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: Misogyny a ‘significant’ predictor of violent extremism (The Canberra Times):https://lnkd.in/eh4VxyBp Misinformation and disinformation: A threat to democracy in Bangladesh (The Daily Star):https://lnkd.in/eQe3pQZc Resources for evaluating a CVE program (NSW Government):https://lnkd.in/euyx3_ny Behind the screens, these unpaid moderators are keeping online communities safe (CBC, Canada):https://lnkd.in/ejG7vk9Q 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 Video…PAPER SESSION: Risks associated with digital environments (Facultad de Comunicaciones de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile):https://lnkd.in/eXHsERrk Video…How truth can eclipse disinformation (NBC News):https://lnkd.in/efV42EMs Audio…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 Video…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 Video…Unraveling the Tangle of Disinformation. A Multimodal Approach for Fake News Identification on Social Media (ACM SIGWEB):https://lnkd.in/euis76cj Video…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 Video…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 Video…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 Video…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 Video…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 Video…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 Video…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 In Portuguese…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 Video…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:counter-terrorism.orgpreventhate.orgstrategism.orgFetch the most recent LinkedIn posts:https://lnkd.in/eBarZAew #policyinstitutenet #preventradicalization #preventextremism #preventhate #bullyingprevention #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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