The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) is an academic research initiative backed by The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, a special project delivered by @csns-uk.bsky.social‬.https://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mxw466qfrk2fToday, Sergey Elkind examines the extent to which the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has developed the intent and capability to conduct offensive cyber operations. https://gnet-research.org/2026/10/15/isiss-current-cyber-ambitions-intent-capabilities-and-threat/15 Oct 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxw466qfrk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mxtyjbw5vs2xIn a new analysis, Aamir Hayat looks into how Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) distributes cryptocurrency donation addresses across text, image and machine-readable layers. https://gnet-research.org/2026/10/14/iskps-qr-codes-and-the-limits-of-text-based-monitoring/14 Oct 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxtyjbw5vs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mxowdzlmbc2wToday, Valdemar Balle and Dr Tore Hamming examine what the Fagersta school attack reveals about the True Crime Community’s (TCC) evolving reach in Scandinavia. Defining the TCC and distinguishing it from Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE), the authors trace its history in the Nordic region. https://gnet-research.org/2026/10/12/no-more-edits-the-fagersta-attack-and-the-true-crime-community-in-scandinavia/12 Oct 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxowdzlmbc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mwsxhlfgt22g🔗 As part of GNET’s LatAm series on the crime-terror nexus in Latin America, Dr Adriana Marin explores how technological innovation is reshaping the crime-terror nexus through digital finance, encrypted communications and AI, and what this means for existing theory in the Tri-Border Area: https://gnet-research.org/2026/10/01/reconceptualising-makarenkos-continuum-in-the-digital-age-the-case-of-hezbollah/01 Oct 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsxhlfgt22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mwqkdvoxw22j🔗 Drawing upon Meta’s Dangerous Organizations and Individuals (DOI) policy as a case study, Rebecca Fainberg's Insight in the GNET Crime-Terror Nexus series explores how separating terrorist and criminal enforcement creates gaps that these groups can exploit. https://gnet-research.org/2026/09/30/neither-terrorist-nor-criminal-how-hybrid-actors-fall-through-platform-moderators/30 Sep 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqkdvoxw22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mwo662nt522c🔗 In the next part of GNET’s Crime-Terror Nexus series, Cecilia Polizzi maps the specific mechanisms through which cartel content evades existing tech platform moderation, exploring what this misalignment means for minors and the broader implications for platforms. https://gnet-research.org/2026/09/29/blurred-lines-the-child-safety-gap-in-the-crime-terror-nexus/29 Sep 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo662nt522chttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mwo65hrxvc2q🔗 As part of GNET’s series on the Crime-Terror Nexus in Latin America, Matilde Gamba investigates how Mexican cartels adapt drone tactics from the Russo-Ukrainian War and examines what this reveals about the overlap between criminal and violent extremist approaches to technology-enabled violence. https://gnet-research.org/2026/09/28/from-kyiv-to-culiacan-how-mexican-cartels-are-adapting-drone-warfare-lessons-from-ukraine/29 Sep 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo65hrxvc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mvzvj6w7g22oBuilding on previous research on extremist identity formation and influence among young users on gaming-adjacent platforms, Dr William Allchorn and Dr Elisa Orofino propose a four-part framework for preventing and disrupting extremist influence in gaming spaces. https://gnet-research.org/2026/09/21/beyond-the-ban-hammer-building-resilience-against-youth-exploitation-in-gaming-spaces/21 Sep 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzvj6w7g22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mvshotsoxs2aIn this new Insight, Benjamin Mok and Saddiq Basha examine the Tacloban school shooting, its contested links to 764, and how the attack was absorbed into a transnational online culture of shooter glorification, imitation and nihilistic violence. Read it here: https://gnet-research.org/2026/09/18/the-afterlife-of-the-tacloban-shooting-nihilistic-violent-extremism-in-the-philippines/18 Sep 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvshotsoxs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mvndcahmqc2r🗓️ Join GNET at our upcoming webinar: ‘At the Nexus of Crime and Terror: Exploring Emerging Challenges for Tech Platforms in Latin America’ on Wednesday, 30 Sept at 16:00 BST/11:00 EDT. For more details and to register, please follow the link below ⤵️ https://gnet-research.org/event/gnet-webinar-at-the-nexus-of-crime-and-terror-exploring-emerging-challenges-for-tech-platforms-in-latin-america/16 Sep 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvndcahmqc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mvn3tjxrfk2aToday, Ashreet Acharya examines what factors drive the localisation and mainstreaming of jihadist propaganda in Indian digital spaces and analyses its implications for technology platforms and counterterrorism efforts. https://gnet-research.org/2026/09/16/from-kashmir-to-reels-the-localisation-of-jihadist-propaganda-in-indian-digital-spaces/16 Sep 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn3tjxrfk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mvifogcn4k2lToday, Alessandro Bolpagni and Grazia Ludovica Giardini analyse pro-IS non-branded material produced with CapCut by examining some common features of the detected audiovisual products and how they are shared within the editing platform. https://gnet-research.org/2026/09/14/create-share-and-support-how-pro-islamic-state-is-supporters-are-exploiting-capcut-to-produce-and-disseminate-no-brand-propaganda-content-online/14 Sep 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvifogcn4k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mv66hfg5hs2rIn a new analysis, Dr Sadia Sulaiman examines how TTP’s growing drone capability is transforming its operational reach and tactics, increasing Pakistan’s counter-terrorism challenges in the borderland regions of Afghanistan-Pakistan. https://gnet-research.org/2026/09/10/ttps-technological-advancement-and-pakistans-counterterrorism-challenges/10 Sep 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv66hfg5hs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3muk73gxbhk2cOur latest Insight by Paula M. Núñez-Guerra examines how jihadist aetiological material in Roblox games can foster identification with jihadist groups among young players. https://gnet-research.org/2026/09/02/playful-extremism-unmasking-jihadist-identifiers-in-roblox-games-among-minors/02 Sep 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk73gxbhk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3muf4v4eavs24Against the backdrop of the 2026 Iran War, Kye Allen explores accelerationists’ admiration for authoritarian and totalitarian ‘anti-Western’ regimes in the Global South, unpacking several of its manifestations, core motivational drivers, and points of division. https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/31/from-the-belly-of-the-beast-militant-accelerationists-and-the-iran-war/31 Aug 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf4v4eavs24https://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mtm45x33xc2gIn our latest Insight, Nathan Heath examines why terrorist and violent extremist exploitation of frontier AI remains underrepresented in AI risk frameworks, and outlines how dedicated red teaming, threat intelligence and governance capacity could help close the gap. https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/21/closing-the-gap-consolidating-terrorist-threat-intelligence-in-frontier-ai-governance/21 Aug 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm45x33xc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mth47caqos2rToday, Dr Ghada Soliman examines how Hezbollah sustains its financial resilience through AQAH, Iranian support, hawala networks, cryptocurrencies and online gambling, highlighting how informal and anonymous channels can circumvent safeguards and complicate counter-terrorism financing efforts. https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/19/hezbollahs-financing-networks-a-threat-far-beyond-lebanon/19 Aug 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth47caqos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mtbzt5osh22eToday, Carl Peterson and Harold Chambers examine the growing IS-linked drone instruction ecosystem, tracing how technical guidance is evolving, circulating across platforms and intersecting with a rise in drone-related attack plots. https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/17/from-propaganda-to-practice-instructional-media-and-the-diffusion-of-drone-capabilities-in-jihadist-ecosystems/17 Aug 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbzt5osh22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3msvgcf2nq22vDaria Alexe examines how AI could lower barriers to CBRN terrorism. Drawing on chatbot testing and documented extremist activity, she explores how AI may reshape early-stage preparation and what this means for platform governance and counterterrorism. https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/12/from-lab-expertise-to-chat-interface-the-new-risk-of-toxin-level-attacks/12 Aug 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvgcf2nq22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3msqfw2ey5s2mToday, Grazia Ludovica Giardini, Alessandra Pugnana and Eleonora Ristuccia examine how AI-generated ‘slop’ can produce violent content, from fruit-and-vegetable gore to extremist aesthetics, and explore its potential to normalise violence and desensitise audiences: https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/10/fruit-vegetable-and-brain-rot-the-use-of-generative-ai-to-produce-violence-based-viral-trends/10 Aug 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqfw2ey5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3msil2giatc2dToday, Dr. Alyssa Czerwinsky examines citizen-led counterspeech on Reddit, showing how everyday conversations in r/ExRedPill and r/IncelExit can challenge male supremacist worldviews, support disengagement and complement more formal interventions. Read it here: https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/07/from-the-ground-up-citizen-led-counterspeech-against-male-supremacism-on-reddit/07 Aug 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msil2giatc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3msdqas5dgk26Today, Christopher V. David, Nils Riekers and Marten Risius examine how the Schongau attacker combined blackpill fatalism, misogyny, anti-Muslim hatred, antisemitism, gore content and shooter fandom into a personalised worldview of nihilistic violent extremism: https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/05/from-blackpill-fatalism-to-misanthropy-unpacking-the-motivation-of-the-schongau-school-shooter/05 Aug 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdqas5dgk26https://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3msbcvsogis2z📢🌐 In May, GNET hosted our Sixth Annual Conference with support from @gifct.bsky.social 🗣️ With three panels, a keynote and a discussion, the conference covered emerging trends, extremist subcultures and potential policy routes. Read the key takeaways and watch the recordings here: https://gnet-research.org/2026/08/04/the-sixth-annual-gnet-conference-a-summary-of-key-takeaways/04 Aug 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbcvsogis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mrmtircy7c2pToday, Uri Klempner draws on findings from Alice's routine adversarial red-team testing, where frontier AI models were probed to determine whether they could provide operational guidance for CBRNE threats. https://gnet-research.org/2026/07/27/artificial-intelligence-and-extremist-capability-how-ai-lowers-the-barriers-between-intent-and-capability/27 Jul 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmtircy7c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mrdaow37o22nAn analysis of the San Diego Attackers' Manifesto by Muskan Sangwan identifies four themes: the evolving role of manifestos, the construction of symbolic identities versus organisational membership, the influence of fandom and internet culture, and the growing importance of emerging technologies. https://gnet-research.org/2026/07/23/the-new-crusade-what-the-san-diego-attackers-manifesto-reveals-about-contemporary-radicalisation/23 Jul 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdaow37o22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mr5j7mscxc2jIn the wake of the 2026 Montreal shooting, Claire Birch examines the perpetrator's manifesto, revealing how it reframes online incel-related extreme misogyny to present it in more sanitised terms. https://gnet-research.org/2026/07/21/the-montreal-manifesto-an-attempt-to-intellectualise-incel-ideology/21 Jul 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5j7mscxc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mr36crizpk2vToday, Jake Kalender investigates the Incelcore/Shootercore music community on SoundCloud linked to the radicalisation of Antioch High School shooter Solomon Henderson, adding to a growing body of work demonstrating the intersection between extremist art and extremist violence. https://gnet-research.org/2026/07/20/extremist-music-communities-and-online-radicalisation-the-case-of-the-antioch-high-school-shooting/20 Jul 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr36crizpk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mqraesx4ic2cReflecting on the April Terrorgram trial in Denmark, Daniel Madsen explores the perpetrator's role in disseminating propaganda via Terrorgram and addresses why the court chose to treat the case as a terrorism matter. https://gnet-research.org/2026/07/16/terrorgrams-main-voice-lessons-from-a-high-profile-danish-trial/16 Jul 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqraesx4ic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mqlzeiy7ys2pDon't miss your chance to register for our upcoming webinar on extremist exploitation of offline violence for online impact. See the post below for more information ⤵️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlzeiy7ys2phttps://bsky.app/profile/gnetresearch.bsky.social/post/3mqjpo2gzwc2dDr. Heath Landress' new Insight addresses the ambiguity of violent nihilistic aesthetics, exploring how platforms and practitioners can distinguish between performative and genuinely threatening behaviours to better adapt content moderation strategies. https://gnet-research.org/2026/07/13/between-meme-culture-and-warning-behaviour-interpreting-nihilistic-violence-aesthetics-in-online-extremist-adjacent-spaces/13 Jul 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:4sphxrggngevayn5ckcfacw6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjpo2gzwc2d