Browse and read from a list of the 240 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 first half of November 2024…

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

  1. Unemployment and Violent Extremism (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper):
    https://lnkd.in/eXESmNGh
  2. Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse on the lifecycle of online violence from childhood to adulthood (GOV.UK):
    https://lnkd.in/eqe8rMNp
  3. Thirty years of research into hate speech: topics of interest and their evolution (Nature):
    https://lnkd.in/ePc43XUC
  4. Combating disinformation ahead of Ghana’s December elections (Global Voices):
    https://lnkd.in/eUJZs2JR
  5. Research and Strategies to Prevent Radicalisation and Violent Extremism (CORDIS, European Commission):
    https://lnkd.in/ehsj_D8e (News)
    https://lnkd.in/eiQivtdC (Brochure)

Background:
Since 2017, we have filed more than 17,000 shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – more than 7,300 followers and connections – with links to articles and documents about preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE), against radicalization, on countering hate, and on how to desist from fallacious information. This is one of the reviews of the posts. Each two weeks, the full list of resources, made up of URLs ordered according to content performance, features on the three websites listed above.



Ensemble based high performance deep learning models for fake news detection (scientific reports, nature):
https://lnkd.in/eUR4VueR

Why AI Language Models Are Still Vulnerable: Key Insights from Kili Technology’s Report on Large Language Model Vulnerabilities (Marktechpost):
https://lnkd.in/eR6g34dP

Free Reference Work…
Cutting Edge A.I. Books from Taylor and Francis (Routledge):
https://lnkd.in/eMwak2xM

Free eBook…
Rethinking Political Violence (Palgrave Macmillan):
https://lnkd.in/efuTSaUR

Synthesizing Research on Radicalization: Insights from a Text-Mining Systematic Review (Ideas, Repec):
https://lnkd.in/evpn6dyY

The Psychology of Misinformation and Fake News (By Arcadia):
https://lnkd.in/egZ_PisW

Social media influencers, the far right and their potential impact on youth (radicalisation) (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/ewNfR_jS

Susceptibility to online misinformation: A systematic meta-analysis of demographic and psychological factors (PNAS):
https://lnkd.in/emc8GkzF

Prevent duty, safeguarding and agency. The impact of the statutory Prevent duty on enacting professional groups (Nottingham Trent University):
https://lnkd.in/eUGG264C

New study reveals social motives behind political echo-chambers on social media (University of Oxford):
https://lnkd.in/ebDKPAXt

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and leading universities in Qatar launch the Doha Youth Parliamentary Forum (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/eRuSXdey

Kadjebi NCCE engages youth from border towns on violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/eZ-mVzp6

Action Plan on Combatting Disinformation and Misinformation through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/e-KHB7cE

AI literacy is vital to combat disinformation and preserve trust in democracy, experts say (The Stanford Daily):
https://lnkd.in/e4iZcthM

Semantic mapping of disinformation: identifying fake news topics (Poznan University of Economics and Business):
https://lnkd.in/eKSibT5f (News)
https://lnkd.in/e7eV6RxF (Study)

Extremismusprävention, Demokratieförderung und politische Bildung durch Evaluation stärken: PrEval Monitor übergeben (PRIF):
https://lnkd.in/eUSg9Hfg (Meldung auf IDW)
https://lnkd.in/e8sGVp6f (Report von der PRIF-Seite)

Decoding disinformation: Lessons from case studies (Diplo, Malta and Switzerland):
https://lnkd.in/eQBMBf73

OSCE helps tackle violent extremism online through increased gender awareness in North Macedonia (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/eyji74cj

NCCE urges journalists to uphold ethics in reporting on violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/exxahVCz

A systematic integrative review of counter-messaging communication campaigns targeting terrorism or violent extremism (Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression):
https://lnkd.in/eqd2txVW

Beyond binary: Analyzing closed-source data to compare specific roles and behaviors within violent and nonviolent terrorist involvement (Journal of Forensic Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/e6-hM6w5

AI deepfakes threaten public trust, warns Media Medic (SecurityBrief, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/eEc7_E54

Multi3Hate: Multimodal, Multilingual, and Multicultural Hate Speech Detection with Vision-Language Models (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eZsiwqED

Free eBook…
Legal challenges and market dynamics in the video games sector (European Audiovisual Observatory):
https://lnkd.in/eUNUq9Tb

Video…
The Role of Transitional Justice in the Context of Counter-Terrorism: Opportunities and Challenges (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/ex8gpQ8e

Misinformation deepens the impact of conflict and floods in Sudan (International Water Management Institute):
https://lnkd.in/e-yjF7rs

Racial and Demographic Disparities in Susceptibility to Health Misinformation on Social Media: National Survey-Based Analysis (Journal of Medical Internet Research):
https://lnkd.in/esRYH8QB

Hate Speech Detection on Social media (Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research):
https://lnkd.in/eEynsnKP

Examining Human-AI Collaboration for Co-Writing Constructive Comments Online (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/erA5XMx5

Hate and Hate Speech: What Challenges are There for Games Companies? (Gamesmarkt):
https://lnkd.in/eGe_XGpv

Participation in the International Anti-Terrorism Conference in Kuwait (Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in Japan):
https://lnkd.in/e4QSievH

PBBM highlights media’s role in fighting disinformation, misinformation (Office of the President of the Philippines):
https://lnkd.in/dVs9HQ-b

Disinformation and fake news during emergencies: how to mitigate their impact (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/eeCpCgVC

Audio…
Tackling Terrorist Content Online: Meet the TCO Cluster (Serena Bianchi & Pierre Sivignon) (Tech Terror Takedown Podcast):
https://lnkd.in/e2ffPCFF

    Eyes Don’t Lie: Subjective Hate Annotation and Detection with Gaze (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/dqgcMA9T

    Educational Tool…
    EDUbox: Fake News (DisinfoCheck, EDMO Belux):
    https://lnkd.in/eYkfw-QH

    Reports on Multimodal, Multilingual, and Multicultural Hate Speech Detection… (arXiv):
    https://lnkd.in/eXsWVKJB

    Video…
    Disinformation, Technology-Facilitated Gender-based Violence, and Hate Speech in Elections (Knight Center):
    https://lnkd.in/ejM3gnjX

    Hate Speech: FactCheck Africa Develops Curriculum to Foster Critical Thinking, Combat Misinformation in Nigeria (This Day):
    https://lnkd.in/e3RvmbQF

    5 Components of Media Literacy to Empower your Digital Life (Indian Media Studies):
    https://lnkd.in/eu-nU6h2

    Video…
    Addressing hate speech, empowering youth, and protecting minorities (OTHERSTV Side Event to OSCE Human Dimension Conference):
    https://lnkd.in/eS7EnVww

    New research improves how ‘false news’ is detected and mitigated (Charles Sturt University):
    https://lnkd.in/eHTfmXhB

    Playing Gali Fakta inoculates Indonesian participants against false information (Misinformation Review, Harvard Kennedy School):
    https://lnkd.in/eBgPUMtE

    Detection Of Political Hate Speech For Social Media Monitoring (IRJET):
    https://lnkd.in/eX9vdku3

    ‘Factchecking curriculum will address misinformation, hate speech’ (Punch, Nigeria):
    https://lnkd.in/e_FpEnWB

    UNICRI’s third capacity-building workshop in Nouakchott, Mauritania: Integrating gender perspectives in media reporting on preventing violent extremism (PVE) (unicri):
    https://lnkd.in/e5NZK7Gf

    Dangerous Speech in Indonesian Twitter Posts: A Literature Review (IEEE Xplore):
    https://lnkd.in/g6Wxd-gf

    UNDP Pacific and the EU Launch Study to Combat Online Misinformation and Hate Speech (UNDP):
    https://lnkd.in/eY-J5iXx

    NCCE engages youth at Nanton to counter violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
    https://lnkd.in/eMwvy_Ve

    Tech Against Terrorism Launches Violent Extremist Monitoring Task Force for U.S. Election Day Amid Heightened Threat of Civil Disorder (Tech Against Terrorism):
    https://lnkd.in/eagKKrfV

    Combating Fake News in the Digital Age: A Review of AI-Based Approaches (IEEE Xplore):
    https://lnkd.in/ev-4vGRq

    Video…
    Online Hate Speech Trilogy – International Seminar (Editorial Universidad Icesi):
    https://lnkd.in/edJVp7CV

    Free Online Course…
    Digital Content Creators and Journalists: How to be a Trusted Voice Online (Knight Center):
    https://lnkd.in/eiA8CqTe

    New Approaches to Researching AI Crime: Institutionalization of Digital Criminology (Journal of Digital Technologies and Law):
    https://lnkd.in/eACkK3nf

    AI, politics and the battle against misinformation (Financial Times):
    https://lnkd.in/eybhB2JP

    Understanding causes of echo chambers: Political news selective exposure across countries (Waseda University via Phys.org):
    https://lnkd.in/eFvrugYB

    FRISCO Final Conference Report & Conclusions: “Fighting Terrorist Content Online: Progress, Challenges & Perspectives” (FRISCO):
    https://lnkd.in/e3WpBnre

    Partnership, collective efforts needed to eradicate violent extremism -GOC (News Agency of Nigeria):
    https://lnkd.in/eMPVxagD

    Online Hate Speech on Social Media Platforms (International Journal of Mobile Computing Technology):
    https://lnkd.in/eTJkZPjc

    Multimodal Fake News Detection with Contrastive Learning and Optimal Transport (Frontiers in Computer Science):
    https://lnkd.in/eNeXeywd

    Persuasion with Large Language Models: a Survey (arXiv):
    https://lnkd.in/eg8nBYfX

    Socio-economic resilience is critical to advancing sustainable peace and security in East Africa (UNDP):
    https://lnkd.in/eE7f9FfJ

    NCCE holds youth engagement on Peace and Countering Violent Extremism in Builsa South (Modern Ghana):
    https://lnkd.in/eJ5PvR8s

    Text Length and the Function of Intentionality: A Case Study of Contrastive Subreddits (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/eTtUdb5D

    Video…
    Michele Grossman: “When resilience goes bad: Implications for resilience to, and of, extremism” (Extreme Beliefs):
    https://lnkd.in/ejeMCQM7

    NCCE holds media advocacy workshop on combating terrorism, violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
    https://lnkd.in/e4-5tjsK

    Misinformation, observational equivalence and the possibility of rationality (Philosophical Psychology):
    https://lnkd.in/eBaD8q_n

    How to fact-check scientific statements by UNEP specialists (United Nations):
    https://lnkd.in/eueJ_qXJ

    Ondo Guber: Media experts urge Journalists to avoid misinformation (The Sun, Nigeria):
    https://lnkd.in/d2wnnNJp

    Generative AI poses unprecedented risks and opportunities in cybersecurity, report states (Kazinform):
    https://lnkd.in/eF-ZvdyR

    Impact of Fake News on Social Media Towards Public Users of Different Age Groups (arXiv):
    https://lnkd.in/egkSQyvY

    Labor stands up new terrorist and extremist content monitoring capability (cyberdaily, Australia):
    https://lnkd.in/eftaeVuP

    Highlight 41/2024: Women-led Initiatives in Countering Violent Extremism: The Case of Nigeria (MEIG, Switzerland):
    https://lnkd.in/deUD9-6r

    Are you falling for fake news? Age and analytical thinking might save you (News Medical Life Sciences):
    https://lnkd.in/eTTHJ8dr

    LLM generated responses to mitigate the impact of hate speech (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/euYhufRi

    Enhancing Hate Speech Detection in Social Media Using IndoBERT Model: A Study of Sentiment Analysis during the 2024 Indonesia Presidential Election (IEEE Xplore):
    https://lnkd.in/eZxgeYVk

    Prediction On Online Toxic Comments Using Random Forest Regressor (JETIR):
    https://lnkd.in/e6f_b4et

    PS Omollo calls for regional efforts to counter violent extremism in East Africa (Capital News, Kenya):
    https://lnkd.in/eR7ZDGVw

    Pact for the Future: How to Turn Pledges on Addressing Root Causes of Violence Into Action (New York University Center on International Cooperation):
    https://lnkd.in/eBmwAN7S

    MisinfoEval: Generative AI in the Era of “Alternative Facts” (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/ePHRHv5u

    Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiology (The Conversation):
    https://lnkd.in/e3Ck856A

    LLMs for Generating and Evaluating Counterfactuals: A Comprehensive Study (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/eEa8khC9

    Researchers Urge for Safeguards Against Future AI Election Threats (Digit News):
    https://lnkd.in/eYT6jvrj

    Audio…
    Disinformation and How it Works: Lessons Learned From the US and UK (Institute of Geoeconomics, Asia Pacific Initiative):
    https://lnkd.in/ewcBsiS7

    The Online Safety Act: tackling online abuse in sport (Farrer & Co):
    https://lnkd.in/eaEr8Yn7

    Linguistic models of abusive language (Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict):
    https://lnkd.in/etTq_2JV

    AI, politics and the battle against misinformation (Financial Times):
    https://lnkd.in/eJRs2teA

    Violent extremism is complex, requires adaptable solutions – UNDP (News Agency of Nigeria):
    https://lnkd.in/en8dBP3N

    Perceiving and Countering Hate: The Role of Identity in Online Responses (arXiv):
    https://lnkd.in/eS53YTVe

    Extreme Weather, Extreme Content: How Big Tech Enables Climate Disinformation in a World on the Brink (Climate Action against Disinformation):
    https://lnkd.in/e-qw2vNV (News)
    https://lnkd.in/eYNCvSuf (Report)

    Meta’s Oversight Board seeks public comments on hate speech moderation (ArabNews):
    https://lnkd.in/equFZyZJ

    Combatting fake news in Brazil using AI (SOSA):
    https://lnkd.in/ejzgNwgg

    Integrating Argumentation and Hate-Speech-based Techniques for Countering Misinformation (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/eXkPHP8w

    The social roots of radicalisation: What Europe’s largest extremism study reveals (Leiden University):
    https://lnkd.in/eD-XBaaT

    Video…
    How digital platforms are fueling extremism (Council on Foreign Relations):
    https://lnkd.in/eBQp8QGM

    FASSILA: A Corpus for Algerian Dialect Fake News Detection and Sentiment Analysis
    https://lnkd.in/ePvNvmce

    Separating fact from fiction: Uncovering conspiracy theories and misinformation on social media (Universität Bremen):
    https://lnkd.in/eqYjkNSN

    Assessing the impact of a video literacy program on emotional intelligence and resilience to extremism in primary school children (humanities and social sciences communications):
    https://lnkd.in/e62XwEU3

    Addressing misinformation about mental health with patients (American Psychological Association):
    https://lnkd.in/erwRrmmJ

    Kadjebi NCCE engages political party youth activists on peace, tolerance (Ghana News Agency):
    https://lnkd.in/eN72Eiym

    The Importance of Disinformation Security in the Era of Misinformation Warfare (E-Spin):
    https://lnkd.in/eF745Y4z

    NCCE Sissala East organise youth engagement on preventing and combating violent extremism in Tumu (GhanaWeb):
    https://lnkd.in/eWEAmbWT

    Deepfakes: The New Frontier in Political Disinformation (Security Destillery):
    https://lnkd.in/egrSaKuj

    Video (reshare)…
    Episode 7 – Conducting Evidence-Based Evaluation in the P/CVE and De-Radicalisation Fields (INDEED project):
    https://lnkd.in/efvb_BF3

    HateGPT: Unleashing GPT-3.5 Turbo to Combat Hate Speech on X (arXiv):
    https://lnkd.in/e_22mBKF

    Youth and Adolescent Online Radicalisation: Critical Cases From Singapore (GNET Research):
    https://lnkd.in/ezjQENsJ

    Five videos…
    International Conference on ‘Digital Complexity and Disinformation in the Indo-Pacific’ (European Center for Populism Studies):
    https://lnkd.in/eC-KN3nj

    eSafety statement on social media age to be set at 16 (eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government):
    https://lnkd.in/efjAZRWg

    Influence of Viral Contents on the Rapid Spread of Information on the Social Media Platforms in Nigeria (European-American Journals):
    https://lnkd.in/eum6TRXZ

    Assessing the Challenges Journalists Face in Spotting Fake News in Tanzania: A Case Study of TBC1 and Clouds Television (IJARIIT):
    https://lnkd.in/etimztn7

    CCS Outreach and Communications in the Age of Knowledge Proliferation, Artificial Intelligence, and ‘Fake News’ (SSRN):
    https://lnkd.in/enH45B_m

    Video…
    AI and Disinformation: A legal perspective (EU DisinfoLab):
    https://lnkd.in/eAm_PtfA

    Australia should lead efforts to address online gender-based violence (ASPI):
    https://lnkd.in/emYY4AFS

    Mitigating Biases to Embrace Diversity: A Comprehensive Annotation Benchmark for Toxic Language (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/edYC45MF

    Daily online hate damages players’ mental health: Gosens (rediff.com):
    https://lnkd.in/eEVmri-g

    How Digital Advertising Fuels Fake News (Journal of Marketing Management):
    https://lnkd.in/ekdzYbCw

    Media literacy: arming Nigerian youths to fight misinformation (International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria):
    https://lnkd.in/eTKW9rm5

    Videos, Day 3
    AVERT 2024 symposium (AVERT Research Network)…
    Day 3 Session A Virtual Spaces and and Violent Extremism AVERT 2024 Symposium:
    https://lnkd.in/eC6ue_vM
    Day 3 Session An International Perspectives on Radicalisation Gender, Trauma and Youth:
    https://lnkd.in/euXNabXK
    Day 3 Session A Support for Democracy, Violence, and Violent Extremism Understanding Trajectories:
    https://lnkd.in/ejF3YK_4
    Day 3 Session B Contextual Influences on Radicalisation and Violent Extremism Pathways:
    https://lnkd.in/eNx5gGBV
    Day 3 Session B Differently Abled Actors and Violent Extremism Emerging Challenges:
    https://lnkd.in/epDxSbC6

    What to Know About AI Misinformation: A Primer for Teachers (Downloadable) (EducationWeek):
    https://lnkd.in/eGJFmuEV

    Audio…
    Is political centrism is the answer to extremism and polarisation? (ABC Radio International, Australia):
    https://lnkd.in/e5sQrK9c

    Video…
    Skills for a safe and secure use of digital technologies and online information (ITU):
    https://lnkd.in/eVrw_BnK

    Free eBook…
    Third Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact. Proceedings of the Workshop (Association for Computational Linguistics):
    https://lnkd.in/eUJPWDqb

    Navigating the Digital Landscape: Challenges and Barriers to Effective Information Use on the Internet (MDPI):
    https://lnkd.in/eaM_EjYV

    The UMMAH Project: A Comprehensive P/CVE Framework for Countering Violent Extremism in Nigeria (SSRN):
    https://lnkd.in/e9cBZMdB

    MFWA, Dubawa and Ghana Fact establish Ghana Fact-checking Coalition ahead of December elections (Modern Ghana):
    https://lnkd.in/evKpESii

    Kenya’s journey in combating terror, violent extremism (Nation, Kenya):
    https://lnkd.in/eTkKshYh

    Conference Promoting Safety, Integrity, Equality and Inclusion in Sport 4-5 November 2024 Athens, Greece – Background Information (Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly & Hellenic Parliament):
    https://lnkd.in/eFJrTtX6

    Medical Board Discipline of Physicians for Spreading Medical Misinformation (JAMA Network):
    https://lnkd.in/eJ3FBz8H

    Hateful Word in Context Classification (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/eNhEr7vp

    Interview…
    Fact-Checking in Albania: Confronting Disinformation and Intimidation (Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa):
    https://lnkd.in/e-5qMTSS

    Climate Mis- and Disinformation Are Shaping Discourse & Opposition To Renewables (CleanTechnica):
    https://lnkd.in/eESxVKQt

    Hate Crime Prosecution at the Intersection of Hate Crime and Criminalized ‘Hate Speech’: a Practical Guide (OSCE via Public.):
    https://lnkd.in/efSmb39a

    Hate Speech Prediction in Online Social Media Using Domain Specific Word Embedding: A Review (JETIR):
    https://lnkd.in/dHG7ubcW

    Personal Network Composition and Cognitive Reflection Predict Susceptibility to Different Types of Misinformation (sciendo):
    https://lnkd.in/eVcwWPPY

    F2RL: Factuality and Faithfulness Reinforcement Learning Framework for Claim-Guided Evidence-Supported Counterspeech Generation (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/e9dbZg2N

    Canberra disinformation education sees classroom success among calls for media literacy in national school curriculum (ABC News, Australia):
    https://lnkd.in/eSDYnb-r

    Unmasking Misinformation: Leveraging CNN, BERT, and GPT Models for Robust Fake News Classification (Preprints.org):
    https://lnkd.in/eMgtyXDf

    Annotating social data with speaker/user engagement. Illustration on online hate characterization in French (Hal Science):
    https://lnkd.in/eJZf-yqC

    Mistral AI takes on OpenAI with new moderation API, tackling harmful content in 11 languages (Venture Beat):
    https://lnkd.in/ef_mhwyJ

    NCCE engages youth groups on violent extremism in Atebubu (Modern Ghana):
    https://lnkd.in/eGMmGysR

    NCCE engages youth groups at Kumbungu on violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
    https://lnkd.in/eHNiF_KT

    The Ethics of Real-time Misinformation Surveillance (CyberPeace):
    https://lnkd.in/e6mBiCus

    How close are we to an accurate AI fake news detector? (The Conversation):
    https://lnkd.in/eRvi_e2x

    Misinformation really does spread like a virus (Trinity College Dublin):
    https://lnkd.in/eYFuaK6E

    Big Tech enables climate disinformation, report finds (Tech Informed):
    https://lnkd.in/eZnMNGxh

    Less is More: Unseen Domain Fake News Detection via Causal Propagation Substructures (arXiv):
    https://lnkd.in/e69rymzQ

    „Nur für Akhwat?“ – Eine genderspezifische Analyse islamistischer Netzwerke, Akteur*innen und Strukturen auf Instagram (Interventionen):
    https://lnkd.in/d26da6bb

    Group unveils AI-based curriculum to tackle fake news, hate speech (Punch, Nigeria):
    https://lnkd.in/egr4X9bf

    Audio…
    Assessing Systemic Risk Under the Digital Services Act (The Sunday Show, Tech Policy Press):
    https://lnkd.in/ewdn_ujW

    Social media platforms’ responses to COVID-19-related mis- and disinformation: the insufficiency of self-governance (Ideas, Repec):
    https://lnkd.in/e3whnJQt

    Fake Social Media Accounts with AI-Generated Images Linked to Spread of Propaganda and Conspiracies, New Research Shows (The Debrief):
    https://lnkd.in/eJd79ktJ (News)
    https://lnkd.in/eeG7f_Ex (Study)

    Evaluating the Propensity of Generative AI for Producing Disinformation During an Election Cycle (Papers with Code):
    https://lnkd.in/e3ah8Qff

    Playing Gali Fakta inoculates Indonesian participants against false information (Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review):
    https://lnkd.in/eBgPUMtE

    Patterns of partisan toxicity and engagement reveal the common structure of online political communication across countries (nature communications):
    https://lnkd.in/dVzm5jUT

    Video…
    How AI is Revolutionizing Hate Speech Moderation | EMNLP 2024 (LCS2):
    https://lnkd.in/eJwN8zUP

    Extreme Weather, Extreme Content: How Big Tech Enables Climate Disinformation in a World on the Brink (CAAD):
    https://lnkd.in/e-qw2vNV

    Ofcom Warns Platforms on GenAI Safety Standards (Digit News):
    https://lnkd.in/epEw587G

    The Polarization Loop: How Emotions Drive Propagation of Disinformation in Online Media—The Case of Conspiracy Theories and Extreme Right Movements in Southern Europe (MDPI):
    https://lnkd.in/eDEeAmH7

    PS Omollo calls for regional efforts to counter violent extremism in East Africa (Capital News, Kenya):
    https://lnkd.in/eR7ZDGVw

    Online disinformation exacerbates Spain flood disaster (ENCA):
    https://lnkd.in/eUWSa9jm

    Kuwait calls for systematic plan to nip terrorism in bud (Kuwait Times):
    https://lnkd.in/e-V43Yrm

    Countering disinformation in Australia and the Pacific (Griffith University):
    https://lnkd.in/eQQprfFN

    Video…
    Inquiry into the Communications Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal):
    https://lnkd.in/e2qw3btG

    Australia proposes ‘world-leading’ ban on social media for children under 16 (Reuters):
    https://lnkd.in/eJup6P_E

    AI and Ethics: Moral Considerations of Automated Rumor Detection Technology (Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies via Ewadirect):
    https://lnkd.in/enKEdva2

    Study in Dutch…
    Moderating misinformation remains a tricky business (Leiden University):
    https://lnkd.in/eEWAMMR3

    What is the social benefit of hate speech detection research? A Systematic Review (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/et9UyQFH

    Urban and Disinformation: The Crucial Role of Urban Scale in Addressing Disinformation (Enrichment Journal):
    https://lnkd.in/e84Gk856

    FM: Egypt willing to support Nigeria in combating terrorism, extremism (State Information Service, Egypt):
    https://lnkd.in/eU79CtYd

    Social media plays a huge part of our lives, but it’s important to be aware of its potential downsides. Let’s talk about how it can affect us and our mental health (Meic):
    https://lnkd.in/eePXgSax

    Disinformation and fake news as externalities of digital advertising: a close reading of sociotechnical imaginaries in programmatic advertising (Journal of Marketing Management):
    https://lnkd.in/ee_5Q9v7

    To tackle hate crime and support victims, hate crimes must be prosecuted as such, OSCE human rights office says (OSCE):
    https://lnkd.in/eh9s_tRj

    Hate Speech Detection using CoT and Post-hoc Explanation through Instruction-based Fine Tuning in Large Language Models (IEEE Xplore):
    https://lnkd.in/ezb2876d

    Online hate: A European communication perspective (Communications, de Gruyter):
    https://lnkd.in/egP29sVK

    AI threats to democracy spark concern in new report (digwatch, Geneva):
    https://lnkd.in/e4JXNZWS

    On Fake News Detection with LLM Enhanced Semantics Mining (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/erT2GDKx

    Important dates for Online Safety compliance (Ofcom):
    https://lnkd.in/ep44vqwb

    Concluding Its Information Debate, Fourth Committee Emphasizes Need to Fight Misinformation, Protect Independent Media, Increase Access to Conflicts (United Nations):
    https://lnkd.in/e7nuEJqH

    WhatsApp tests reverse image search on Android beta, aims to curb misinformation spread (BusinessToday, India):
    https://lnkd.in/eVyTTN-s

    Nearly half of EU youngsters exposed to online abuse, new report finds (euronews):
    https://lnkd.in/eupdXQzp

    Transformations Of Hate Speech In Arab Political Discourse After The Arab Spring: An Analytical Study For The Period 2011- 2024 (Rimak Journal):
    https://lnkd.in/eEkfnqhU

    Opinion: Weaponizing Doubt — Deepfakes, Fake News and the Crisis of Media Credibility (Red Line Project):
    https://lnkd.in/e6uaUfsy

    Media and Information Literacy Course for Adult Educators launched (UNESCO):
    https://lnkd.in/eU8yhAe3

    At the High-level Conference on Strengthening International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, SRSG Simão calls on to put in place a regional cooperation mechanism to support the countries of the Central Sahel to successfully fight terrorism (africa.com):
    https://lnkd.in/e872CHhW

    Video…
    Tackling Misinformation: What Information Professionals Need To Know About The Manosphere (Metropolitan New York Library Council):
    https://lnkd.in/eyUbX3Pt

    Unmasking Fake News with Emotional Cues: A Comparative Study of Sentiment Reasoning Models (IEEE Xplore):
    https://lnkd.in/eerNuRn8

    PM Modi, Nigerian president pledge to fight terrorism & radicalisation (The Times of India):
    https://lnkd.in/ewhbHhfx

    Video…
    CRIA G20 | G20 Talks: Facing Disinformation (Governo do Brasil):
    https://lnkd.in/e5F5kp9V

    Democracies must adapt in the age of disinformation (Mail & Guardian, South Africa):
    https://lnkd.in/eXUUiffV

    MFWA, Dubawa and Ghana Fact establish Ghana Fact-checking Coalition to combat Misinformation ahead of 2024 Elections (MyJoy, Ghana):
    https://lnkd.in/evJntD7U

    Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users (AP via WBFO npr):
    https://lnkd.in/dQUcmNGt

    Factsheets TCO Regulation (FRISCO):
    https://lnkd.in/esE6p2Sy

    Successful Peacekeeping Means Aligning Priorities with National Vision, Respecting Local Culture, Clarifying Mandates, Fourth Committee Hears in Debate (United Nations):
    https://lnkd.in/e_Ss5FXi

    Extremismusprävention, Demokratieförderung und politische Bildung durch Evaluation stärken (PrEval, PRIF):
    https://lnkd.in/eASR6Gzs

    MisCC. Misinformation detection on counterfactual claims (University of Edinburgh):
    https://lnkd.in/ev6CrEqg

    Video…
    SOUPS 2024 – How Entertainment Journalists Manage Online Hate and Harassment (USENIX):
    https://lnkd.in/ek74hcHr

    Social Media and European Youth: A Combined Qualitative Analysis of Finland and Spain (Munich Personal RePEc Archive):
    https://lnkd.in/eCKndGmZ

    Rising Extremism in Africa Requires New Approach (We are the World Ending Poverty):
    https://lnkd.in/eDGCT5UY

    India – Nigeria Strategic and Counter-Terrorism Dialogue (Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India):
    https://lnkd.in/e9ebaBET

    Was brauchen Demokratieförderung und Extremismusprävention? (Deutsches Jugendinstitut):
    https://lnkd.in/e-Sc8Ehn

    Alternative model can identify fake news (Tech Xplore):
    https://lnkd.in/e2drScTV (News)
    https://lnkd.in/e2gc3TUD (Study)

    Zivilgesellschaft und Polizei. Kooperationsformen in der Bekämpfung und Prävention von gruppenbezogener Menschenfeindlichkeit. Abschlussbericht einer Explorationsstudie zur Situation in Berlin (Camino):
    https://lnkd.in/drYHvEs5

    Addressing vaccine hesitancy and misinformation (Medical Economics):
    https://lnkd.in/eFNQK-T8

    CTED Trends Tracker. Evolving Trends in the Financing of Foreign Terrorist Fighters’ Activity: 2014 – 2024. November 2024 (CTED):
    https://lnkd.in/eHdBdg95

    Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists (Terrorism and Political Violence):
    https://lnkd.in/ePUGi4zS

    Media Reform Conference Explores Hate Speech, Freedom of Expression Restrictions (Chronicle, Luxemburg):
    https://lnkd.in/ez6amc_g

    What has the ‘year of elections’ taught us about AI and democracy? (The Alan Turing Institute):
    https://lnkd.in/eZWsFt42

    How close are we to an accurate AI fake news detector? (The Conversation):
    https://lnkd.in/eRvi_e2x

    Combatting online hate: Crowd moderation and the public goods problem (Communications, de Gruyter):
    https://lnkd.in/ey6C7Dp3

    Videos, Day 2
    AVERT 2024 symposium (AVERT Research Network)…
    Day 2 Plenary Session AVERT 2024 symposium:
    https://lnkd.in/ecAAW_Pe
    Day 2 Session A Rethinking Risk New Issues and Dilemmas in Risk Assessment AVERT 2024 symposium:
    https://lnkd.in/eUuvJm8i
    Day 2 Session A ‘Men at Arms The Intersection of Violent Extremism and Masculinities’ 2024 Symposium:
    https://lnkd.in/eKen6rNW
    Day 2 Session B Connectivity and Evolution in Far right Movements AVERT 2024 Symposium:
    https://lnkd.in/eYv3mPvh
    Day 2 Session B Responding to youth radicalisation Trans Tasman developments in policy and practice:
    https://lnkd.in/e6tXQBAq

    Living hated: Everyday experiences of hate speech across online and offline contexts (Communications, de Gruyter):
    https://lnkd.in/e2Vn8RfZ

    Guan NCCE sensitises youth groups on violent extremism (Ghana News Agency):
    https://lnkd.in/eb5twavf

    Videos, Day 1
    AVERT 2024 symposium (AVERT Research Network)…
    Day 1 Session A Changes and Challenges Shifting Demographics of Violent Extremism and CVE:
    https://lnkd.in/eC-54Rc4
    Day 1 Session A Disengagement and Diversion AVERT 2024 symposium:
    https://lnkd.in/ecrniDqJ
    Day 1 Session B How does the online environment influence people’s vulnerability to radicalisation:
    https://lnkd.in/eFtTr_zA

    Video…
    The Digital Deception Landscape: Academic Insights on Misinformation and Deepfakes (Maxwell School of Syracuse University):
    https://lnkd.in/ej8z-ETU

    Video…
    Misinformation, Disinformation and Hate Speech in Humanitarian Contexts Webinar (Grand Challenges Canada):
    https://lnkd.in/eTuy4GSF

    Ivory Coast: Awareness day led by the CCM of Ferkessédougou (Coginta):
    https://lnkd.in/eZD4H7QM

    On Fake News Detection with LLM Enhanced Semantics Mining (ACL Anthology):
    https://lnkd.in/erT2GDKx

    Video…
    US, Germany launch joint West Africa antiterrorism program (VOA):
    https://lnkd.in/efcbxmZf

    National Extremism Strategy for 2024-2029 (National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security):
    https://lnkd.in/gh7Q4Y-Q


    Free articles and analyses on soft counter-extremism, against hate, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation:
    counter-terrorism.org
    preventhate.org
    strategism.org
    Recent LinkedIn posts with summaries on the above subjects:
    https://lnkd.in/eBarZAew

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