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:

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Gender Inclusion: What it means to Gender Mainstream in Preventing Violent Extremism and Counter Terrorism? (International Affairs Forum):
    https://lnkd.in/e3PjR49Q
  4. My Work Via LinkedIn: Journalism It Is! (Policyinstitute.net):
    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-work-via-linkedin-journalism-thorsten-koch-ma-pgdip-vzxye
  5. 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 Moral
Correlates (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


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