📢 The VOX-Pol #Blog starts up again this week! If you are interested in submitting a Blog post, check out these guidelines and get in touch: voxpol.eu/how-to-submi.... 🏆 The Top 4 most read Blog posts of the 2024/25 year are at voxpol.eu/the-vox-pol-.... #PleaseRS

We are pleased to announce the No.1 most read VOX-Pol Blog post of the past year is..... 'Nazis at the salad bar: The National Workers’ Alliance and mixed, unclear, and unstable ideology' by @gerardagill.bluesky.social. Read it at: voxpol.eu/nazis-at-the...

The No.2 most read @vox-pol.bsky.social Blog post of the past 12 months is Sophia Rothut, @darianharff.bsky.social, and @cbpuschmann.bsky.social's piece on far-right social media influencers and their potential roles in youth radicalisation. Check it out at: voxpol.eu/social-media... #PleaseRS

So, we’re counting down the Blog's most read posts of 2024-25 and at No.3 is Kamil Yilmaz and @joewhittaker.bsky.social's piece on the incel movement in Turkey. Read it at voxpol.eu/beyond-weste.... #PleaseRS

@mathiesonnicola.bsky.social and I wrote reflections on the @crexuio.bsky.social and @vox-pol.bsky.social summer school on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism, covering methods, personal safety, ethics, community building for ECRs, and the importance of commemoration www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

In Vol.12, Iss.8 of our Newsletter, which was emailed to subscribers this morning, info on our latest report on gore and violent extremism, the @vox-pol.bsky.social member keynoting AoIR's Rio conference, and links to a bunch of recent member publications. Check it out at: voxpol.eu/vox-pol-news...

Per tradition, our Blog’s on hols for August, so we’re counting down the most read posts of 2024-25. At No.4, @joshuabowes.bsky.social & @jjwest.bsky.social’s ‘The Trump Manosphere’ on reactionary male supremacy, misogyny, & accelerationist violence. ➡️ Read it at: voxpol.eu/the-trump-ma...

Always a delight to work and write with @audreygagnon.bsky.social! Huge thank you as always to @vox-pol.bsky.social and @crexuio.bsky.social for their support and our delightful participants <3

Very useful thread by @abrad.bsky.social on our most recent @vox-pol.bsky.social report on a topic that should get a lot more scholarly attention than it has to-date.

UK followers may be interested in the below Home Office job postings, two of which have a specifically online focus. More info at www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi.... Closing date for applications = Sunday, 10 Aug.

Pleased to have had the opportunity to contribute to this research with Human Digital and @vox-pol.bsky.social. The ongoing proliferation of illegal content on gore sites is undermining broader efforts to counter terrorism and other harms online. Among the key findings of the research:

I’m delighted to share my latest work with Dr. Alice Sibley, PhD for @vox-pol.bsky.social, entitled ‘Exploiting the Algorithm: How British Extreme Right-Wing Individuals and Groups Leverage Grok and Generative AI for Malign Purposes.’ Check it out at the link below: voxpol.eu/exploiting-t...

On this week's Blog, Alice Sibley and @joshuabowes.bsky.social describe and discuss the ways in which UK far-right actors, including the Homeland Party and Britain First, are using X's Grok AI. voxpol.eu/exploiting-t...

We’re delighted, together with #TASM, to be collaborating with AVERT on their International Research Symposium 2025. 🎤Keynote speaker = @milleridriss.bsky.social 🚨Deadline for proposal submissions TOMORROW: 14 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST Full details at mcusercontent.com/a9901935e5a7... #PleaseRS

ICYMI, our newest report on 'Gore and Violent Extremism' is now available #openaccess on our website. Go to voxpol.eu/publications/. Missed the launch webinar? Drop a line to [email protected] from your institutional email address and we'll share the link. #PleaseRS

In our latest Monthly Newsletter, info on our newly published report on 'Gore and Violent Extremism,' CfP for 2025 AVERT International Research Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, which we're partnering on, and more. Access it online at voxpol.eu/vox-pol-news... and/or sign-up at voxpol.eu. #PleaseRS

Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' is now published #openaccess on our website at voxpol.eu/publications/. You are invited to the report's public launch this evening at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT. To register, go to: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRS

Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' will be published #openaccess on our website tomorrow, Wednesday, 9 July. You are invited to the report's public launch at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT. Find out more and register: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRS

Together with #TASM, we're collaborating with AVERT on their International Research Symposium 2025. Keynote speaker = @milleridriss.bsky.social Deadline for proposal submissions is now just one week away: 14 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST. Full details at mcusercontent.com/a9901935e5a7...

Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' will be published #openaccess on our website next Wednesday morning, 9 July. You are invited to the report's public launch on the same day at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT. Find out more and register: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRS

Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' will be published #openaccess on our website next Wednesday morning, 9 July. You are invited to the report's public launch on the same day at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT. Find out more and register: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRS

We’re delighted, together with #TASM, to be collaborating with AVERT on their International Research Symposium 2025. Keynote speaker = @milleridriss.bsky.social. Deadline for proposal submissions: 14 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST. Full details at avert.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?... #PleaseRS

🚨 Attention PhD students and early career researchers, today is last day to submit abstracts for @vox-pol.bsky.social NextGen conference in Prague on 25-26 September, 2025. Submit your proposal: lnkd.in/esikzmnK Full CfP and details: shorturl.at/3YIKk #PleaseRT

Some followers may be interested in following CfP: 2nd Workshop on Diffusion of Harmful Content Online 🏚️ 💻 Hybrid format, so online & in person 📅 Submission deadline: 11 July 🌐 Workshop website: dhow-workshop.github.io/2025/ 🎫 Co-located with ACMMM 2025: acmmm2025.org 📍 Dublin, 27-28 Oct 2025

🚨 One day left to apply for the @vox-pol.bsky.social next gen conference happening in Prague on the 25-26th of September. We are bringing together ECRs to build a proper community researching (violent) online extremism. Submit your proposal: lnkd.in/esikzmnK Full CfP and details: shorturl.at/3YIKk

Missed Wednesday's seminar, with Arthur Bradley, UNICRI's Ottavia Galuzzi, and @surajlakhani.bsky.social, on right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa, and Asia? Check out the recording at youtu.be/kOArdasVDqY?...

Nicola Mathieson and I had the privilege of hosting the @crexuio.bsky.social & @vox-pol.bsky.social PhD Summer School on the study of online right-wing extremism! We were incredibly impressed by the brilliant students who joined us in Oslo! Their thoughtful engagement made it a truly inspiring week🤩

🌍 Webinar: Right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa and Asia 🗓️ 15:00 - 16:30 (UK time), #TODAY, Wednesday 18 June 2025 📍 Online 🔗 To register, email [email protected]

Miss working on this piece and collaborating w/ @dhsiegel74.bsky.social for @vox-pol.bsky.social – BLUF: the sophistication of terrorist propaganda is not just a tactic used in information warfare, but a metric for understanding insurgent success. Might be time for a pt 2? voxpol.eu/terror-terri...

Had an Incredible Time in #Oslo for the @vox-pol.bsky.social‬ @crexuio.bsky.social‬ Summer School on the Ethics of Researching the Far Right Online 😍 Highlight Was Taking the Students to the #July22 Memorial Learning Centre for In-Depth Discussions on the #Ethics of #Archiving and #Remembrance ❤️

Thanks to all students and contributors for another successful summer school. Special thanks to @crexuio.bsky.social for hosting and to programme leads @audreygagnon.bsky.social and Nicola Mathieson for all their hard work.

You're invited to a VOX-Pol webinar, in conjunction with UNICRI, on Wednesday, 18 June, at 3-4pm (UK time) on "Right- and left-wing violent extremist abuse of digital technologies in South America, Africa and Asia." Register by emailing [email protected]. More info.: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p... #PleaseRT

Call for Chapters from @cifrs.org for an edited volume examining how the far-right uses alternative media (e.g. Gab, Truth Social) alongside major platforms like Facebook and X, and how this impacts publics. More info: www.sssp1.org/file/Announc... Abstracts due 25 May.

Vol.12, Iss.4 of our monthly Newsletter appeared in subscribers' inboxes yesterday. Includes info on new VOX-Pol Institute's (VPI) forthcoming Dublin workshops on 'The Current Threat Landscape: Networks, Platforms, & Technologies.' Access the Newsletter online at voxpol.eu/category/pub...

Excited to share some work with @vox-pol.bsky.social. This piece applies findings from research I published earlier this year (linked in the next post) to recent developments in North America and Europe. voxpol.eu/unpacking-th...

A pleasure to write this short piece on what certain themes from Netflix's #Adolescence tell use about #incels and the #manosphere More in-depth peices can be found on @crest-research.bsky.social's site: crestresearch.ac.uk/projects/tra...

🎫 Event alert = "Far-Right Hate Speech Online: Too Late to Stop?” on 25 March. Daniela Pisoiu in discussion with @vox-pol.bsky.social's Stuart Macdonald, @evianeleidig.com, @bphaanshuus.bsky.social, & @erikhacker.bsky.social. Register: www.scenor.at/event-detail... N.B. DEUTSCHE ÜBERSETZUNG

This piece from @vox-pol.bsky.social explores how social media algorithms are not just reflecting, but actively intensifying societal divides. The features designed to maximize user engagement—like personalized feeds—are poised to worsen polarization in the near future. Link: tinyurl.com/mrxrby4w

Social media can corrupt the wisdom of crowds through a phenomenon called 'acrophily' or a preference for the extreme. Research shows that people tend to engage with posts slightly more extreme than their own views, says @ucl.ac.uk's Colin M. Fisher on this week's Blog. voxpol.eu/the-dynamics...

Today is the last day for submitting applications for the PhD Summer School on Studying Online Extremism co-organised by VOX-Pol and @crexuio.bsky.social. More info. at www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Some followers may be interested in the below publication opportunity:

Some followers may be interested in below opportunity for doctoral study with UCL's @sandyschumann.bsky.social:

🚨 Only 4 days left to apply! 🚨 Join the PhD Summer School on Studying Online Extremism 🌐, co-organized by C-REX and VOX-Pol. Learn from experts like Dr. Maura Conway, Dr. Ashton Kingdon, and Dr. Cathrine Thorleifsson. 🧠 Apply now! ⏳ #OnlineExtremism #PhDSummerSchool www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

New to VOX-Pol? Check out our fully searchable Online Library, now with links to 2,200+ articles, chapters, theses, Blog posts, etc. focused on all aspects of online extremism and terrorism.

For anyone interested in the study of #extremism, #terrorism, and other related issues, you should absolutely follow the Vox-Pol network. The open-source resources they provide are as useful as they are extensive.

Thanks to all our new followers! Please help us to spread the word about our new Bluesky account widely by mentioning it on the 'bird platform,' LinkedIn, and any other platform you're active on.

Hello @vox-pol.bsky.social ! Great to see you here. Anyone interested in cutting edge online extremism research, do give them a follow! 💻 voxpol.eu

@vox-pol.bsky.social has found a new home here! Definitely worth a follow for anyone interested in online extremism research.