Browse and read from a list of the 330 most popular LinkedIn resources dealing with soft counter-extremism and countering hate speech, as posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the second half of May 2024… The Top 5 resources, as part of the current issue: From Extreme Ideas to Violent and Nonviolent Outcomes: An In-Depth Analysis of Probation Files on Terrorist Suspects in the Netherlands (Terrorism and Political Violence):https://lnkd.in/egRXAg2D RAN PRISONS Working Group Meeting – The active role of the inmate in disengagement, deradicalisation and rehabilitation (DDR), Prague13-14 March 2024 (EU RAN):https://lnkd.in/gA6Z_NtU Gender Inclusion: What it means to Gender Mainstream in Preventing Violent Extremism and Counter Terrorism? (International Affairs Forum):https://lnkd.in/e3PjR49Q My Work Via LinkedIn: Journalism It Is! (Policyinstitute.net):https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-work-via-linkedin-journalism-thorsten-koch-ma-pgdip-vzxye McCain Institute and The Carter Center Publish “The Disinformation Economy” (McCain Institute at Arizona State University & The Carter Center):https://lnkd.in/eWjjckCW Background: since 2017, we have filed more than 14,000 shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – about 6,7000 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 website counter-terrorism.org. Edmonton project to create handbook to help combat extremism (The Globe and Mail):https://lnkd.in/eCw2Cb2j Exploring the Usability of Persuasion Techniques for Downstream Misinformation-related Classification Tasks (ACL Anthology):https://lnkd.in/ep-QFaaA UNESCO launches Latest Journalism for Development Brief in Africa (UNESCO):https://lnkd.in/ejWh4t6b Disinformation Online (RRI Live, Romania):https://lnkd.in/eRsfC8Gt Guidebook on Climate, Peace and Security Programming (Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding in Africa):https://lnkd.in/en6xuZF5 Utilizing AI To Ensure Children Stay Safe Online (Sunday Trust, Nigeria, via Microsoft Start):https://lnkd.in/eZ6fUSRP Beyond the Kinetic Approach to Counter Terrorism in Nigeria and Towards a Sustainable Soft Power Paradigm (Journal of Crime and Criminal Behavior):https://lnkd.in/ex9t-uk2 After reports of extremists using video games to recruit youth, DPM Zahid tells cops to step up counter-terrorism measures (malaymail):https://lnkd.in/e7cj2-Cg Counter-terrorism expert warns about how Aussie teens are being radicalised by terrorist recruiters (Channel Nine, Australia):https://lnkd.in/ebHMkAmA Bosnia and Herzegovina: Equipping prison staff with skills to provide peer-to-peer trainings on management of violent extremist prisoners (Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo):https://lnkd.in/eFPjn_H2 Debunking misinformation failed. Welcome to ‘pre-bunking’ (The Washington Post):https://lnkd.in/eQackR62 Violent Extremist Language in Incel Communities Has Steadily Increased Over the Past 6 Years (Psychreg):https://lnkd.in/epY2meuC Gendered hate speech, data breach and state overreach (Chatham House):https://lnkd.in/egTs8ndP Artificial intelligence (AI) act: Council gives final green light to the first worldwide rules on AI (Council of the European Union):https://lnkd.in/eZJWmpfT Fake news pandemic & need for immunity: Research meets industry | ISB Insights Forum | Full Session (Indian School of Business):https://lnkd.in/ewpxZzqp Video…The dangers posed by AI and disinformation during elections (Brookings Institution):https://lnkd.in/emWJWR2a Applying Vernacularization to Hate Speech Based on Religion or Belief: A Short Exploration (BYU Law ICLRS):https://lnkd.in/esUKk5Y9 Bangkok hosts EU-Thailand Workshop on Multi-Sectoral Strategies for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (European Union):https://lnkd.in/ecb22Ag3 Expert insights strengthen protection measures and security protocols for domestic legal and institutional frameworks (GCTF):https://lnkd.in/gdR9zxQj Deep Learning Approaches for Hate Speech Detection (International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research, India):https://lnkd.in/eKRJKMwG Addressing Hate Crime in the 21st Century: Trends, Threats, and Opportunities for Intervention (Annual Reviews):https://lnkd.in/exTyJQxy Resocialisation and reintegration measures for VETOs post prison-release in the Western Balkans, May 2024 (EU RAN):https://lnkd.in/eBMQesMG Preventing “Torrents of Hate” or Stifling Free Expression Online? An Assessment of Social Media Content Removal in France, Germany, and Sweden (The Future of Free Speech):https://lnkd.in/eNYWQsVa Reshare: Free Handbook…Dealing with conspiracy narratives in the close social environment. A practical handbook to help the helpers, December 2023 (EU RAN):https://lnkd.in/g4aaEcqA Deepfake, Disinformation and Social Media (IJRASET):https://lnkd.in/e5rNr9uc UNICRI’s Second Capacity-Building Workshop in Nouakchott, Mauritania: Integrating Gender Perspectives in Preventing Violent Extremism (UNICRI):https://lnkd.in/eHZEjbhs HarmPot: An Annotation Framework for Evaluating Offline Harm Potential of Social Media Text (ACL Anthology):https://lnkd.in/e_CVV5yw Fake Scientific Studies Are a Problem That’s Getting Harder to Solve (Times Leader):https://lnkd.in/eg5ABkYe Press and Planet in danger Safety of environmental journalists – trends, challenges and recommendations (UNESCO):https://lnkd.in/e8QPRU2J Applying Vernacularization to Hate Speech Based on Religion or Belief: A Short Exploration (BYU Law ICLRS):https://lnkd.in/esUKk5Y9 Safe Online – What Works To Prevent Cyberbullying And What Do Youth Recommend That We Do? (Child Line, Lithuania):https://lnkd.in/eTQCMHDm Report & Audio…A Guide to Content Moderation for Policymakers (CATO Institute):https://lnkd.in/eNfpqiaw A broader view of misinformation reveals potential for intervention (Science):https://lnkd.in/eyZRNpFT Impact of misinformation on social media on risk perception in a multi-risk environment (IIASA):https://lnkd.in/eYpxcb3V Towards Weakly-Supervised Hate Speech Classification Across Datasets (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/epSyhqC3 Needs assessment report on religious counseling in deradicalization programs (HORIZON CIVITAS & GCERF):https://lnkd.in/eWkvMVwZ Promoting Constructive Deliberation: Reframing for Receptiveness (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/efK9HvWY The Unappreciated Role of Intent in Algorithmic Moderation of Social Media Content (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/enS8iJEi OSCE organizes training-of-trainer course on human rights and gender-sensitive approaches to investigating online terrorist-related crimes (OSCE):https://lnkd.in/eAxmQJfK ‘Normalised and invisible’: online abuse targets Ethiopian women (France24):https://lnkd.in/eyKhgpQs Video…ICCT Annual Conference 2024 “Houston, we have a problem”: Counter-Terrorism in the Age of Uncertainty (ICCT):https://lnkd.in/e-X5DZK8 The Peripatetic Hater: Predicting Movement Among Hate Subreddits (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/e5B88z7Z Dap veteran urges return to core principles for combating extremism (Harapan Daily, Malaysia):https://lnkd.in/eQQarUMt Japan and UNDP Partner to Promote Efficiency in the Implementation of the Accra Initiative to Combat Violent Extremism in West Africa (UNDP Ghana):https://lnkd.in/eewwvdhY Automatic Identification of Hate Speech: A Case-Study of alt-Right YouTube Videos (Uppsala University):https://lnkd.in/ehnwCs5C Can governments be fact-checkers? (The Business Stanard, Bangladesh):https://lnkd.in/efMCmTbu Researchers build AI to save humans from the emotional toll of monitoring hate speech (Tech Xplore):https://lnkd.in/e6dtXSEB The Role Of political Educational Socialization Institutions to Reduce Extremist Ideology (Hammurabi Journal for Studies):https://lnkd.in/eWbcgNEb Basque and Spanish Counter Narrative Generation: Data Creation and Evaluation (ACL Anthology):https://lnkd.in/eb_MzF9V Strange Names in the Village: Online Radicalisation, Social Media Literacy and P/CVE in Western Kenya (GNET Research):https://lnkd.in/eUpir8BP Safeguarding autistic children and young people from extremist ideologies. Guidance and toolkit for parents (West Sussex County Council):https://lnkd.in/eay8cfpx (Guidance and Toolkit) BIT and Ofcom trial methods to boost engagement with content controls on social media sites (The Behavioural Insights Team):https://lnkd.in/eUCDrxca News & Audio…How fake news shapes the business cycle (CEPR):https://lnkd.in/ewNrxh3V Teenagers might not report online abuse because they often don’t see it as a problem (Phys.org):https://lnkd.in/eKmzKEGS EU monitoring new measures by Meta to tackle election disinformation (Reuters):https://lnkd.in/e24i45HM RAN Y&E WG Meeting – Dealing with anti-system/anti-government attitudes and extremism among young people, Bucharest 29 February-1 March 2024 (EU RAN):https://lnkd.in/efrG6WYp Personalized Content Moderation and Emergent Outcomes (Researchgate):https://lnkd.in/e8V_FUJR So Hateful! Building a Multi-Label Hate Speech Annotated Arabic Dataset (ACL Anthology):https://lnkd.in/efZvehWi Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (The Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group):https://lnkd.in/eMTQRjMm Teachers’ Awareness and Sensitivity to a Bullying Incident: A Qualitative Study (International Journal of Bullying Prevention):https://lnkd.in/ejxAP-3T ‘I Need you as my Foe’. A Practical Perspective on the Need of Having Enemies in the Process of Radicalization (Springer Link):https://lnkd.in/eazZKxqa Hostile Counterspeech Drives Users From Hate Subreddits (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/ebPaBpg7 Confronting the Bullies, Comforting the Victim, or Reporting to University Staff? Prosocial Intentions Towards Social Exclusion in University Students (International Journal of Bullying Prevention):https://lnkd.in/ePx5i6CW Video…‘Terrorist Minds’ with Professor John Horgan (AVERT Research Network):https://lnkd.in/ej2GDQrZ Addressing Hate Crime in the 21st Century: Trends, Threats, and Opportunities for Intervention (Annual Reviews):https://lnkd.in/exTyJQxy Video…Hate Speech: How to Identify it and How to Fight it: 40th Annual Conference (CIRCOMRegional):https://lnkd.in/eSAWe6jQ New Algorithm Improves Sarcasm Detection Using Multimodal Analysis (Net News Ledger):https://lnkd.in/eWpjTfxJ Federated Learning in the Detection of Fake News Using Deep Learning as a Basic Method (MDPI):https://lnkd.in/eyDvqnUT The Role of Police in Preventing Mass Human Rights Violations (The Prevention Project, New York University):https://lnkd.in/eNnx4vtu Video…re:publica 2024: From discrimination to disinformation: What it means to investigate AI harms of today (re:publica):https://lnkd.in/eR9DgJ-m Evaluation Handbook. How To Design And Conduct A Country Programme Evaluation At UNFPA (UNFPA):https://lnkd.in/eZ7ZCVNE Violence Targeting Local Officials 2023 Annual Report (The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project):https://lnkd.in/euMYrUsF Resources for Annotating Hate Speech in Social Media Platforms Used in Ethiopia: A Novel Lexicon and Labelling Scheme (ACL Anthology):https://lnkd.in/eNk4w6Df EU mulls legislation in the fight against online hate speech (Reuters):https://lnkd.in/ektNMVD3 Examining Online Behaviours: Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists During Peak Posting Days (GNET Research):https://lnkd.in/e7BmgJYs Examining Online Behaviours: Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists During Peak Posting Days (GNET Research):https://lnkd.in/e7BmgJYs Tech Responses to Hate and Mis-/Disinformation: A Question of Scale (Policyinstitute.net)Tech Responses to Hate and Mis-/Disinformation: A Question of Scale? Terrorism and violent extremism research funding cut by two-thirds (RNZ, New Zealand):https://lnkd.in/e2vAyNN3 Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence, Hate Speech, and Terrorism: A Risk Assessment on the Rise of the Incel Rebellion in Canada (Violence Against Women):https://lnkd.in/eteWrfzn Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think (nature):https://lnkd.in/gSSrN63G Fake news: Susceptibility, awareness, and solutions (CEPR):https://lnkd.in/esHd3MJu Digital Competencies in Verifying Fake News: Assessing the Knowledge and Abilities of Journalism Students (MDPI):https://lnkd.in/eS6TJadw Don’t just use AI to fact check against mis– and disinformation (Diplomatic Courier):https://lnkd.in/eE3kAh9d The economics of social media (CEPR):https://lnkd.in/eZkm7bcy The tentacles of retracted science reach deep into social media. A simple button could change that (The University of Sydney):https://lnkd.in/ejZ5saDr Boosting co-operation with the local actors in North Macedonia to advance the fight against discrimination and hate speech, in line with European standards (Council of Europe):https://lnkd.in/e6vueCeB Eu-related Disinformation Peaks In April (European Digital Media Observatory):https://lnkd.in/e5CxxTma EU funded research projects help combat disinformation ahead of elections (European Commission):https://lnkd.in/eDKYUXfW Dismantling Utopia of False Information in The Digital Era through The Lens of Bibliometric Analysis (University of Bahrain Scientific Journals):https://lnkd.in/ecUbCrct Systemic vulnerabilities, MIL, disinformation threats: Preliminary Risk Assessment ahead of the 2024 European elections (European Digital Media Observatory):https://lnkd.in/eGCuiSBe The Myth of Platform Neutrality (SSRN):https://lnkd.in/e8bWJ7Ex Misinformation Mitigation (International Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Science):https://lnkd.in/eaV-qZu6 Overcoming resistance to belief revision and correction of misinformation beliefs: psychophysiological and behavioral effects of a counterfactual mindset (nature):https://lnkd.in/eT2vZBFR Extremist communities continue to rely on YouTube for hosting, but most videos are viewed off-site, Northeastern research finds (Northeastern Global News):https://lnkd.in/e6RRuUyY Researchers create winning strategy to combat vaccine misinformation on X (Georgia Institute of Technology via Phys.org):https://lnkd.in/ePtZmjDi European Tech Law Faces Test to Address Interference, Threats, and Disinformation in 2024 Elections (Homeland Security News Wire):https://lnkd.in/e7gvixm4 16 top AI firms make new safety commitments at Seoul summit (AFP via France24):https://lnkd.in/ePF7JzAU The Spreading of Nuanced Truth. LBS and ESMT study identifies the danger of citing information based on the ‘gist’ of the truth rather than the ‘literal’ truth (IEDP):https://lnkd.in/e3wqs6tJ The Spreading of Nuanced Truth. LBS and ESMT study identifies the danger of citing information based on the ‘gist’ of the truth rather than the ‘literal’ truth (IEDP):https://lnkd.in/e3wqs6tJ Video…CPDP.ai 2024 – The Impact of Online Content Moderation and Curation on Fundamental Rights (CPDPConferences):https://lnkd.in/e_T4wzrT Video…CPDP.ai 2024 – The Impact of Online Content Moderation and Curation on Fundamental Rights (CPDPConferences):https://lnkd.in/e_T4wzrT Hate Speech Detection Using Deep Learning (R Discovery):https://lnkd.in/ezjYFkDM Combatting Misinformation: Leveraging Deep Learning for Hoax Detection in Indonesian Political Social Media (Jurnal Infotel):https://lnkd.in/e6TfhARX Mitigating Text Toxicity with Counterfactual Generation (Researchgate):https://lnkd.in/e537ADYg Detection of Arabic offensive language in social media using machine learning models (Intelligent Systems with Applications):https://lnkd.in/eMjUVVje Words as Trigger Points in Social Media Discussions (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/e8zkDafK Analyzing Social Biases in Japanese Large Language Models (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/g4eyCt_t Banners backfire: Misinformation impact on search results (Cornell University via EurekAlert!):https://lnkd.in/ee92kJkj Video…Modern Journalism and Discerning Misinformation Online (PBS):https://lnkd.in/eZhFpTpP Von Hassrede bis Morddrohungen: Anfeindungen in der Wissenschaft sind ernstzunehmendes Problem (Bundesverband Hochschulkommunikation via IDW):https://lnkd.in/eg-CiAiX Violent Extremism: CISLAC Takes Sensitisation To The Community (FIRS via Economic Confidential, Nigeria):https://lnkd.in/egGYqWKD Radicalism in the Digital Era: The Role of Digital Literacy in Preventing Propaganda in Indonesia (Knowledge E):https://lnkd.in/e226B_R8 Inoculating Against Climate Mis- and Disinformation: Case Studies from the US and the UK (Tech Policy Press):https://lnkd.in/eUi4m97F RAN PRISONS Working Group Meeting – The active role of the inmate in disengagement, deradicalisation and rehabilitation (DDR), Prague13-14 March 2024 (EU RAN):https://lnkd.in/gA6Z_NtU State Creates New Online Hate Crimes Reporting Portal (mymcmedia):https://lnkd.in/eDD5GCtH Methods and Datasets for Detecting Hate Speech in Textual Content (Advanced Computing and Intelligent Technologies):https://lnkd.in/e2CxSG-P Improving risk assessment: Accounting for gender, May 2024 (EU RAN):https://lnkd.in/eQrc3SYb The Global Online Safety Regulators Network (eSafetyCommissioner, Australian Government):https://lnkd.in/enJhcFQY Analyzing hate speech dynamics on Twitter/X: Insights from conversational data and the impact of user interaction patterns (Heliyon):https://lnkd.in/egvjR-Mx ‘I’m unable to’: How generative AI chatbots respond when asked for the latest news (Reuters Institute):https://lnkd.in/eG_AiCFz The Impact of Public Opinion on Digital Media (Communications in Humanities Research):https://lnkd.in/eC-bTPtv Digital Literacy Education and Cyberbullying Combat: Scope and Perspectives (Springer Link):https://lnkd.in/ecKjDXis Video…Civic Responsibility in a World of Disinformation (Port Washington Public Library):https://lnkd.in/e-BWGbT6 Towards Media Monitoring: Detecting Known and Emerging Topics through Multilingual and Crosslingual Text Classification (MDPI):https://lnkd.in/eqqJnqjB Labor’s hate speech bill to outlaw vilification (The Sydney Morning Herald):https://lnkd.in/ewkphTa7 Communications Minister Michelle Rowland warns ‘no magic pill’ to address online safety, backs new hate speech laws (Sky News Australia):https://lnkd.in/eM6ZdZyU The impact of digital disinformation on quality of life: a fuzzy model assessment (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University):https://lnkd.in/eSn7mu4s AI can detect sarcasm now. Great… (Euronews):https://lnkd.in/eVG4U45V Media Literacy Academy’s opening focuses on misinformation during conflicts (The Jordan Times):https://lnkd.in/eTvRYbXZ Understanding the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Act (Retail Motor Industry Organisation, South Africa):https://lnkd.in/eDVU8UQ7 Can teens learn coping skills from playing video games? This Thriveworks therapist thinks so (The Philadelphia Inquirer):https://lnkd.in/e4VhTG2z Hate Speech and Emotions Classification in Indonesian Language Texts on Twitter Using Naïve Bayes Classifier (UMSIDA Preprints Server):https://lnkd.in/e_s-iJyR AI Seoul Summit: World leaders agree to launch network of safety institutes (Euronews):https://lnkd.in/eMghSzes The beginning of required workplace violence programs: are you ready? (securityinfowatch):https://lnkd.in/eakHxpzJ Audio…HOPE Not Hate: Insights from Inside the Far-Right (Tech Against Terrorism):https://lnkd.in/evRgSD6x Extremist Communities Continue to Rely on YouTube for Hosting, but Most Videos Are Viewed Off-Site, Research Finds (Homeland Security News Wire):https://lnkd.in/ecE8WBWD Dealing with Disinformation: Elections Under the Influence? (American Council on Germany via Facebook):https://lnkd.in/eycYcT2n Keele University researchers highlight role of social media in countering online hate speech (Keele University, UK):https://lnkd.in/e2NwiipT Pru East NCCE engages inter party dialogue committee on peace, vigilantism and prevention of violent extremism (GhanaWeb):https://lnkd.in/eFiHXHsb Fake News Detection System Using Logistic Regression, Decision Tree and Random Forest (British Journal of Computer Networking and Information Technology):https://lnkd.in/e3A8XiK2 Emotions unveiled: detecting COVID-19 fake news on social media (Humanities and Social Sciences Communications):https://lnkd.in/eXX-SRYc Generating Medical Disinformation (SSRN):https://lnkd.in/eRYWAdtG Automatic Content Analysis Systems: Detecting Disinformation in Social Networks (Qeios):https://lnkd.in/eA8TEbGC Code-mixed Sentiment and Hate-speech Prediction (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/eHY9EKth Launch of the Scoping Study on Independent Civil Society – UN Counterterrorism Engagement (United Nations):https://lnkd.in/e_8udcuN Misinformation, observational equivalence and the possibility of rationality (Philosophical Psychology):https://lnkd.in/eC-f-xam Modern Legislation Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan In The Field Of Religion (Web of Teachers: Inderscience Research):https://lnkd.in/evTVfrew Fine-grained hate speech detection in Arabic using transformer-based models (International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering via Researchgate):https://lnkd.in/eDddVFYa AI-generated disinformation poses threat to UK general election integrity, CETaS report finds (Tech Informed):https://lnkd.in/eNf2zT4q AraTar: A Corpus to Support the Fine-grained Detection of Hate Speech Targets in the Arabic Language (ACL Anthology):https://lnkd.in/epfWxewN Unveiling Online Conspiracy Theorists: a Text-Based Approach and Characterization (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/eSsVZvJw Introducing Mediated Statement Analysis (Msa): Examining Truthful or Untruthful Social Media Posts to Decode Deception Online (SSRN):https://lnkd.in/eqmyz2KT Extremism across the online gaming ecosystem (Moonshot):https://lnkd.in/eTu3peUH Algorithmic Arbitrariness in Content Moderation (facctconference.org):https://lnkd.in/edN_WSH7 EU elections mostly safe from foreign interference online – Meta report (euronews):https://lnkd.in/eXPaVeqG Leveraging Natural Language Processing for Detecting Fake News: A Comparative Analysis (IEEE Xplore):https://lnkd.in/ex2nDat8 Leveraging Natural Language Processing for Detecting Fake News: A Comparative Analysis (IEEE Xplore):https://lnkd.in/ex2nDat8 Storytelling Against Extremism: How Insights From Narrative Persuasion Research Can Improve Digital P/CVE Narrative Campaigns (modus | zad):https://lnkd.in/gQ3cJ4MP Life After Hate Releases Discord Channel, Engaging with Today’s Violent Extremists Where They Digitally Live (Life After Hate):https://lnkd.in/eVjzA5YP International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI (GOV.UK):https://lnkd.in/eBBnwNFU Investigating the Effects of Misinformation as Infopathogens: Developing a Model and Thought Experiment (MDPI):https://lnkd.in/eeGArPmK Rethinking Community Response Against Violent Extremism (Institute for Peace and Development):https://lnkd.in/eYChmDcb Online misinformation: how generative AI and LLMs are changing the game (The Alan Turing Institute):https://lnkd.in/eUe82_2K AI a ‘powerful aid’ for disinformation spreaders (aap via yahoo! news):https://lnkd.in/eDBZk9ks Blickpunkt Demokratie & Extremismus. Extremismus in Verbindung mit Organisierter Kriminalität. Teil 3: Nationale und Internationale Netzwerke (Journal Exit):https://lnkd.in/et2VS6pg Trends in traditional bullying and cyberbullying victimization by race and ethnicity in the United States: A meta-regression (Aggression and Violent Behavior):https://lnkd.in/eF-BzZEd Towards Fake News Identification using Machine Learning (IEEE):https://lnkd.in/egbsfFaE Combating the Infodemic: How NLP is Revolutionizing the Fight Against Fake News and Misinformation (Omdena):https://lnkd.in/eAs2-zhy Robustness of models addressing Information Disorder: A comprehensive review and benchmarking study (Neurocomputing):https://lnkd.in/e95nTmCR Educational Institutions in Facing Hate Speech (Religions And Hate Speech: Scriptures And Practices):https://lnkd.in/epZKcQbH A Global Study of Racism: 13 risk factors for atrocity crimes (International Coalition of Sites of Conscience):https://lnkd.in/e6wJsnvm Audio…Rethinking Radicalization — With Elizabeth Pearson and Lydia Wilson (The Ledge, New Lines):https://lnkd.in/eRnwxnGZ Video…CARE Centers a “One-Stop Shop” for Fighting Extremism (Southern Poverty Law Center):https://lnkd.in/e45JyEUm Tech firms improve cooperation on extremism but more needed, U.S. security chief says (Reuters):https://lnkd.in/evEtHhfa Bullying victimization and mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (Frontiers in Psychology):https://lnkd.in/eRYWAdtG Audio…Mininformation, Disinformation, and a Deeper Look at the Condon Report (Somewhere in the Skies via Amazon):https://lnkd.in/eHNdbrS5 “I Searched for a Religious Song in Amharic and Got Sexual Content Instead”: Investigating Online Harm in Low-Resourced Languages on YouTube (facctconference.org):https://lnkd.in/eRg57S5x Bullying Victimization as an Adverse Experience for Psychosocial Adjustment among Irish Adolescents (International Journal of Bullying Prevention):https://lnkd.in/eqFKXV4W Why a social media ban for kids won’t help (9News, Australia):https://lnkd.in/e3Xi2B5x Guidance Online disinformation and AI threat guidance for electoral candidates and officials (GOV.UK):https://lnkd.in/exRSnEHs Deepfakes, the Weaponisation of AI Against Women and Possible Solutions (Verfassungsblog):https://lnkd.in/eaGR26WP Convincing AI deepfakes of politicians are getting easier, report warns (Global News, Canada):https://lnkd.in/es_HDBXh Social media threats and health among adolescents: evidence from the health behaviour in school-aged children study (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health):https://lnkd.in/evNg_ZYs Dealing with Disinformation: Elections Under the Influence? (American Council on Germany via Facebook):https://lnkd.in/eycYcT2n Emotions unveiled: detecting COVID-19 fake news on social media (humanities and social sciences communications):https://lnkd.in/eXX-SRYc Cities have a crucial role to play to prevent hate speech and extremism (Global Cities Hub):https://lnkd.in/eDtnuVW3 Prevent duty: guidance for healthcare professionals (GOV.UK):https://lnkd.in/eugszzYf Video…Fighting the invisible enemy – how to resist disinformation ahead of the EU elections? (EU-kommissionen i Sverige):https://lnkd.in/etZe3fCP Number of students flagged for extremist views rises by half (The Guardian):https://lnkd.in/g2SNaTfP „WE RESPAWN IN JANNAH“. Zur islamistischen Aneignung digitaler Spielekultur (KNIX):https://lnkd.in/eR3BNZYi Report: Mapping Far-Right Terrorist Propaganda Online (Tech Against Terrorism):https://lnkd.in/enYHi2Ya Expert Roundtable event on Video Games and Violent Extremism: A Law enforcement/intelligence approach (UNOCT):https://lnkd.in/eWHjzRKU Health Misinformation Vs. Facts on Social Media: Co-Occurrence Network Analysis in Bangladesh (European Conference on Social Media):https://lnkd.in/eHnT5-C9 Why the EU really needs to start worrying about hateful propaganda (CEPS):https://lnkd.in/eP3NP6Xd Machine Learning-Based Detection and Categorization of Malicious Accounts on Social Media (Springer Link):https://lnkd.in/edbWywaJ The public is worried about online misinformation. Are the tools we have to fight it working? (The Alan Turing Institute):https://lnkd.in/eBjKVCe7 Study shows relatively low number of superspreaders responsible for large portion of misinformation on Twitter (Phys.org):https://lnkd.in/emfadHyT Individual Response to the Spread of Misinformation about COVID-19 via Facebook and WhatsApp (Procedia Computer Science):https://lnkd.in/e6_ZzyVk AI Tool Predicts Whether Online Health Misinformation Will Cause Real-World Harm (Scientific American):https://lnkd.in/e8WHbnzv Video…The criminalization of terrorist offences and strengthening of international cooperation in bringing terrorists to justice – Open briefing of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (UN Web TV):https://lnkd.in/eZ7q2Gz5 (Video)https://lnkd.in/erWp-wDn (Concept Note)https://lnkd.in/eVbRA_hJ (Draft Agenda) Linguistic Fingerprint in Transformer Models: How Language Variation Influences Parameter Selection in Irony Detection (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/gSy8yVRb Seminar on Prevention of Violent Extremism in Bangladesh : Graduation and Sustainability (Business News, Bangladesh):https://lnkd.in/eznwhhBa Never Give Up! The Best Practices of Community Engagement in Countering Violent Extremism in Chatogram Division (CEVEC) Project (Young Power in Social Action, Bangladesh):https://lnkd.in/eXtvdFwn Meta says AI-generated election content is not happening at a “systemic level” (MIT Technology Review):https://lnkd.in/e7zMBWXB Commission welcomes European Citizens’ Panel recommendations on Tackling Hatred in Society (European Commission):https://lnkd.in/e-upVPD4 Meta AI system is a boost to endangered languages — as long as humans aren’t forgotten (nature):https://lnkd.in/g2V_BERx Article by Prof Cornelius Puschmann on right-wing extremist narratives and influencers in BzKJAktuell (ZEMKI & University of Bremen):https://lnkd.in/eR_DHx7e More than Sports: Building Resilience against Extremism in Esports (GNET Research):https://lnkd.in/gtMuFGaG Disentangling Perceptions of Offensiveness: Cultural and MoralCorrelates (facctconference.org):https://lnkd.in/eXudk5JX Video…hashtag#NSS2024: A panel discussion on implications of youth radicalization on African Security (Kigali Today):https://lnkd.in/eJeRMz88 Video…hashtag#NSS2024: A panel discussion on implications of youth radicalization on African Security (Kigali Today):https://lnkd.in/eJeRMz88 Newsroom cyberviolence against children. The Council of Europe works to create a safer digital environment for children worldwide (Council of Europe):https://lnkd.in/eJaeba6m Video Games Might Matter for Terrorist Financing (Lawfare):https://lnkd.in/eYuY__4U Nudge-based misinformation interventions are effective in information environments with low misinformation prevalence (Scientific Reports via Researchgate):https://lnkd.in/eRtpGkTd AutomaticHate Speech Detection and the hassle of Offensive Language (Educational Administration: Theory and Practice):https://lnkd.in/eAD5w4Xb Video…Faith Leaders and Community in Nigeria: An Antidote to Violent Extremism (USIP):https://lnkd.in/eKe2JMcN Government’s pursuit of a hate speech law could take it down another cul-de-sac (ABC News, Australia):https://lnkd.in/esH5gpQj How can we stop AI-enabled threats damaging our democracy? (The Alan Turing Institute):https://lnkd.in/eviRqyNu Design of a Disinformation Awareness Digital Game (European Conference on Social Media):https://lnkd.in/eqyPQBBK Role of religion in promoting human rights: how can religion and religious communities contribute to combating hate speech? (Council of Europe office in Sarajevo):https://lnkd.in/exEC-9w6 Fighting Disinformation Can be Simple (PEN America):https://lnkd.in/ehKa3nnp New tool empowers users to fight online misinformation (MIT EECS):https://lnkd.in/en7HjZ5j Extremism 2023 monitoring report published (Liechtenstein Institute):https://lnkd.in/eEvrpbju The Use and Impact of mis-and disinformation on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt):https://lnkd.in/esXtgP7a Video…From Fringe to Frontline: Political Journalists’ Reporting on Extremism (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey):https://lnkd.in/euUFPF7a How Perspective Taking Can Deepen the Partisan Divide: Presuming Others’ Biases in Fake News Detection Fuels Them in the Self (SSRN):https://lnkd.in/eiyhhxnD Cyberbullying Profiles: Differences in Anxiety, Depression, and Stress in a Sample of Spanish Students (Sage Journals):https://lnkd.in/eMsKRcT4 How the new version of ChatGPT generates hate and disinformation on command (Radio Canada International):https://lnkd.in/eATbv4fa Adolescents’ Perspectives on Coping with Bullying in the Digital Environment (MDPI):https://lnkd.in/e6XfZXcd Improving Community Dialogues to Prevent Violent Extremism (BusinessGhana):https://lnkd.in/e9Hg4XWy Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political leaders (AP):https://lnkd.in/g48EUW6H Mauritania joins the Global Vulnerable Targets Programme: UNOCT and CTED conclude in-depth consultations to identify national needs and priorities in Nouakchott (UNOCT & CTED):https://lnkd.in/e4eM2_SJ Google research shows the fast rise of AI-generated misinformation (CBC, Canada):https://lnkd.in/eY5Wg8S9 Electoral Commission sounds alarm over faltering clampdown on misinformation (The Australian):https://lnkd.in/e73vw8K3 The role of the private sector in combatting gendered cyber harms (Chatham House):https://lnkd.in/eH2FBZNw SADC PF President speaks on terrorism and avoiding violent extremism (The Sunday Mail, Zimbabwe):https://lnkd.in/eydS36aR Dialogue at Sagnarigu over PCVE (Ghanaian Times):https://lnkd.in/eQGNZeNZ From Hate Speech to Death Threats: Hostility towards Science is a Serious Problem (The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society):https://lnkd.in/em7DSPrA Closing Session, Information Committee Approves Text Stressing Global Communications Department’s Key Role in Fighting Misinformation in Era of Artificial Intelligence (United Nations):https://lnkd.in/eHf8SwtS Video…EU versus Crime – Conference on security (European Commission DG Migration and Home Affairs):https://lnkd.in/eysGnWqM Alumni spotlight: Shea Minter applies machine learning methods to understand political extremism (Center for Statistics and Machine Learning, Princeton):https://lnkd.in/ew8S-ins Staatliche Maßnahmen gegen Desinformation. Auf dem Weg zu einer resilienten und gesunden Öffentlichkeit (Bertelsmann Stiftung):https://lnkd.in/eYvwrCZS Revised strategy to boost Kenya’s fight against Violent Extremism (Kenya News Agency):https://lnkd.in/eQn9jXAB Braving the Backlash: New Report Helps Brands Navigate Hate Speech Online in the 2024 Summer of Sport (ads of brands):https://lnkd.in/eixmEC8y Independent Review of political violence and disruption: Home Secretary Statement (GOV.UK):https://lnkd.in/eMKF2H3h Video…Book Presentation: “Vulnerability and Resilience to Violent Extremism: An Actor-Centric Approach” (ITSS Verona):https://lnkd.in/en5uPAu3 UNESCO continues to support youth in combating hate speech, misinformation and disinformation in The Gambia (UNESCO):https://lnkd.in/ek6e-G6S Radicalization a growing risk in Canadian prisons, experts warn (yahoo! sports):https://lnkd.in/evGYy5xf Violent Extremism in Kenya (Rift Valley Institute):https://lnkd.in/e-qJqNNV UNESCO Empowers Gambian Youth to Combat Hate Speech and Misinformation (Gambia Journal):https://lnkd.in/g2Xpu9_K A multilingual dataset for offensive language and hate speech detection for hausa, yoruba and igbo languages (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/eiuFvGtE CTED, UNODC facilitate training to enhance counter-terrorism oversight in the Maldives (United Nations CTED):https://lnkd.in/eWwCz3JZ Concerning Kids – Tips against bullying (CNE News):https://lnkd.in/e9CbZe5X Chapter 5 – Understanding Violent Extremism and Child Abuse: A Psychological Analysis (Child Abuse and Neglect):https://lnkd.in/ewRMjDfy Hearing to Heal: NCITE Researchers Host Workshop Exploring Trauma in the Counterterrorism Workforce (University of Nebraska Omaha):https://lnkd.in/eKMz-X7C Social media-related nightmare — a potential explanation for poor sleep quality and low affective well-being in the social media era? (BMC Psychology):https://lnkd.in/etAeX-2C New tool empowers users to fight online misinformation (EurekAlert!):https://lnkd.in/e7Ks2phd Stakeholders pledge to lead crusade against violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):https://lnkd.in/e42DBMWk News & Audio…How fake news shapes the business cycle (CEPR):https://lnkd.in/ewNrxh3V Recognizing Hate Speech on Social Media (International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews):https://lnkd.in/gtnFjR8N The exploitation of climate chaos, confusion, and change – a new frontier for P/CVE strategic communication (ICCT):https://lnkd.in/eHWT8rzk Video…Cyber-Bullying: What To Look For & How To Stop It | Everyday Tech With Tanima (NDTV, India):https://lnkd.in/eJXu5FuB Impact of misinformation on social media on risk perception in a multi-risk environment (IIASA):https://lnkd.in/eYpxcb3V Commission welcomes European Citizens’ Panel recommendations on Tackling Hatred in Society (European Commission Representation in Cyprus):https://lnkd.in/eN9nJS96 Preventing Tech-Fueled Political Violence: What online platforms can do to ensure they do not contribute to election-related violence (pubpub):https://lnkd.in/evKpGEs4 CTED Analytical Brief: A commentary on the codification of the terrorism offence (UN CTED):https://lnkd.in/eBE9ayie Video…Elections and the Future of Misinformation, featuring Nick Clegg, Meta – EmTech Digital, May 2024 (MIT Technology Review):https://lnkd.in/ewv3aykN Statement on Lord Walney’s report ‘Protecting our Democracy from Coercion’ From: Home Office and The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP (GOV.UK):https://lnkd.in/eSxUPD8R The roles of teacher and parental support on adolescent cyber-bystander behaviors: a path analysis (Frontiers in Psychology):https://lnkd.in/eainasxy LLM-based Rewriting of Inappropriate Argumentation using Reinforcement Learning from Machine Feedback (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/gWgUAgbw Combating hate speech in sport : from words to action with a powerful commitment by the sport community (Council of Europe):https://lnkd.in/g3ByAd-J People are using AI music generators to create hateful songs (TechCrunch via yahoo!):https://lnkd.in/e7xJvP8W Research suggests hate speech experiences drop when schools offer structure and adult support (Phys.org):https://lnkd.in/eYecPeGb Disrupting deceptive uses of AI by covert influence operations (OpenAI):https://lnkd.in/ePDCk3Cq Hate Speech Case Study. Strategies for combatting hate speech and promoting social cohesion (UNU CPR):https://lnkd.in/e-ufnuAP Rising Threats to Public Officials: A Review of 10 Years of Federal Data (CTC Sentinel):https://lnkd.in/edfXCjjM Missci: Reconstructing Fallacies in Misrepresented Science (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/e5fJPg3P Together against hatred: civil society, citizens and institutions pledge to battle the hate that is spreading in Europe (European Economic and Social Committee):https://lnkd.in/eh8VwvnD Trudeau’s party passes bill to regulate social media, streaming (BNN Bloomberg, Canada):https://lnkd.in/eHdFA48C People who hold populist beliefs are more likely to believe misinformation about COVID – new report (Loughborough University):https://lnkd.in/eZvTJN7r UNESCO is launching the main project component to address hostility, intolerance online, hate speech in Kyrgyzstan for better national holistic peacebuilding and social cohesion policy, and strategy considering (UNESCO):https://lnkd.in/eSrWVqjZ Violent extremism, a challenge to democratic governance – NCCE Director (GNA via BusinessGhana):https://lnkd.in/epTBW3Bb Experts convene to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between climate change and violent extremism conducive to terrorism (GCTF):https://lnkd.in/e4dbiWry Interreligious Strategy for Hate Speech Prevention (Proceedings of the 14th Doha Interfaith Conference):https://lnkd.in/eEgD_rpv “Prevent bullying and peer violence in schools” – Launching of the project in Belgrade (Council of Europe):https://lnkd.in/eGU3Nnmh Collaborate, confront and combat violent extremism and terrorism – Security Analyst (Ghana News Agency):https://lnkd.in/eQrAKRX7 Extremist Communities Continue to Rely on YouTube for Hosting, but Most Videos Are Viewed Off-Site, Research Finds (Homeland Security News Wire):https://lnkd.in/ecE8WBWD AI tools create misleading election images: Researchers (The Daily Star, Bangladesh):https://lnkd.in/eTksX73b Life After Hate Releases Discord Channel, Engaging with Today’s Violent Extremists Where They Digitally Live (Life After Hate):https://lnkd.in/eVjzA5YP Cybersecurity: Council approves conclusions for a more cyber secure and resilient Union (Council of the European Union):https://lnkd.in/eFpZvw5S Election Disinformation in South Africa (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung South Africa):https://lnkd.in/esRRJg6T Audio…S4E6 – Banditry, Religious Extremism, and Ethnic Divisions: The Fight Over Limited Resources in Nigeria (Media Minded, Shout Out UK):https://lnkd.in/eXkXmCfN 16th Meeting of India-UK Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism (GOV.UK):https://lnkd.in/eRwAvBaf Five Decades of Research on Women and Terrorism (Studies in Conflict & Terrorism):https://lnkd.in/e2Jm7GWA CERIS FCT Event: Disinformation, Fake News and Hate Speech (European Commission):https://lnkd.in/eGNeqdBe UNESCO calls on Science and Tech communities for global survey on Gender Equality (UNESCO):https://lnkd.in/e-yus6e9 Video…Suspicious Minds? Disinformation and Democracy (WoodrowWilsonCenter):https://lnkd.in/eRGyBtZV Video…The Deal with Disinformation with James Wright – Episode 5 (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute):https://lnkd.in/eP3mTYsH The Impact of Biases on Health Disinformation Research (MDPI):https://lnkd.in/e9hTA9Q2 Counter-Terrorism & Peace Operations: The Impacts of UN Security Council Approaches to Tackling Terror on the Pursuit of Peace (RESOLVE Network):https://lnkd.in/eCsy85WF Media and information literacy, gender equality, preventing violent extremism focus of OSCE training held in Tirana (OSCE):https://lnkd.in/ex6Gv97C UNDP Tajikistan Engages in Open Dialogue on Preventing Extremism and Radicalization (UNDP Tajikistan):https://lnkd.in/e9xJaQB4 Unleashing Transformative Potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Countering Terrorism, Online Radicalisation, Extremism, and Possible Recruitment (CiteDrive):https://lnkd.in/eHXEc4gD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney Report (Hansard, UK Parliament):https://lnkd.in/eG-Wvuyn The Threat of Violent Extremism to Ghana’s Peace and Security: A Reality or a Denial? (STARRFM):https://lnkd.in/gjdjiitp How brands can navigate hate speech online during sporting events in 2024 (marketing-interactive):https://lnkd.in/gPrfPiCu# Fact or fake? The search for truth in an infodemic of disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation with deepfake and fake news (Journal of Strategic Marketing):https://lnkd.in/eW4RMiBe Misinformation does not reduce trust in accurate search results, but warning banners may backfire (nature):https://lnkd.in/epUjgK4Q Video…Disinformation and Democratic Resilience in Times of Geopolitical Tension (German Council on Foreign Relations):https://lnkd.in/euk5x8i3 Audio…Is Terrorist Use of Cryptocurrencies Overblown? (Tech Against Terrorism):https://lnkd.in/eA9k6rEa The exploitation of climate chaos, confusion, and change – a new frontier for P/CVE strategic communication (ICCT):https://lnkd.in/g5K2cr6p Misinformation and disinformation: A threat to democracy in Bangladesh (The Daily Star, Bangladesh):https://lnkd.in/eQe3pQZc How election experts are thinking about AI and its impact on the 2024 elections (Johns Hopkins University):https://lnkd.in/gaivNCqb 75 Jahre Grundgesetz: Demokratie vor KI-generierten Fake News schützen (VDI nachrichten):https://lnkd.in/eKFgwb8r LLM-based Rewriting of Inappropriate Argumentation using Reinforcement Learning from Machine Feedback (arXiv):https://lnkd.in/gWgUAgbw Analyzing the Characteristics of AI-generated Deepfakes (Homeland Security News Wire):https://lnkd.in/euVkGcv6 Study shows ubiquity of misinformation as election looms (Public Technology):https://lnkd.in/eRxdDWpk 16th Meeting of India-UK Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism (GOV.UK):https://lnkd.in/eRwAvBaf The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister (Interest, New Zealand):https://lnkd.in/egGmSF5V Preventing Radicalization: Critical Thinking and Media Literacy on National Level – QAU (Quaid-i-Azam University):https://lnkd.in/eZ9JikYs Video…National Seminar | Countering Violent Extremism (Islamabad Policy Research Institute):https://lnkd.in/egHhCXas Free articles and analyses on counter-extremism, on countering hate, AI, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation:counter-terrorism.orgpreventhate.orgRecent LinkedIn Posts:https://lnkd.in/eBarZAew policyinstitutenet #preventradicalization #preventextremism#preventhate #bullyingprevention #artificialintelligence#disinformation #misinformation Share this: Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Like this:Like Loading... 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