On Route to My Fave Conference Ever #TASM (Terrorism and Social Media) Looking Forward to Presenting Some Research and Chairing Some Panels/Roundtables as Well as Catching up With So Many Friends 😍😍🥂🥂🥂🍷🍷🍻🍻 Also Excited to Run a Session at the VOX-Pol Summer School 💃💃💃💃

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A fantastic piece of analysis on the new CA Palestine Action Ruling 👇

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📣 Call for Abstracts Submissions are open for the 18th Annual International Conference of the Society for Terrorism Research (STR)! We are thrilled to be hosted by Dr. Emily Corner and Dr. Levi West from the Australian National University (ANU). 🧵 1/2

But that is exactly how the suffragettes operated. With a nationwide organisation of sleeper cells of arsonists and bombers. I’m gratefully people have reached out and referenced my work today. I remain (I believe) the only academic expert on the terrorism of the suffragettes. Links below:

All eyes to the Court of Appeal in London at 11am for the hand down of a special five judge decision (in light of the importance of the issues at stake) on the lawfulness of the UK Govt's Palestine Action ban: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Court of Appeal judgment in the Palestine Action judicial review - tomorrow morning 10:30

Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social has been commissioned by the government to do an independent review of section 1 Terrorism Act 2006 (encouraging terrorism). terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk

Judgment hand down for the Palestine Action appeal will be live-streamed from the Court of Appeal on 15 June at 11am.

Police are monitoring the potential for disorder sparked by the murder of Henry Nowak, which has been seized upon by the far right A protest has been called in Southampton tonight and the situation is being tracked by a unit that decides if to trigger a national response inews.co.uk/news/police-...

GPAHE is seeking an External Affairs and Advocacy Lead to help strengthen public engagement, shape advocacy strategy, and expand policy impact. This role will connect research, partnerships, and advocacy efforts to growing public awareness of hate, extremism, and threats to democracy. Apply here:

You ever start browsing the internet and think, "Yeah, I'd love if I had to upload my ID to check out this cool new site." We didn't think so. EFF is fighting back against bogus age verification laws across the globe. You can support our fight today: eff.org/spring

Alina Burns, 19, has been sentenced to 15-and-a-half years in prison with an extended 4-year licence period after being found as a dangerous offender The judge said the sentence was necessary for public protection due to both the attack and "disturbing" evidence of Burns' current mindset in prison

TASM 2026 is just around the corner! As the leading international conference on extremist use of online platforms; keynote presentations from leading experts and a selection of breakout sessions featuring 100+ speakers. 📅 16-18 June 📍Swansea University Visit tasmconf.com to secure your pass today!

A new far-right terror attack in the UK has been confirmed in court. Alina Burns, then 18, tried to behead an Iranian refugee who was standing outside a barber's shop in Bristol with an axe The attack took place on 2 August 2025 but a judge did not rule on 'terrorism connection' until today

“This is a long cry from Robinson’s early EDL days. Today, the British far-right scene has become a professional operation: backed by foreign funders, circulating chronic synthetic content on social media, and amplified by supporters in public office.” www.csohate.org/2026/05/12/u...

Whilst expected, the harsh reality of the #Senedd Election Results are heartbreaking for some of us in Wales today. Community is deep rooted in Welsh culture. 💔💔💔

On a personal level, I feel sorry for Eluned Morgan. It was a big deal that she was the first woman to be First Minister. Say what you want about her, but to suggest the Labour result is just down to her is wrong.

I get the feeling that a lot of people go to the polls in the UK thinking that regardless of who they vote for, things are going to get worse. So you're voting for the party that will either blow it up or make it worse more slowly. And I think that's a very dangerous place for a democracy to be in.

Media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has opened investigations into Meta relating to the recommender systems that promote content on Facebook and Instagram

GNI’s Q1 newsletter is out. We condemn the postponement of #RightsCon2026 and stand in solidarity with the global digital rights community. Also in this edition: AI governance (MAP-AI), WSIS+20, cybercrime convention, and policy engagement across regions. mailchi.mp/globalnetwor...

EFF joins 18 organizations in writing a letter to UK policymakers urging them to address the root causes of online harm—rather than undermining the open web through blunt restrictions www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Telegraph data editor Ben Butcher contrasts net migration at 230k (ons projection) and at 100k (current trajectory). Should add third option - accelerate population decline by zero/ net emigration - which is policy of Reform, Restore at massive scale & maybe Cons www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04...

The absurdity of UK counter terrorism policy laid bare. A mess of historic groups that Govt can't decide whether to remove, strict liability offences denying police discretion and an inappropriate application of counter terrorism law to direct action protest:

the government of zambia is announcing that it canceled RightsCon. this is a serious attack on civil society, the global & local ones. thousands of people - activists, academics, govt etc - are en route to lusaka. to cancel at this late stage is just horrible.

Wrote this for the @bigissue.com about how Labour's, as with previous governments, focus on anti-asylum policies isn't just harmful for those seeking safety, but is also a diabolical waste of money which could be used to help support people in the UK. www.bigissue.com/opinion/labo...

We’re recruiting for 3 paid internships, offering hands-on experience working in our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work. 📅 Two 6-month roles & one 3-month role 📍 UK wide Read more & apply: justice.org.uk/about-us/car...

This is the best account to follow for reports on the Palestine Action case. @lizziedearden.bsky.social’s stuff on this has been outstanding.

Whether you’re an admin in an existing Signal group chat, or starting a new one up fresh, here are some tips to doing so as safely as possible. ssd.eff.org/module/crea...

Authentic Iranian political prisoners are being packaged into AI-enhanced collages and unverified execution claims and fed into a propaganda noise machine. The Iranian state is the only beneficiary, writes Mahsa Alimardani.

📵 The #Iran internet blackout is now in its 53rd day after 1248 hours of disconnection from global networks. As authorities work to develop tiered access for select users and businesses, the human impacts and economic harms of this digital censorship measure continue to spiral.

In December, a European court handed down a ruling that could have major unintended consequences on online speech, writes Daphne Keller, director of platform regulation at Stanford Law School's Program in Law, Science & Technology.

The new Council of Europe Online Safety Recommendation wants you bloggers and regular public online posters (who are ‘outside formal editorial oversight’) to be subject to self-regulatory codes, encouraged by Member States. I am so reminded of this. www.cyberleagle.com/2018/10/a-lo...

The result is huge. Vast in its consequences. Orban was the inspiration to all those who came after him. He served as Putin's puppet, undermining Europe from within and Ukraine from without. He funded a vast network of fascists around the world. It's all vulnerable now, or falling apart entirely.

Of course no one from *checks notes* Sudan or Afghanistan could be in genuine danger.

#SpecialAdvocates #CMPs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New: Wikipedia has officially banned AI-generated content. After months of heated debate and previous attempts to restrict the use of LLMs, volunteer editors accepted a new policy that prohibits using them to create articles for the online encyclopedia www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

The United States has suffered four terrorist attacks since the war in #Iran broke out. Yet our counterterrorism infrastructure continues to atrophy. My thoughts on the challenges ahead, with @colinpclarke.bsky.social in the @latimes.com.

Follow closely this welcome and really important new lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's policy punishing social media misinformation and hate researchers with immigration consequences.

This is billed as stopping unlawful/pro-terrorist expression, but it's really doubling down on the university Prevent duty, which is about stopping extreme expression not because it is always unlawful, but because of students being impressionable. The OfS is a lousy vehicle for making calls on this.

🚨 OUT TODAY: State of HATE 2026 Our annual deep dive into the British far right. The groups. The networks. The money. The rhetoric. The public mood. 🔎 Explore the report: hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...

We've called on Ofcom to clear up confusion following the ruling that the Palestine Action ban is unlawful. We need to know what platforms are expected to do about their duty to remove 'terrorist' content under the Online Safety Act and how new duties will be applied. Read our open letter ⬇️

Just days after the BDN/ABJ judgment in the UK Supreme Court and the jury trial of Hanin Barghouthi for supporting Hamas - BDN in the Supreme Court decision on whether human rights protections constrain the prosecution (which the UKSC rejected) - is underway: share.google/ZddvG3AwYHln...

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its fourth day, with the national censorship measure now in place for over 72 hours. The silencing of authentic Iranian voices is fueling a surge in misinformation as pro-regime accounts fill the void with their own narrative.

📢 Free and open internet is a fundamental right: If you're finding our reporting useful during the Iran blackout or any other time, we'd value your support. When authoritarian regimes try to silence the public, let's make sure the world is watching! ko-fi.com/netblocks

Not only risking violations of international law, yet again, Labour's anti-asylum policies get progressively worse, and worse than the previous government when taken in totality, with this latest PR stunt by Mahmood. 87/ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

If you'd like to come work for us at Good Law Project we are currently recruiting four new roles! (Please do share.) 🧵

Weronika Galka: Secret proceedings, (mal)administration, and the courts: RA and AA v SSFCDA, MZZ v SSD and SSHD and In the Matter of the SSD [2026] EWCA Civ 3 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/26/w...

Now a full-length blogpost. “Safety by design or systems for content moderation?” #OnlineSafetyAct www.cyberleagle.com/2026/02/safe...