Extremism and Terrorism Online’.
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...tenured! What a journey 😅 🤓

Had the pleasure of presenting my research on the on- and offline behaviors of right-wing extremists at this year's Global Network on Extremism & Technology Conference.

Excellent presentations and panel discussions, and excellent hosting by the GNET folks - class act, @gnetresearch.bsky.social.

We were thrilled to have our third and final panel of speakers present on Multi-Media Radicalisation and the Online-Offline Extremism Nexus.

This panel covered an ideological range - from the far right, extremist misogyny and gaming, to the Islamic State.

Excited to be discussing the connections between the online and offline behaviors of right-wing extremists at this year’s @gnetresearch.bsky.social Conference.

Hope to see you at tomorrow’s event, either virtually or in person: gnet-research.org/event/the-fi...

Exploring the Evolution of Posting Behavior and Language Use in a Racially and Ethnically Motivated Extremist Forum - VOX - Pol By Sydney Litterer, Ryan Scrivens, Thomas W. Wojciechowski, and Richard Frank This article summarizes a recent study published in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. Research ex...

On the VOX-Pol (@vox-pol.bsky.social) Blog this week:

We summarize our recent study on how users’ online behaviors evolve as they engage with others on the largest white supremacist forum. voxpol.eu/exploring-th...

Sydney Litterer, Ryan Scrivens, Thomas W. Wojciechowski & Richard Frank
L (10 Apr 2025): Exploring the evolution of posting behavior and language use in a racially
and ethnically motivated extremist forum, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political
Aggression, www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Out now in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism & Political Aggression:

We used group-based multi-trajectory modeling to explore how users’ online behaviors evolved as they engaged with users on the largest white supremacist forum.

The study is #OpenAccess: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 Final Call 🚨

Last hours to submit your abstract for the 17th Annual International Conference of the Society for Terrorism Research, to be hosted by the School of Law & Social Sciences and the @CVTRC.bsky.social at @RoyalHolloway.bsky.social.

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Incredibly honored to receive the MSU College of Social Science Rising Star Research Award: cj.msu.edu/news/2025-sc...

It's been quite the journey.

The Fifth Annual GNET Conference - GNET

We are delighted to announce our Fifth Annual Conference!

🗓️ 28 May 2025
📍 King's College London | Virtually, via Zoom

For information about the conference's themes, panels, panellists, and registration, please see the program page here. ⬇️

Identifying distinct types of internet use that predict the likelihood of planning or committing a terrorist attack: Findings from an analysis of individuals convicted on terrorism(-related) charges i... Previous research has documented that the internet plays an increasingly important role in facilitating involvement in terrorism. However, the level o…

I am pleased that my paper with Jonathan Kenyon and Jens Binder has now been published here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We delineate distinct types of internet use that are associated with an increased likelihood to prepare/commit a terrorist attack. 1/2

SignalGate Isn’t About Signal The Trump cabinet’s shocking leak of its plans to bomb Yemen raises myriad confidentiality and legal issues. The security of the encrypted messaging app Signal is not one of them.

THIS --> “Unequivocally, no blame in this falls on Signal...Signal is a communication tool designed for confidential conversations. If someone's brought into a conversation who’s not meant to be part of it, that's not a technology problem. That's an operator issue.” www.wired.com/story/signal...

Out in the latest issue of Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.

50 free online copies: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KTSQH...

They worked to prevent violence and terrorism at the agency created after 9/11. Then they got fired A federal program designed to prevent targeted violence and terrorism in the U.S. has lost 20% of its staff after layoffs hit its probationary staffers.

They worked to prevent violence and terrorism at the agency created after 9/11. Then they got fired
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On the VOX-Pol Blog this week:

@brennahelm.bsky.social, Tom Holt, Wally Wojciechowski, Richard Frank, and I summarize the results of our recent study, published in Crime and Delinquency, on the online posting behaviors and trajectories of incel forum members: voxpol.eu/examining-th...

You know Canadians big mad when they start talking about 1812.

On the VOX-Pol Blog this week:

We summarize the results of our recent study - in Terrorism and Political Violence (shorturl.at/fIFpi) - on the persisting and desisting online posting behaviors of violent and non-violent right-wing extremists: voxpol.eu/examining-th...

Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists There is an ongoing need for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to identify and examine the online posting behaviors of violent extremists prior to their engagement in violence offline, b...

Another week, another thread with online first articles about the far right, extremism, populism, radicalism etc

1. Scrivens et al.: Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

(PDF) Examining the Online Posting Behaviors and Trajectories of Incel Forum Members PDF | Involuntary celibates, or incels, have been of heightened interest to scholars and practitioners due to their ongoing engagement in misogynistic... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

Here’s a link to an ungated version of the paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Examining the Online Posting Behaviors and Trajectories of Incel Forum Members @ryanscrivens.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...