Browse and read from a list of the 275 most popular LinkedIn resources dealing with soft counter-extremism, countering hate speech, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation. As posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the second half of July 2024…

The Top 5 resources, as part of the current issue:

  1. Misogyny a ‘significant’ predictor of violent extremism (The Canberra Times):
    https://lnkd.in/eh4VxyBp
  2. Misinformation and disinformation: A threat to democracy in Bangladesh (The Daily Star):
    https://lnkd.in/eQe3pQZc
  3. Resources for evaluating a CVE program (NSW Government):
    https://lnkd.in/euyx3_ny
  4. Behind the screens, these unpaid moderators are keeping online communities safe (CBC, Canada):
    https://lnkd.in/ejG7vk9Q
  5. The Backfire Effect: Why our brains make it difficult to change our mind (The Human Diver):
    https://lnkd.in/eVqpTFqr

Background: since 2017, we have filed more than 15,000 shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – more than 7,000 followers and connections – with links to articles and documents about countering extremism and radicalization, on countering hate, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation. This is one of the reviews of the posts. Each two weeks, the full list of resources, made up of direct links – ordered according to content performance – features in full on the three websites listed above.


Three Federal Offices are Joining Forces to Combat Hate and Better Support Victims and Survivors (ICMGLT):
https://lnkd.in/e8BrUnfx

The Relationship Between Social Media and Violence in Papua New Guinea (USIP):
https://lnkd.in/eHDnpfKJ

Exploring the Plausibility of Hate and Counter Speech Detectors with Explainable AI (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/g5anXRtY

Comelec launches task force on disinformation, misinformation (Daily Tribune, Philippines):
https://lnkd.in/eReQHEtP

Emoji crimes on social media applications (Cogent Social Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/eQEYA48P

Hate Speech in Pixels: Detection of Offensive Memes towards Automatic Moderation (Meta):
https://lnkd.in/graGGQFi

New tool aims to harness the power of AI to combat internet hate against Indigenous people (CBC):
https://lnkd.in/e6x9FGEA

Audio…
What’s Up :: AI a useful tool in eliminating hate speech (PolskieRadio):
https://lnkd.in/eJnd5a_i

Hatred Stems from Ignorance! Distillation of the Persuasion Modes in Countering Conversational Hate Speech (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eTfBdV4s

Let’s guard the youth against engagement with extremists — Crime Officer (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eAaCGn35

Countering Terrorist Content Online – A Best Practice Guide for Hosting Service Providers (FRISCO, Violence Prevention Network):
https://lnkd.in/gzwuC9mr

Combating Misinformation and Deep Fakes in Elections and Business: Q&A with David Fairman & Shamla Naidoo (netskope):
https://lnkd.in/edgtTMg5

LionGuard: Building a Contextualized Moderation Classifier to Tackle Localized Unsafe Content (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eBswDb-N

Large-Scale Hate Speech Detection with Cross-Domain Transfer (Papers With Code):
https://lnkd.in/evi_rrvg

How journalists address misinformation from official sources (Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, University of Missouri):
https://lnkd.in/eWfp3Vr5

Conspiracy Detection Beyond Text: Exploring the Feasibility of Adding Psycho-Linguistic Features to Enhance Conspiracy Detection Models (Disinformation in Open Online Media: 6th Multidisciplinary International Symposium, MISDOOM 2024, Proceedings):
https://lnkd.in/eEqiKJpX

Social media and political violence – how to break the cycle (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/ekfurU4h

Factors in terrorist risk assessment: a rapid evidence assessment of the extremism risk guidance (ERG22+) factors (Journal of Criminal Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/eKBp-dXw

Credibility at stake. A comparative analysis of different hate speech comments on journalistic credibility and support on climate protection measures (Cogent Social Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/ew68ChS3

Disinformation and its effects on society (House of Commons Library, UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eiHDQDAD

RAN study visit – The Swedish approach to tackling violent right-wing extremism, Stockholm 11 June 2024 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eds65_Cz

A new digital literacy framework to mitigate misinformation in social media infodemic (Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication):
https://lnkd.in/em-xg46z

Reshare…
Countering and Addressing Online Hate Speech: A Guide for policy makers and practitioners (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/e3kxFjM7

Study says blockchain could help combat AI misinformation (Tech XPlore):
https://lnkd.in/eRkTuYn6

The Geography of Corporate Fake News (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eCjR9PJX

Video…
Critical Terrorism Studies – Lee Jarvis | 2024 Episode 15 (IR Thinker Talkshow):
https://lnkd.in/eJRhsjhM

Video…
Episode 9 – Gendered Approaches to Evaluation: How to Embed Gender Evaluation in Initiative Design (INDEED project):
https://lnkd.in/eDY8h3Vf

Towards a cyberbullying detection approach: fine-tuned contrastive self-supervised learning for data augmentation (International Journal of Data Science and Analytics):
https://lnkd.in/eGRRv37c

Positive Online Interventions Playbook: Innovating Responses to a Shifting Online Extremist Landscape in New Zealand (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/efiANjVq

Explaining the Gist of Why Misinformation Is False May Help Curb the Spread of It (The George Washington University):
https://lnkd.in/eiqjNrrQ

Nomadic Pastoralism and Everyday Peace: Key Evidence and Lessons for Peacebuilding and Conflict Mitigation from Kenya’s Turkana North (RESOLVE Network):
https://lnkd.in/eUR2vkD8

Full Report…
Accelerationism: The Active Club Network (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/eS_qa6Kn

Video…
Countering disinformation and online threats toward journalists in Africa (International Press Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eHgR6uX6

The manosphere: the shady online network of masculinists (The Week, UK Edition):
https://lnkd.in/exxsPa5Z

A Directory of Threat Assessment Models (NCITE/DHS & UCL):
https://lnkd.in/e9rwQ3gu

Audio…
Deepfakes & misinformation: How generative AI impacts elections (Priorities Podcast):
https://lnkd.in/e7Fn4wF2

Online and Offline Aggressive Behaviors in Adolescence: The Role of Self-Regulatory Self-Efficacy Beliefs (Preprints):
https://lnkd.in/e-aBUWN2

The spread of misinformation: A multivariate analysis of the relationship between individual characteristics and fact-checking behaviours of Canadians (Statistics Canada):
https://lnkd.in/g9M-pg4B

How Do We Know What Works in Preventing Violent Extremism? Evidence and Trends in Evaluation From 14 Countries (Global Public Policy Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eaMtZax6

Deradicalization of Foreign Fighters and the Agency of Diaspora (Nordic Journal of Migration Research):
https://lnkd.in/egTxCGDZ

DigitalViolence Against Women: Is There a Real Need for Special Criminalization (International Journal for the Semiotics of Law):
https://lnkd.in/ezc8B7Pd

CO24100 | How the Police Can Build Trust To Combat Extremism (RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore):
https://lnkd.in/etgyx6cv

Helping Canadians identify misinformation online (Canadian Heritage via Government of Canada):
https://lnkd.in/grqNJm4Q

Global Civil Society Voices Shape Digital Platform Governance at International Forum (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/eTRqYceD

Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Illegal Financial Inflows: The Nexus (Journal of Political Science and Leadership Research):
https://lnkd.in/e_kGSNey

How to identify ‘false information’ on social media (Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/eqMtVgta

What to expect as the EU’s AI Act comes into force? (euronews):
https://lnkd.in/eHs_hy8n

A deep dive into deepfakes that demean, defraud and disinform (Ofcom, UK):
https://lnkd.in/esuj2qya

Video…
VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Spring 2024: Data Collection in Online Terrorism & Extremism Research (VOX-Pol):
https://lnkd.in/gzf77aS5

Learning to evaluate sources of science (mis)information on the internet: Assessing students’ scientific online reasoning (Journal of Research in Science Teaching):
https://lnkd.in/etMGjUZq

Videos…
Building Trust & Addressing Misinformation in Action: Baltimore City (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security):
https://lnkd.in/eYtZA2eM (Adam Abadir and Benjamin Jancewicz)
https://lnkd.in/e9z8g4JQ (Dr. Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D.)

Assessing inoculation’s effectiveness in motivating resistance to conspiracy propaganda in Finnish and United States samples (Frontiers in Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/gqXYvJXs

Academics from marginalised backgrounds are facing online abuse (Wonkhe):
https://lnkd.in/eVdgiVwN

How to reduce the impact of disinformation on Europeans’ health (European Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/gfCZFSXe

Terrorism Financing In Australia. National Risk Assessment (Commonwealth of Australia):
https://lnkd.in/ehJFJiCG

Stop the spread: Empowering students to address misinformation through community-engaged, interdisciplinary science communication training (JRST):
https://lnkd.in/ektnWqgd

Introducing the Coalition for Secure AI, an OASIS Open Project (OASIS OPEN):
https://lnkd.in/errNW5mM

The Content Homogenization of Fact-Checking Through Platform Partnerships: A Comparison Between Eight Countries (Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly):
https://lnkd.in/eCWn2hrB

Navigating the social media maze: balancing free speech and safety (madhyamam):
https://lnkd.in/gFH_ER9v

AI disinformation in elections: The challenges, impact and solution (dubawa):
https://lnkd.in/evb2_xeM

An agent-based model of cross-platform information diffusion and moderation (Social Network Analysis and Mining):
https://lnkd.in/eZ_USxfq

Gendered hate speech, data breach and state overreach (Chatham House):
https://lnkd.in/eGkTW-4V

New (Digital) Media in Creative Society: Ethical Issues of Content Moderation (Central and Eastern European Online Library):
https://lnkd.in/eBhMBsph

RAN C&N Working Group meeting – Dealing with borderline content from the perspective of public trust, Rotterdam 16-17 April 2024 (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/ed5TUJaM

Video…
Disinformation in the 21st century…and what to do about it? (British Library):
https://lnkd.in/e6QEdep3

Tackling violent extremism requires clear strategy – UNDP (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eWBeCckm

RAN PRISONS – Practical methods and approaches to conducting multi-agency case conferences of violent extremist or terrorist offenders (VETOs), Barcelona 04-05 June 2024 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eZudr3mk

Undp’s New Generation Of Journalists On A Mission Against Fake News (UNDP Kosovo):
https://lnkd.in/eYe9ENuA

Taking a Regional Approach to Preventing Violent Extremism: Lessons from East and Central Africa (Kofi Annan Foundation):
https://lnkd.in/eG4nsNyD

Old Methods of Misinformation Dominated 2024 Elections Despite AI Boom: Fact-checkers hashtag#NAMA (Medianama, India):
https://lnkd.in/e6wy9PJ6

Audio…
How good is AI at detecting online hate? (The Alan Turing Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eQFbsnwk

Videos (Reshare)…
GIFCT Hosts 2024 Multistakeholder Forum in Singapore (GIFCT):
https://lnkd.in/gXZq9FtF

Sentiment score-based classification for fake news using machine learning and LSTM-BiLSTM (Soft Computing):
https://lnkd.in/emcuJMaz

Analysis: How AI bots spread misinformation online and undermine democratic politics (McMaster University, Canada):
https://lnkd.in/e5Rg-RQk

LionGuard: Building a Contextualized Moderation Classifier to Tackle Localized Unsafe Content (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eBswDb-N

User Journeys in Online Extremist Groups (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/e7igdRG2

A Multifaceted Reasoning Network for Explainable Fake News Detection (Information Processing & Management):
https://lnkd.in/eRUQme3Z

Ottawa funds Universite de Montreal AI project to combat misinformation online (CTV News Montreal):
https://lnkd.in/gJJH4v_n

Human-in-the-Loop Hate Speech Classification in a Multilingual Context (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/ebZ4q-_8

The Digital Agora Fights Back: Building Disinformation Resilience One Initiative at a Time (Studies in Media and Communication):
https://lnkd.in/eu44gie6

Everyone Responsible For Ensuring Social Media Is Safe, Positive – Teo (Bernama, Malaysia):
https://lnkd.in/ee9iEbEC

Civic Literacy and Disinformation in Democracies (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/g5R_wWBB

In the Shadow of the Caliphate: A Decade of Islamic State Gendered Violence (Combating Terrorism Center at Westpoint):
https://lnkd.in/gAQQ-JiA

Detecting Urdu COVID-19 misinformation using transfer learning (Social Network Analysis and Mining):
https://lnkd.in/e-Rxu55E

Video…
Taylor Swift and Bank Failures: Using AI to Tackle Bot-Driven Disinformation (Fortune Magazine):
https://lnkd.in/euJfWFsm

AI Remains a Wild Card in the War Against Disinformation (DarkReading):
https://lnkd.in/e9KXQtnN

Surfing the web for effective content regulation in Southeast Asia (EastAsiaForum):
https://lnkd.in/eFfscbrK

Forget AI-Generated Images, AI Editing Tools Are Fuelling Disinformation (Decode, India):
https://lnkd.in/e8ZWsxGY

BNPT strengthens community resilience to curb extremism (Antara, Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/e5gDvQvA

Relationship between new media literacy (NML) and web-based fake news epidemic control: a systematic literature review (Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication):
https://lnkd.in/e-dF7a6A

Artificial Intelligence (ai) Literacy As A Means To Counter The Discourse Of Violence And Terrorism: An Analytical Study Of Media And Communication Literature (IMCTC via ResearchGate):
https://lnkd.in/euPQxTMS

Causes of violent extremism are complex, multi-faceted – Dr Ahorsu (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eY3xw5KW

Advancing Resilience: Unleashing the Potential of CVE in Pakistan (Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies, Pakistan):
https://lnkd.in/e8UXRvEj

Disinformation code needs formal place under DSA, regulators say (euronews):
https://lnkd.in/eFaf7CGR (news)
https://lnkd.in/eGZsB5WX (Digital Services Board Report)

Leitfaden: Radikalisierungssymbole online und offline (next: no to extremism, Austria):
https://lnkd.in/eVm2H7gP

SocialBullyAlert: A Web Application for Cyberbullying Detection on Minors’ Social Media (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications):
https://lnkd.in/e7dzruCN

Who Shares Fake News? Uncovering Insights from Social Media Users’ Post Histories (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/gS5wZ64F

Video…
Deep Learning for Hate Speech Detection A Personality based Approach (ACM SIGWEB):
https://lnkd.in/ezHxjjwQ

The solution to violent extremism is deepening democracy – Ms Kitchen (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/e2Mnu-gJ

Reshare…
The role of technology in online misinformation (Brookings):
https://lnkd.in/eECkyUh2

Social Media Accountability In Pakistan – OpEd (eurasiareview):
https://lnkd.in/extYeTh2

UNESCO Dakar supports The Gambia’s National Human Rights Commission to Conduct Premier Nation-wide Research on Hate Speech (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/ebSmCcF3

Misinformation Campaigns through WhatsApp and Telegram in Presidential Elections in Brazil (Communications ACM):
https://lnkd.in/ej6qMwBq

Fighting hate speech and hate crime: regional gathering of the network of Equality Bodies from the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership Region (Council of Europe):
https://lnkd.in/eS_qwRFp

Google’s Jigsaw open sources Altitude to help online platforms weed out extremist content (TechCrunch):
https://lnkd.in/eU2NSDFM

The present and future of hate speech in Portugal was discussed at Iscte (CIS-Iscte):
https://lnkd.in/eAaKSwZT

Video…
Get the Facts-Consequences of Disseminating Fake News with DSP Warren Williams (Jamaica Information Service):
https://lnkd.in/eE4tGEQS

How AI bots spread misinformation online and undermine democratic politics (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/ez3bw384

Proposal for an Assessment of Risk Mitigations for Algorithmic Amplification of Disinformation, the Role of Platform Business Models & Demonetization (European Digital Media Observatory):
https://lnkd.in/gZ3v3SXd

Trend Micro’s Lewis Duke on Fighting AI-Powered Fake News (Cyber Magazine):
https://lnkd.in/exspBeyS

Classifying Real and Bot Users Based on their News Spread for Combating Misinformation (IEEE Xplore):
https://lnkd.in/e9QJA4kw

Video…
RADIS-Ringvorlesung: Radikalisierende Räume. Kontexteffekte auf die Anfälligkeit für Radikalisierung (PRIF):
https://lnkd.in/eA_ZyysD

Innovations in Prevention: Piloting Multi-Actor Frameworks in Small and Mid-Sized Cities in the United States (The Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/gZ5_fwc7

The role of the private sector in combatting gendered cyber harms (Chatham House):
https://lnkd.in/evYPuSDR

Audio…
How people can be swayed into political extremism (The Pat Kenny Show):
https://lnkd.in/egnhY8t4

Unifying Retrieval and Re-Ranking: A Multimodal Approach to Detecting Fact-Checked Information (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/gkyiSAY5

The Need for a Strategic Approach to Disinformation and AI-Driven Threats (RUSI):
https://lnkd.in/eAZbW3wT

RAN small-scale meeting – Navigating Lone Actor Violence: Understanding trends and prevention, 23 May 2024 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eTWPnH-K

Warning: AI Chatbots Can Spread Disinformation (Forbes):
https://lnkd.in/eHzauMnG

Does Fake News have Feelings? (Procedia Computer Science):
https://lnkd.in/eCiz-FWG

RAN YOUNG Platform – Tools for youth to navigate the impact of geopolitical developments, Zagreb 02-03 May 2024 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/e_XZiBQR

Masu residents educated on violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eg3rp3Z4

Navigating persuasive strategies in online health misinformation: An interview study with older adults on misinformation management (PLOS ONE):
https://lnkd.in/e_vzNqXH

Reshare…
RAN FC&S Working Group meeting – Trust-building and the context of the P/CVE practitioner, Lisbon 28 & 29 May 2024 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/evm_KFW4

Video…
Panel discussion on virtual worlds: the youth perspective | What are the risks of virtual worlds? (Insafe):
https://lnkd.in/egzKESfx

Cross-lingual hate speech detection using domain-specific word embeddings (PLOS ONE):
https://lnkd.in/eZKrSwdd

Audio…
Securing democracy: countering disinformation in 2024 (ASPI):
https://lnkd.in/eenMZamR

The People’s Guide. Election-Year Edition (WGVU Public Media & The Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies):
https://lnkd.in/eqBk3e5D

How AI Creates and Spreads Disinformation and What Businesses Can Do About It (Hackernoon):
https://lnkd.in/enuaqBy2

How AI Bots Spread Misinformation Online and Undermine Democratic Politics (Homeland Security News Wire):
https://lnkd.in/echQUEki

The Incel Subculture (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/eTHgUKGe

EDMO calls for action for the protection of journalists and fact-checkers (European Digital Media Observatory):
https://lnkd.in/eXDxEk2T

Code-mixing unveiled: Enhancing the hate speech detection in Arabic dialect tweets using machine learning models (PLOS ONE):
https://lnkd.in/eY9jsznK

Fake news and hate speech can undermine peaceful elections – WACCE (Ghana News Agency via Joy Online):
https://lnkd.in/erCwMCdA

You’re more likely to believe fake news shared by someone you barely know than by your best friend (Nieman Lab):
https://lnkd.in/e5p43N4U

Generation Z Beats Boomers in Spotting Fake News (VOA):
https://lnkd.in/e3wb4MQB

Fujitsu chosen to help solving social issues caused by fake news (Fujitsu):
https://lnkd.in/ejZvzXXR

Video…
RADIS-Ringvorlesung: “Alles ist Wechselwirkung” (PRIF):
https://lnkd.in/ezXyjvkk

Audio…
Episode 19: Combating Violent Extremism: from policy to practice (CRSP Talk Podcast):
https://lnkd.in/gPRYsRcb

Video…
PANEL: Journalism, disinformation and political communication in turbulent times (Facultad de Comunicaciones de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile):
https://lnkd.in/eeyCs-nR

Digital Services Act & Terrorist Content Online Regulation: Analysis and Comparison (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eJwS9w7d

Peace-building through Strategic Narrative: A re-evaluation of media discourse on violent extremism in Pakistan (Researchgate):
https://lnkd.in/e2geddAQ

Extremist Chan Culture (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/ebnRFPb7

Ugandans Wield Faith and Youth Against Climate-Fueled Violence (USIP):
https://lnkd.in/eYDyjJ47

Video…
RADIS-Ringvorlesung: Radicalized Mainstream (PRIF):
https://lnkd.in/ef2Ma-ke

RAN REHABILITATION working group meeting – Rehabilitation for female VETOs and the role of masculinity in DDR, Zagreb 14-15 March 2024 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/e6g6UP5s

Hundreds of girls say they face online harm at least once a month in new global report (Plan International):
https://lnkd.in/gRqEkEeK

Liars know they are lying: differentiating disinformation from disagreement (humanities and social sciences communications):
https://lnkd.in/eHam8C-m

Stakeholders Revise Strategy On Countering Violent Extremism (Kenya News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/g-kSaKag

Evaluating the fake news problem at the scale of the information ecosystem (ScienceAdvances):
https://lnkd.in/erM-YxWd

Exploring bystander contagion in cyberbully detection: a systematic review (JAIHC):
https://lnkd.in/eN3XsSXe

Video…
From Memes to Extremism: How the Internet Fueled Far-Right Movements (with Elle Reeve) (The Bulwark):
https://lnkd.in/ehYVcvRr

Experts: Why legislation will never curb spread of fake news, hate speech among youth (Newsdiary, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eHTjQvDi

BNPT: Collaboration And Synergy Are Necessary As Efforts To Counter Terrorism (VOI, Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/evTSEBy7

How to reduce the impact of disinformation on Europeans’ health (Think Tank, European Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eWapJC8H

Postdigital Bodies: Young People’s Experiences of Algorithmic, Tech-Facilitated Body Shaming and Image-Based Sexual Abuse during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic in England (Anglia Ruskin Research Online):
https://lnkd.in/eQTfkFZh

Working with the Private Sector in Georgia, to foster diversity and equality in the workplace (Council of Europe):
https://lnkd.in/gJ6xA7W5

Reshare…
New report finds understanding differences in harmful information is critical to combatting it (United Nations Peacekeeping):
https://lnkd.in/ef-HWUF9

The Strategic Role of Clerics in Curbing Juvenile Criminal Gangs and Radicalization in Kenya’s Coast Region (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eAx5Zz8B

Video…
Virtual worlds: Opportunities and challenges | Ouassima Belmoussi (Insafe):
https://lnkd.in/ewTVGCvr

Media freedom and democracy are integral to security, says latest report from OSCE Media Freedom Representative (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/eVNXz7Bi

United Against Online Abuse In Sport Forum Hears Of Surge In Hate Speech Of Athletes On Social Media Platforms (FIA):
https://lnkd.in/eQp2XnhN

Radical anti-feminism the most prevalent form of violent extremism in Australia, report finds (The University of Melbourne):
https://lnkd.in/et3Pqc3n

Video…
Countering Hate Speech & Polarizing Narratives To Foster Democratic Consolidation & Peace In Ghana (Ghana Broadcasting Corporation):
https://lnkd.in/eMXj3nPK

Improving automatic cyberbullying detection in social network environments by fine-tuning a pre-trained sentence transformer language model (Social Network Analysis and Mining):
https://lnkd.in/ePAg4YxW

Video…
VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Spring 2024: Studying Right-Wing Extremism (VOX-Pol):
https://lnkd.in/eSpX-ypZ

Traditional news readers are better informed: The case against news on social media (Media Makers Meet):
https://lnkd.in/efMeubZ4

How to combat online misinformation (Charity Digital):
https://lnkd.in/g-9W6npg

AI ‘deepfake’ faces detected using astronomy methods (nature):
https://lnkd.in/ebvHyjWH

Similarity over Factuality: Are we making progress on multimodal out-of-context misinformation detection? (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eMkZT7ph

How to Spot Fake News in Your Social Media Feed (McAfee):
https://lnkd.in/eJyBz2VR

Content moderation in (decentralised) metaverses (Universitat d’Alacant):
https://lnkd.in/eg-xDrVJ

Grievance, Pseudohistory, and AI: A Powerful Recipe for The Generation of Extremist Narratives? (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/eYPSzWgG

Microsoft report highlights AI efforts around election misinformation and harmful deepfakes (Digiday):
https://lnkd.in/esasqrRc

Yearly wrap up 2023-24 (Digital Platform Regulators Forum, Australian Government):
https://lnkd.in/eatb7ptS

‘Young men could be radicalised into extreme misogyny by online influencers’ (The Independent):
https://lnkd.in/gQR8NfGJ

Tackling Violent Extremism (Leadership, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/eBxjeUjG

Audio…
Local strategies to prevent violent extremism (Efus Podcast, European Forum for Urban Security):
https://lnkd.in/eV-Mwz8P

ShieldGemma: Generative AI Content Moderation Based on Gemma (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eUmhHa-X

Indonesia and the Counter-Terrorism Efforts (Ministry Of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Of Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/gkXxGVhr

A guide to how tech platforms are policing AI-generated political misinformation (The Drum):
https://lnkd.in/e_vMc7nx

Shaping Europe’s digital future. AI Act (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/gHXVR6EK (News)
https://lnkd.in/eEYZsfn9 (Legal Text)

Video…
War, political scandals, and fake news: Threats to journalism and press freedom around the world (Facultad de Comunicaciones de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile):
https://lnkd.in/e2N3TGCR

Video…
Social media, AI create ‘polluted’ disinformation environment (yahoo! finance):
https://lnkd.in/epAaYd7S

Surge of hate speech against athletes on social media (RTÊ):
https://lnkd.in/eZgwrGvq

Meta’s Oversight Board says deepfake policies need update and response to explicit image fell short (AP via ABC News):
https://lnkd.in/ey9mxh8S

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PAPER SESSION: Risks associated with digital environments (Facultad de Comunicaciones de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile):
https://lnkd.in/eXHsERrk

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How truth can eclipse disinformation (NBC News):
https://lnkd.in/efV42EMs

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The Persistence of Pro-IS Propaganda in Southeast Asia (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/epBRnePv

RAN FC&S Working Group meeting – Trust-building and the context of the P/CVE practitioner, Lisbon 28 & 29 May 2024 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/evm_KFW4

When Misinformation Becomes Disinformation: Chatbot Companies and EU Elections (Democratic Reporting International):
https://lnkd.in/eqFVjKUT

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Risks, strategies to face insecurity and precarious working conditions in the practice of journalism (Facultad de Comunicaciones de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile):
https://lnkd.in/eBqsPXiR

Über 56.000 Meldungen bei „hashtag#Hessen gegen Hetze“ seit 2020 (Süddeutsche Zeitung):
https://lnkd.in/eiQRZQqr

Video…
Tackling Rumors: Introduction to misinformation and disinformation (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security):
https://lnkd.in/eZE8Gdjq

Nomadic Pastoralism and Everyday Peace: Key Evidence and Lessons for Peacebuilding and Conflict Mitigation from Kenya’s Turkana North (RESOLVE Network):
https://lnkd.in/eUR2vkD8

When The Algorithm Hallucinates: Disinformation-Misinformation Results (Forbes):
https://lnkd.in/eQqyRDwZ

Life After Hate Launches Support Community to Help Former Violent Extremists in Their Continued Journey of Lives Free From Hate, Violence (Life After Hate via PR Newswire):
https://lnkd.in/emTbMNkU

Full Report…
CTRL+ALT+COLLABORATE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO PREVENT EXTREMISM IN GAMING (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/epECqDAU

Peace Council urges stakeholders against hate speech (BusinessGhana):
https://lnkd.in/ehAph9iZ

Article 19 urges government to develop a national plan of action to counter hate speech (The Business Standard, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/ei7Kdsd6

Experte über Prävention: „Wir müssen proaktiv auf Extremisten zugehen“ (Frankfurter Rundschau):
https://lnkd.in/eBJ4WSXn

Neuroscience explains how “fake news” works, and what publishers can learn from it (Media Makers Meet):
https://lnkd.in/gJNC-NrZ

Strengthen National and Regional Approaches to Address Climate-Related Security and Violent Extremism Risks (UNICRI):
https://lnkd.in/e_YEQjjZ

Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force Releases New Guidance for Families, Industry (JDSUPRA):
https://lnkd.in/eWecX4by

Media literacy, fact-checking investment needed to counter disinfo pollution (EURACTIV):
https://lnkd.in/ewSKqk34

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Unraveling the Tangle of Disinformation. A Multimodal Approach for Fake News Identification on Social Media (ACM SIGWEB):
https://lnkd.in/euis76cj

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National counterterrorism center puts in place comprehensive mechanism to curb violent extremism (KBC Channel 1, Kenya):
https://lnkd.in/eAEMk_m3

Despite Previous Reporting, Fortnite Continues to Platform Violent Political and Antisemitic Content (GPAHE):
https://lnkd.in/e3MN2DSD

6 Strategies for Addressing Hate Speech and Microaggressions in Classrooms (KQED):
https://lnkd.in/e594Hkhs

Gaining Steam: Far-Right Radicalisation on Gaming Platforms (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/eREmjVGs

Analysis Of Lone Attacks As A Challenge For Preventing Violent Extremism From A Comparative Perspective. Types Of Lone Attackers And Their Radicalization Processes In Japan, and Recommendations for Prevention Measures (UNICRI):
https://lnkd.in/e4JsJdYm

Digital small-scale expert meeting – Attitudes towards migration and the impact on P/CVE, 19 April 2024 (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/eRftFApa

Hate Speech In Print Media In Turkey. ‘Media plays a role in the spread of hate speech’ (bianet):
https://lnkd.in/e7-JqEMx

Epistemic Injustice and Ideal Social Media: Enhancing X for Inclusive Global Engagement (Topoi):
https://lnkd.in/eQm2pDYV

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SEMINAR 27: Balancing Hate Speech Moderation in Age of Information and Communication Technologies (The Global South Network):
https://lnkd.in/g-NY3DDt

GW Program on Extremism Expert Warns Congress of Extremist Exploitation of U.S. Charities (CISION):
https://lnkd.in/eRj7eH2W

Windsor police launch new online hate-crime reporting tool (CBC):
https://lnkd.in/e68adnyC

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Online Disinformation and Generative Language Models Motivations, Challenges, and Mitigations (ACM SIGWEB):
https://lnkd.in/er5mt5Mg

Ugandans Wield Faith and Youth Against Climate-Fueled Violence (USIP):
https://lnkd.in/eYDyjJ47

Self-radicalisation a key threat to Singapore: 7 takeaways from ISD’s annual terrorism report (The Straits Times):
https://lnkd.in/gT93UtYV

Analysis of Lone Attacks as a Challenge for Preventing Violent Extremism from a Comparative Perspective. Types of Lone Attackers and Their Radicalization Processes in Japan, and Recommendations for Prevention Measures – July 2024 (UNICRI):
https://lnkd.in/edmjaNHS

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National Counter Terrorism Center new strategies against violent extremism (KBC Channel 1 TV, Kenya):
https://lnkd.in/eC74Q-69

Model Attribution in Machine-Generated Disinformation: A Domain Generalization Approach with Supervised Contrastive Learning (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/en8HrkbY

Study Reveals Impact of Concern About Misinformation on Americans’ Media Consumption Habits (Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania):
https://lnkd.in/e5pAsCH2

Audio…
Civil society’s role in fighting hate speech (ICT4D Conference):
https://lnkd.in/gSGhkD8A

Hundreds of girls say they face online harm at least once a month (Development Aid):
https://lnkd.in/eXs2mjZM

Perceptions of disinformation regulation in the Andean community (Frontiers in Communication):
https://lnkd.in/eq9GCM6b

Disinformation and Emergency Communication (Peace Research Institute Oslo):
https://lnkd.in/epq-9mgc

A Tournament Full of Positives: EE Reports 82% Reduction in Online Hate This Summer (cision via yahoo! finance):
https://lnkd.in/ePQd6uqa

The next big threat to animal health emergencies: misinformation and disinformation (World Organisation for Animal Health):
https://lnkd.in/ew-dw_bm

Experts Warn of AI-Powered Disinformation (Africa Defense Forum):
https://lnkd.in/eGtkDujP

Audio…
The Misinformation Crisis: Navigating Technology and Truth in Modern Society (ITSPmagazine Podcast Network):
https://lnkd.in/eR37Xe-3

Fighting extremism: Be vigilant and support the security services – NCCE (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/edhkF4cu

Section 230’s Original Intent Offers Touchstone for Online Safety (Bloomberg Law):
https://lnkd.in/e5bFG4M8

Looming Threat of Violent Extremism in West African States and Need for New Strategy (This Day, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/edyM84Pd

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How AI-generated content affects the spread of disinformation? (CPAC):
https://lnkd.in/euykvmur

Creating, publishing, and spreading processes of health-related contents in internet news sites: evaluation of the opinions of actors in health communication (Frontiers in Public Health):
https://lnkd.in/eNPQwe3a

Recalibrating Coastal West Africa’s Response to Violent Extremism (Africa Center for Strategic Studies):
https://lnkd.in/e5Fcv7QS

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DISD webinar on “The social impacts of misinformation” (Division for Inclusive Social Developmentof the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UN) Secretariat):
https://lnkd.in/eNEuCFrV

Camera, Action, Play: An Exploration of Extremist Activity on Video- and Livestreaming Platforms (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/eYaQ_aYE

Digital small-scale expert meeting – The impact of right-wing extremist narratives on societal debate, increasing the breeding ground for VRWE, 28 May 2024 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/egaXWJsw

EU AI Act Takes Effect, Industry Reacts (AI Business):
https://lnkd.in/eDH4KBC8

Consultation on a new approach to regulating harassment and sexual misconduct in English higher education (Office for Students, UK):
https://lnkd.in/egXMWz4u

Technology monitoring (Motra, Germany):
https://lnkd.in/eVzG6KuT

Remain vigilant about terrorism threats – Amoh (BusinessGhana):
https://lnkd.in/e7h4HQ49

Community Engagement Can Mitigate Disinformation. Here’s How A Dallas Editor Is Leading The Way (PEN America):
https://lnkd.in/eiNrMQDj

Does the Source of a Warning Matter? Examining the Effectiveness of Veracity Warning Labels Across Warners (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/evg_tAzX

Chief Censor: The line between free expression and hate speech | Q+A 2024 (Q+A with Jack Tame, New Zealand):
https://lnkd.in/eNW-tAje

Accelerationism: The Active Club Network (GNET Research):
https://lnkd.in/ekcx2ByH

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TUTORIAL: Toward Mitigating Misinformation and Social Media Manipulation in LLM Era (ACM SIGWEB):
https://lnkd.in/ebnis7wR

NHRC moves to tackle hate speech (The Standard, Gambia):
https://lnkd.in/g9US-bK5

Can Anti-Rumor Campaigns Foster Positive Behavioral Change? (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/egBR4Nan

World’s first major AI law enters into force — here’s what it means for U.S. tech giants (CNBC):
https://lnkd.in/eQk2kpVi

Top officer warns of cuts threat to security work (Reuters):
https://lnkd.in/e7D3RWmH

Government approves key documents including the strategy on countering extremist ideology (Somali National News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eZzhFkiQ

What We’re Doing About Disinformation In 2024 (PEN America):
https://lnkd.in/e-2kdk-C

PIXELMOD: Improving Soft Moderation of Visual Misleading Information on Twitter (Papers with Code):
https://lnkd.in/eP66B59c

Financial Extremism: The Dark Side of Crowdfunding and Terrorism (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/erigJt9z

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Podcasts (kNOwHATE/Knowing Online Hate Speech):
https://lnkd.in/gDBtQZUT

The spread of misinformation: A multivariate analysis of the relationship between individual characteristics and fact-checking behaviours of Canadians (Statistics Canada):
https://lnkd.in/eU6gxccj

Countering Climate Disinformation in Africa (Centre for International Governance Innovation):
https://lnkd.in/e9hGQiKr

RAN FC&S & REHABILITATION Working Group meeting – Preparing receiving communities for their involvement in the rehabilitation process, Bucharest 23-24 November 2023 (EU RAN):
https://lnkd.in/eFGSwhBu

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The Ghana Report Summit: Dealing with Misinformation and Disinformation comes off on 1st Aug. (JoyNews, Ghana):
https://lnkd.in/ezdapysw

Defense against adversarial attacks: robust and efficient compressed optimized neural networks (Manara – Qatar Research Repository):
https://lnkd.in/e4zeYGCG

Civic Literacy and Disinformation in Democracies (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/g5R_wWBB

Emotionalized Social Media Environments: How Alternative News Media and Populist Actors Drive Angry Reactions (Political Communication):
https://lnkd.in/e4SEQE6H


Free articles and analyses on counter-extremism, on countering hate, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation:
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