ONLINE | ITV News and GPAHE uncovered extremist content on Roblox — a platform for kids as young as seven. They found games simulating mosque shootings, school attacks, and white nationalist propaganda, with players bragging about giving a “taste of white nationalism.” apple.news/A89OP4phcQz2...

A battle over extremism - MAGA movement plunges into its own civil war. Good stuff. apple.news/AUuY7isgdTeO...

White supremacist groups pose a growing threat. Interviews with 15 former members show people stay not just for ideology but for belonging, importance, empowerment, and emotional intensity. We must offer prosocial ways to meet these needs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Neil Basu, the former head of UK counter-terrorism policing, has warned of a "disturbing" escalation in global white supremacist networks. apple.news/AHw4hSKLsQZ-...

Ireland’s media regulator is probing content moderation policies on the social media platform X.

On 8 July, 2025, Grok began posting content praising Adolf Hitler, antisemitic stereotypes, and referring to itself as “MechaHitler”. Before these concerns on X, Gab’s AI bot had been observed generating Holocaust denial and other conspiracy theorist content. crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/tech...

Trump strategy to divide the world between the ‘good right’ and ‘bad left’. It makes no sense unless you see it in the light of blackening the name of anyone with centre left or progressive views

✊ We are hiring! The HOPE not hate team is growing and we’re looking to recruit for the following roles: • Investigative Journalist (Europe) • Community Tensions Researcher Find out more and apply here: hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...

Younger Spaniards are increasingly turning to the right-wing populist party. The survey found 29 per cent of Vox voters were aged 18-24, whereas only 9.9 per cent were aged over 65. apple.news/AVASepIGJQ46...

Historically, terrorism has been defined as violence to further an ideological goal. Under Trump, protestors and activists to progressive donors and politicians have been cast as terrorists even when there’s no evidence to back their involvement in violent acts. inkstickmedia.com/trumps-terro...

In March, the FBI issued a public service announcement warning of "violent online networks," such as 764 and CVLT, that target minors and other vulnerable individuals.

A Cuban immigrant held in a Torrance County immigrant detention center faces a key court hearing Thursday without what he described as crucial legal documents to help him avoid deportation. "If I go back to Cuba, my life will be in danger,” he said. buff.ly/VyxZZPZ

In recent years, a network of well-funded conservative organisations has driven a coordinated campaign to roll back LGBTQ+ rights under the guise of “religious freedom,” “parental rights,” and “protecting children.” What? Who are these people? It’s this lot… apple.news/Arahd0ap3QW-...

Earlier this year, Active Club England had at least 100 members and eight chapters across the UK, though numbers are now likely to be higher.

Worth a read.. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

JPICT are very excited to announce our latest Call for Papers, a series of forum publications under the theme "Upheaval: Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism in a Changing World." We welcome short papers designed to foster a dynamic conversation ➡️ think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

🚨On Halloween, ‘concerned citizens’ in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, shot fireworks at a hotel housing asylum seekers and encouraged residents to commit suicide during a protest, showing the ugly face of anti-migrant hate.⬇️

UK | The danger lies not only in the far right’s new ability to organise but in the climate that sustains it - a politics of grievance, an online world of fury, and public debates where the language of extremism, to some, doesn’t always sound so out of place. apple.news/Ad0xvJHFMT42...

Epping Council lost High Court bid to block asylum seekers being housed in the Bell. Noting the council offered no evidence to back claims that asylum seekers are more likely to commit crime - the beak said: “There is no such evidence before the court”. Exactly. apple.news/AsShD5LdoSRm...

I wish I was making this up.. A new far-right francophone political party named after US President Donald Trump has been launched in Belgium. apple.news/AZmiUt8jNRWS...

“One group with 50k+ followers even pledges to “hunt down Muslims,” draped in Christian imagery”. Moses wept.

“Violent innocence” captures how systems cause harm while insisting it’s out of their hands. The last shutdown proved it: officials claimed helplessness, but legal experts & past actions showed SNAP funding could’ve stayed open. www.linkedin.com/posts/drrobw...

This framework emphasises the multicausal, socially embedded, and psychological interactions that shape radicalisation. pt.icct.nl/article/beyo...

British Muslims — especially women and young people — are feeling increasingly unsafe as hostility and racism grow across the UK, warns Akeela Ahmed, CEO of the British Muslim Trust (BMT).

Data released this week shows that a record number of referrals were made to Prevent in the year to March 2025. The majority of referrals were made for individuals who had “no identified ideology.”

Katie Lam wants to retroactively revoke permanent residency for legal UK residents—potentially deporting 4–7% of the population. Even by far-right standards, this is extreme. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

BREAKING | Irish authorities have charged two men with possession of explosives in relation to an alleged planned terrorist attack by a far-right extremist group. apple.news/AYZnUe7ZXQMO...

Extreme right-wing concerns accounted for 21 per cent of PREVENT referrals in the year to March 2025, surpassing Islamist extremism at 10 per cent, while the largest proportion (56 per cent) fell under the 'no ideology' category. apple.news/AN_iH8_6yS1y...

We’ve been conducting similar research with the same concerning results.

ONLINE | A Sky News investigation sought to track the balance of political conversation on X, and assess whether the social media platform's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content to users in the UK. news.sky.com/story/how-sk...

Result. More to do.

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani was elected on Tuesday as the 111th mayor of New York City, defeating the former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and making history as the city’s first Muslim mayor. apple.news/ArgcJelBVS-O...

Pleased to successfully vote against Nigel Farage’s Bill to pull Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights. The ECHR reflects British values of fairness and decency - not something to be discarded for political headlines.

The Pentagon unveiled a new press corps last month, consisting largely of far-right media publications, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, and LindellTV — MyPillow founder Mike Lindell — along with independent journalists and online influencers. apple.news/A8cUlNZn7QpG...

More than two million households living under Reform-run councils face tax rises of £127 million next year, despite promises to bring down bills. apple.news/AfWeYFvGSQpi...

A young man reveals how, as a lonely teen, he was sucked into 'red pill' thinking - and the turning point that changed his views on feminism and immigration. apple.news/AaQZLG7SeQ36...

A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Conservatives because he had become “uncomfortable” with the party’s policies. apple.news/A5Ag4G5qbSZG...

LATEST | A 32-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the Huntingdon train knife attack is now being treated as the only suspect, British Transport Police (BTP) said. The man, from Peterborough, boarded the train at Peterborough station.

UPDATE | Supt John Loveless said the two suspects were both British nationals and remain in police custody. Both suspects were born in the UK and have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

LATEST | Nine people are fighting for their lives in hospital after a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday.

BREAKING | Two people have been arrested after a number of people were stabbed on a train to a Cambridgeshire town, police have said. www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/nationa...

ONLINE | Researchers located a propaganda video on X advertising UK-based white supremacist Active Club chapters that received over 300,000 views. The Telegram user who made the video encouraged others to give the X video a signal boost. www.counterextremism.com/press/extrem...

NEWS | The playbook: Extremist rhetoric is given an outsized platform through manipulative and toxic social media platforms, racist violence spreads. We see their public rhetoric move to the right, giving credence to extreme beliefs of fringe FRE. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Not true. What is true is YOU voting for Reform brings with it stuff you don’t really want. Use your voting powers for good.

USA | At a time when masked agents of the state act with impunity, emboldened neo-Nazi groups march in the streets, and one institution after another legitimizes authoritarian consolidation, there’s a need for unflinching reporting to hold these forces to account. apple.news/AFC8rGM0xTEa...

Pochin's complaint about ads "full of black people, full of Asian people" isn't a "poor phrasing" issue. It's racism. End of. apple.news/AUi4f0Us4SiS...

They may take our lives; but they will never take us seriously. Mel Gibson angers far-right groups with latest casting decision. apple.news/ALzRlSeHpTIu...

RESEARCH | What are the implications of US President Donald Trump's designation of Antifa as a domestic terrorist organisation, and what are the possible consequences for counter-terrorism measures in Europe? www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo...

ANALYSIS | Through interviews with former jihadists, recruiters, and peers, the study also sheds light on recruitment strategies and risks posed when fighters return home from conflict zones. www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo...

Clients say they are coming in only out of discretion – they are still racist, but don’t want their co-workers to know.. apple.news/AUJEwVJFLS16...