Fake scars and LLMs apple.news/AqV9AkYdXT6O...

RESEARCH | “Human readiness for intergroup violence is not a single or unified mindset.” Motivations behind violent extremism uncovered in new global study Phys.org apple.news/Aa8vq4Z_TQ3a...

ONLINE | A 2025 study by the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) found children as young as nine are being exposed to Nazi and Jihadist content on the gaming platform Roblox. apple.news/A4cbD2hAnR6G...

CTE | “A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after "multiple pedestrians" were struck by a car in Derby city centre. Police are being supported by counter-terror police after seven people suffered a range of serious but not life-threatening injuries. ” apple.news/AbOQwmKbbSAG...

CVE | “Of the almost 1,500 referrals progressed to Channel, 42 per cent were for 'extreme Right-wing' views. Just 15 per cent were for concerns over 'Islamist extremism'.” apple.news/AAUwWtZm7Rry...

ONLINE | Counter-terror police specialists in the UK who analyse thousands of posts on social media every year say they have seen the "normalisation" of antisemitic, racist, violent and far-right posts in recent months. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK | Councillor accused of posting racist comments on social media suspended. "The suspension came after anti-racism group @hopenothate.org.uk alleged racist posts on an X account were the work of Lynn Dean, member of Reform-led Staffordshire County Council". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ONLINE | “Processes through which individuals become radicalised are becoming faster, more decentralised, and more closely tied to online environments”. www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo...

YOUTH RAD | According to the 2025 European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report, 449 people were arrested for terrorism‑related offences in the EU in 2024. Almost a third of them — 133 people — were aged between 12 and 20 years. The youngest offender was 12. apple.news/A2YYLE2goQb6...

ONLINE | Consumption of state sponsored alternative media is predicted by low trust, populism and a conspiratorial mindset. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

AUSTRALIA | Australia moves to ban neo-Nazi groups like Sewell’s National Socialist Network, the ecosystem that sustains them remains intact. www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo... ch

“Reform UK leader has filmed a string of highly questionable paid-for clips.” apple.news/AnzJJMRoeQaq...

CTE | “In the wake of the widening Iran conflict, the report warns that future trends in terrorism will be shaped by emerging conflicts, breakdown of international norms and declining economic conditions”. www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/u...

ONLINE | Computer vision methods can be successfully applied to strengthen the study of extremist and violent political actors’ online ecosystems. pt.icct.nl/article/more...

CTE | Amateur attackers, acting solo, are less likely to kill large numbers of people, and their attacks are more likely to fail. But they are often harder to head off. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/u...

RESEARCH | How far-right users have accelerated the spread of harmful content by successfully exploiting AI tools and platforms. icct.nl/publication/...

A right wing and a prayer… apple.news/Ahs9tQjaiRya...

“Guantanamo Bay was meant to imprison terrorists – it may have created them” apple.news/ALxx8ooKYR1-...

LLMs and extremism.. icct.nl/sites/defaul...

ONLINE | Great price how social media algorithms push extremist content.

CTE | Sageman M. explores a stagnation in terrorism research, questioning why we are no closer to understanding the factors that propel individuals towards political violence. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

CTE | “The ideas in this environment are being normalised. Companies like Meta and X have made it easier for right-wing extremist influencers to have greater visibility and reach a wider audience,” Expo said in its annual report.

Research found that while only 3% of active accounts are toxic, they produce 33 % of all content. And “Every day users scroll through an estimated 300 feet of newsfeed on social media–roughly the height of the Statue of Liberty” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

CTE | Decentralised network of websites, blogs, and message boards, complemented by encrypted apps, that has demonstrated resilience to content takedowns. While decentralisation increases resilience, it can also coordination and reach compared to the Islamic State. www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo...

CVE | Detectives from ERSOU’s Counter Terrorism Policing unit established that Page had collected more than 600 weapons and other militaria linked to Nazi activity during the war. apple.news/Arbnww8_aQAO...

RESEARCH | How far-right users have accelerated the spread of harmful content by successfully exploiting AI tools and platforms. icct.nl/publication/...

US | Leaked PDF detailing Homeland Security’s proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centres. www.wired.com/story/metada...

DATA | “Data centres … they need some PR help,”President Trump says... www.wired.com/story/big-te...

CTE | “Las Vegas has long been seen as being vulnerable to terror attacks. In 2007, a Rand Corporation study ranked Las Vegas as ninth among American cities most likely to suffer a major terrorist strike.” Las Vegas Review-Journal apple.news/A3qaKgwhoRkm...

RESEARCH | “In sum, we find that the socio-demographic basis is very similar across radicalism, extremism, and fundamentalism: It is men, younger and less educated people who are more radical, extremist, or fundamentalist”.

CTE | In January 2026, the number of incidents linked to terrorism and right-wing extremist violence increased compared to December, with 17 recorded events worldwide. observatorioterrorismo.com/analisis/ana...

CVE | Overview of the specific online threat landscape of nihilistic violence subcultures. www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo...

MIGRATION | Fascinating visual analysis by Rob Ford, professor of political science at the University of Manchester and reported in the Guardian shows how MPs’ language towards immigration today compares with previous decades. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

CTE | Far-right groups are increasingly using coded language and imagery on gaming platforms to bypass content moderators and radicalise young people, experts have warned. www.theferret.scot/far-right-us...

CTE | Defence Secretary John Healey told The Telegraph that the government is in discussions over raising the UK's terrorist threat level, which is is currently "substantial", even higher. There are two more levels above this - "severe" or "critical". apple.news/AeR-Vu9bnTZq...

JASON BURKE | “The stories of the extremists who hijacked the 1970s demonstrate quite clearly that terrorism is never simply a product of state sponsorship or of individuals being mad, bad or misled. Its rise and decline is always a consequence of broader circumstances.” apple.news/AtjasPFtpSJe...

Findings show that for those who prefer systematic structure, conspiracy theories can feel like a highly organised way to understand confusing or unpredictable events. apple.news/ALPqXbpKsRam...

REMIGRATION | This used to be relegated to neo-Nazi and white supremacist circles, but today remigration has moved into mainstream far-right politics in Europe. And into official rhetoric and policy planning in the United States. globalextremism.org/post/what-is...

CTE | Multidimensional analytical framework centred on three interrelated dimensions of transnationalism: transnationally shared ideologies and identities, cross-national organisational structures, and coordinated practices. www.linkedin.com/posts/cstpv_...

BY-ELECTION | The polls have now closed and boxes of ballot votes are arriving as the counting begins in the Central Manchester constituency, with results expected after 4am. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

US | “John Oliver torches Musk for restoring extremist accounts and calling it “free speech” - Boing Boing. apple.news/Av-G9nFn3SLW...

Ministers will take another step towards banning social media for under-16s next week. apple.news/AQBbGmg0kSb2...

UK | Sweden and Japan explain what support the state will give in the event of war – organised shelter, evacuation, where to find reliable information, and so on. The UK has none of that in its advice, it just doesn’t exist. apple.news/AgL8jCd0nS_y...

EUROPE | Seventeen members of CasaPound were charged under Italy’s 1952 Scelba law. globalextremism.org/post/casapou...

US | The far-right podcaster has produced a new expose on the late Turning Points USA founder's wife. apple.news/ABjmMJ8pEQ5C...

REFORM | “Reform's Matt Goodwin advises Conservative peer linked to relaunched Nazi Race Science platform.” apple.news/Av3h9jv-lTD2...

RED PILL RADICALISATION | ‘They are reachable. The pipeline that pulls them toward radicalism is not organic or inescapable; it is a system designed to enrage them, scare them, confuse them, and compete for their attention and affection’. apple.news/AdOZNwh-BRQe...

UK | The public are not aware of the scale of threat the country faces, the chair of the Defence Select Committee has warned. apple.news/Aq5UdlV5ZTJy...

“Further right than Farage” apple.news/AoIONFe_XShO...

CVE | The boy, who cannot be named, was accused of preparing acts of terrorism but a jury was unable to reach a verdict. apple.news/AfylMqNiTSnC...