⚠️ INCIDENT RESPONSE ACTIVATED Tech Against Terrorism has activated its Incident Response Process following today’s attack at Uspenskaya Secondary School in Moscow Our team is actively monitoring for terrorist and violent extremist content related to this incident and is alerting relevant platforms

✍️ NEW BLOG POST | ISKP’s Online and Militant Operations are Inextricably Linked We’re excited to launch our blog series, which will showcase insights from TAT experts and leading voices in the field Lucas Webber, a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at TAT, writes our first post: bit.ly/TATbpsb1lw

💻 Webinar | Under the Umbrella: The Significance of Unofficial Media Outlets in Terrorists' Use of the Internet The webinar will explore the proliferation of unofficial VI propaganda outlets and how such networks exploit social media, encrypted applications, and TOWs Register here: bit.ly/UtUTSUM

🎙️ NEW EPISODE | The Evolution of the Islamic State: From Regional Force to Global Threat In this episode, Lucas Webber is joined by Aaron Zelin to chart how IS expanded beyond the Middle East, using technology, propaganda, and local affiliates to spread its ideology globally Listen: bit.ly/tat4e7x

🎙️ NEW EPISODE | The Dark Side of Drone Tech: How Extremists Are Exploiting UAVs Don Rassler joins Lucas Webber to discuss how terrorist organisations are using drones, the evolving threat landscape, and the countermeasures being developed to mitigate these risks. Link: bit.ly/tat4e5

📝 Would you like to write for Tech Against Terrorism? Whether you are an academic, independent researcher, or a professional with an institutional affiliation we want to hear from you! Click here to submit your proposal: lnkd.in/dagzWsaB

📰 IN THE NEWS | Pakistan's Arrest Of Islamic State Operative Read Lucas Webber's (Senior Intelligence Analyst at Tech Against Terrorism) insights on @rferl.org.web.brid.gy here: www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-a...

Don't miss out on our upcoming webinar! 👉 2025 Online Threat Landscape: Forecasting Terrorism and Violent Extremism Trends. 📅 Date: Thursday, 6 March 2025 ⏰ Time: 1530 GMT | 1630 CET | 0730 PT More info here: techagainstterrorism.org/events/webin...

🇫🇷 Join us in Lille for the Trust & Safety #InCyberForum! Click the link for more info: trust-safety.forum-incyber.com Click the link to register for our workshops: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎙️ NEW EPISODE | Game On: How Simulations are Enhancing Counter-Terrorism Responses In this episode, Lucas Webber is joined by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Eleanor Ross of Valens Games They discuss how immersive wargames are shaping the future of counterterrorism training Listen here: bit.ly/tat4e4

📰 Would you like to join the Tech Against Terrorism team? We are currently looking for a Press and Strategic Engagement Lead. Click here for more info: app.screenloop.com/careers/quan...

🎙️ NEW EPISODE | The Rise of Jihadism in Central Asia Lucas Webber is joined by @pannierb.bsky.social to map the history of terrorism in Central Asia They explore: 💡 The origins of jihadism in Central Asia 💡 The rise of ISKP 💡 The impact of the Assad government’s fall Listen here: bit.ly/TATep3

🎙️ How New Technologies Are Fueling Terrorism Have you tuned in to our podcast episode with @colinpclarke.bsky.social & Clara Broekaert? Find out: 🔎 How terrorists are using 3D printers 🔎 Why quantum computing poses an underestimated risk 🔎 The truth about AI misuse by terrorists bit.ly/TATep2

🎙️ NEW EPISODE | How New Technologies Are Fueling Terrorism Lucas Webber is joined by experts @colinpclarke.bsky.social and Clara Broekaert to explore how emerging technologies are transforming the threat landscape and what’s next on the horizon Listen here: bit.ly/TATep2

📻 This morning, our Executive Director joined BBC Radio 5 to discuss pressing issues surrounding online radicalisation, the Southport attack, and the urgent need for stricter regulations on weapon sales online. Listen to the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGDG...

Davos calling. And yes, this is real. From Idlib to Davos in 6 weeks 🤯

➡️ “The Islamic State has aggressively and persistently leveraged hostile sentiments stirred up by the Israeli military response to Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack and the subsequent prolonged conflict" Read our latest interview on @theguardian.com here: bit.ly/42k3Iv8

💰 How do terrorist organisations raise, store and transfer finances? To find out, listen to our latest podcast episode "Disrupting Terrorist Financing in the Digital Age" featuring Dr Jessica Davis (President and Principal Consultant at Insight Threat Intelligence. Listen here: bit.ly/3ClX6Sj

Highlights: Caretaker government breaks up first Islamic State cell since fall of regime, Ahmad al-Shar'a meets delegations from Oman and Lebanon, Syrian caretaker FM travels to Saudi Arabia again, among other things

ISIS supporters report new wave of Telegram channel & account deletions totaling several thousand over past 2 days. In latest purge, Telegram Messenger removed a resurgent network targeted earlier this year, as well as core Islamic State channels active for several years

🎙️ NEW EPISODE | Disrupting Terrorist Financing in the Digital Age Introducing Season 4 of the Tech Against Terrorism Podcast! Join Lucas Webber in conversation with the internationally renowned terrorism finance expert Dr Jessica Davis Listen here: bit.ly/TAT4ep1

🔊 ANNOUNCEMENT | Season 4 of our podcast launches tomorrow! Join us as we speak to the world’s leading experts in this field to uncover the latest insights, research, and strategies for tackling online extremism Press play to listen to a snippet of Episode 1 featuring Dr Jessica Davis ⤵️

📰 IN THE NEWS | Deadly New Orleans attack underscores looming threat of IS attacks in the US Lucas Webber, our senior threat intelligence analyst, shared his insights with The Guardian about the potential threat posed by IS to the US Read the full article here: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks show stark media bias: Jabbar's act labeled terrorism, Livelsberger's a "mental health tragedy." Our research finds Muslim-perpetrated attacks receive more coverage and are more often framed as ideological. Full paper: pt.icct.nl/article/unco...

To be fair to Meta these bots have been around for some time without there being many issues. Perhaps best to get ahead and set good standards. Question is: what are those standards and how can we encourage all platforms to adopt a common approach to GenAI profiles?

GenerativeAI is potentially a game-changer for content moderation - deploying it cost-effectively is the biggest challenge! More generally SaaS products that integrate GenAI are going to struggle with passing on the variable costs associated with features enhanced by LLMs

My first post for 2025: extended interview w/a person from al-Zabadani who served in IRGC & Hezbollah-backed Syrian formations known as the 'Forces of the Friends'. Topics discussed include motives for signing up,service conditions,relations w/4th Division www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/the-irgc-a...

Check out my new article with Ilana Winter for @washinstitute.bsky.social: "Analyzing One Year of the Islamic State Worldwide Activity Map Data" www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

🗞️ NEW Article | Beyond Content Moderation: The Urgent Need to Stop Terrorist-Operated Websites "But what's most concerning isn't just the volume of content—it's how terrorist organisations are transforming from internet users into infrastructure operators." techagainstterrorism.org/news/beyond-...

📰 Press Release | New Orleans Attack Underscores Critical Need to Strengthen Global Counterterrorism Capabilities Following the attack in New Orleans, Tech Against Terrorism highlights the need for enhanced counterterrorism resources Read our analysis: techagainstterrorism.org/news/new-orl...

✍️ What does the term 'Media Jihad' mean? We are revisiting some of our top podcast episodes this year Joined by Lucas Webber, we unpacked the term “media Jihad” to understand the role of pro-IS online networks in waging its propaganda war Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1684819/epis...

⚠️ How Do Terrorists Fail? We are revisiting some of this year's top episodes of our podcast In this episode, Lizzie Dearden joins us to explore two cases of youth online radicalisation and discuss ways to prevent similar incidents in the future Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1684819/epis...

🎙️ What is White Jihadism? We are revisiting some of this year's top episodes of our podcast In this episode with Dr Federico Borgonovo, we investigated the term ‘White Jihad,’ the seemingly paradoxical interaction between white supremacy and Jihadism online Listen here: lnkd.in/dB9R88dq

🚨 Disrupting Terrorism Online in 2024 As the year draws to a close, our team has taken time to reflect on our impact and to highlight our most significant achievements. Read the full review of our work in 2024: lnkd.in/dEbSRme9 #Counterterrorism #OSINT #CapacityBuilding #2024Highlights

Recommended reading Human rights & online counterterrorism toolkit from @techvsterrorism.bsky.social ksp.techagainstterrorism.org/knowledgebas...

🚨 Would you like to know more about our Terrorist Content Analytics Platform (TCAP)? Launched in November 2020, the TCAP seeks to disrupt terrorist use of the internet by facilitating the quick and accurate removal of terrorist content.

🌐 Join us for our session today at the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) Internet Governance Forum! 📅 Monday, 16 December 2024 🕘 09:00-10:00 EDT | 14:00 - 15:00 GMT Click here for more info: igf2024.sched.com/event/1sWkQ/... #igf2024

I recently gave a talk at the Arab Council for the Social Sciences on optical character recognition for historical documents in Arabic. It's now available on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG6t...

In a way we were also inspired by Pieter's monitoring, who for almost 2 years had been grimly reporting on the significant increase of anything jihadist related. That was easily visible on te map with black and red dots everywhere @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social www.counterextremism.com/blog/cep-kas...

Unfortunately we have learned over the years that whatever empowers the many to express themselves freely also eventually also empowers bad actors to exploit the internet for their own purposes. We have to remain hopeful about humanity but also realistic about how the worst in society behave.

Have you heard of our Human Rights Toolkit? This resource: 📝 Translates Human Rights into Digital Rights 👉 Clarifies Platforms’ Human Rights Duties 🌐 Embeds Online Counterterrorism Policies within a Human Rights Framework And more! Access it here: bit.ly/44aPlXi

📝 Explainer | Terrorist Operated Websites. Since 2021 we’ve tracked 300+ terrorist websites. These sites thrive due to minimal oversight and gaps in international action, they appeal to threat actors because they:

🇨🇦 Tech Against Terrorism calls for digital action against the Houthis following Canadian designation. 📝 This designation underscores the urgent need for coordinated & decisive action to disrupt the group’s significant online presence. Read more here: techagainstterrorism.org/news/tech-ag...

Have you listened to our Tech Against Terrorism Podcast? Here is our 2024 wrapped: 🎙️ 13 new episodes published, with over 457 minutes of content. 📂 22,476 yearly downloads, with over 60,245 all-time downloads. 🌐 Listeners across 148 countries. Tune in here: podcast.techagainstterrorism.org

🇦🇺 Are you an experienced OSINT professional based in Australia? We are seeking a skilled Threat Intelligence Analyst to join our team. This remote role involves investigating terrorist and extremist use of the internet and supporting our 24/7 crisis alerting system. More info: shorturl.at/02MfJ