ROOST in Review: A Look Back on 2025 #christchurchcall https://roost.tools/blog/roost-in-review-a-look-back-on-2025/ What We Shipped, What We’re Learning, and What’s NextAs 2025 winds to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on how far ROOST has come since we officially launched...

ROOST in Review: A Look Back on 2025 #christchurchcall https://roost.tools/blog/roost-in-review-a-look-back-on-2025/ What We Built, Where the Industry Stands, and Our Outlook for 2026As 2025 winds to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on how far ROOST has come since...

Visits to Gore Sites Driven by Searches for Graphic Footage of Charlie Kirk’s Death #christchurchcall https://voxpol.eu/gore-sites-violent-extremism-web-traffic/ By Human Digital Introduction Across the 10th and 11th September 2025, people seeking footage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk […]

Nihilistic Violence: Understanding Online Networks Obsessed With Harm #christchurchcall https://globalextremism.org/post/nihilistic-violence/ “Nihilistic violent extremism” is increasingly used to describe online networks obsessed with harm, infamy, and collapse. Groups tied to child […]

When Parked Domains Abuse the Domain Registration and Our Mitigation Processes Fail #christchurchcall https://digitalmedusa.org/when-parked-domains-abuse-the-domain-registration-and-our-mitigation-processes-fail/ In this blog I am going to talk about mitigation of DNS abuse in zero-click […]

Encryption Making Africa Safer: Internet Society Hosts Encryption Advocacy Workshop for African Civil Society #christchurchcall https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/encryption-making-africa-safer-internet-society-hosts-encryption-advocacy-workshop-for-african-civil-society/ In September […]

The state of the world in 2025 #christchurchcall https://jasonsteinhauer.substack.com/p/the-state-of-the-world-in-2025 An image of planet Earth generated by Google Gemini, December 25, 2025. Prompt by the author.In each of the past two years, I’ve begun this “State of the World” column with the […]

Judge grants temporary restraining order (TRO) slowing government’s unconstitutional attempt to arrest and expel Imran Ahmed from the United States #christchurchcall https://counterhate.com/blog/united-states-district-judge-granted-imran-ahmeds-temporary-restraining-order/ A United States […]

Statement on the unconstitutional attempt to arrest and expel Imran Ahmed from the United States #christchurchcall https://counterhate.com/blog/statement-on-the-unconstitutional-attempt-to-arrest-and-expel-imran-ahmed-from-the-united-states/ On Wednesday evening, CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed filed a […]

Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators #christchurchcall https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/24/us-state-department-visa-ban-former-eu-commissioner-europe State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress […]

‘Undermines free speech’: Labour MP hits back at US government over visa ban on UK campaigners #christchurchcall https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/24/undermines-free-speech-labour-mp-hits-back-at-us-government-over-visa-related-sanctions Chi Onwurah speaks out after Marco Rubio […]

NYTimes: They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship. #christchurchcall https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/business/europe-us-online-censorship-free-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1._E8.m2T9.bkT7mELS99o1∣=nytcore-android-share The Trump administration said five […]

The Latest Far-Right Rift: Rejecting ‘Third Worldism’ #christchurchcall https://voxpol.eu/the-latest-far-right-rift-rejecting-third-worldism/ By Kye Allen Introduction On 3 July, Constantin von Hoffmeister, then editor-in-chief of Arktos—the leading publisher of Eurasian, identitarian, and New […]

Bondi Beach: The hallmarks of an Islamic State attack #christchurchcall https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/bondi-beach-the-hallmarks-of-an-islamic-state-attack/ ISD analysis examines antisemitic threats, calls for violence and global IS-inspired attacks on Jewish, Christian and […]

How Kurds Became a Target of Organized Hate in Japan #christchurchcall https://www.csohate.org/2025/12/23/anti-kurd-hate-in-japan/

Moscow School Attacker Inspired by Far-Right Mass Murderers and the “Great Replacement” Conspiracy Theory #christchurchcall https://globalextremism.org/post/moscow-school-attacker/ A knife attack at a Moscow school that left a 10-year-old boy dead underscores the global reach of far-right […]

Hearing Unheard Moments and Thrive Capacity Building at MegaWeek #christchurchcall https://cpnprev.ca/s/Megaweek-2025-THRIVE-and-Hearing-Unheard-Moments-v2.pdf

2025 Unwrapped – Here’s What Happened to Online Safety This Year #christchurchcall https://counterhate.com/blog/2025-unwrapped-heres-what-happened-to-online-safety-this-year/ 2025 was still dawning when Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was making significant changes to Meta’s policies […]

Cutting a Hydra’s Head: Infrastructure-Level Content Moderation and the Case of Kiwi Farms #christchurchcall https://gnet-research.org/2025/12/23/cutting-a-hydras-head-infrastructure-level-content-moderation-and-the-case-of-kiwi-farms/ On 18 November 2025, the popular Content Delivery Network […]

Antisemitism across the extremes: A deep-dive on US-based violent online networks #christchurchcall https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/antisemitism-across-the-extremes-a-deep-dive-on-us-based-violent-online-networks/ New ISD research finds antisemitism rising across US extremist […]

As The Trump Administration Embraces Cryptocurrency, “Meme Coins” Spread Hate and Enrich Their Creators #christchurchcall https://globalextremism.org/post/meme-coins-spread-hate/ As the Trump administration signals closer ties to cryptocurrency, meme coins are increasingly becoming a lucrative […]

Interview with GNI Managing Director Elonnai Hickok #christchurchcall https://globalnetworkinitiative.org/interview-with-gni-managing-director-elonnai-hickok/ This interview originally appeared in GNI's Annual Report... Read more >

We’re proud to share an important milestone for ROOST: the formation of our… #christchurchcall https://bsky.app/profile/roost.tools/post/3mallnj6xv22i We’re proud to share an important milestone for ROOST: the formation of our inaugural Board of Directors! This Board brings together leaders […]

ROOST Welcomes Inaugural Board of Directors to Guide Mission and Long-Term Governance #christchurchcall https://roost.tools/blog/roost-welcomes-inaugural-board-of-directors-to-guide-mission-and-long-term-governance/ ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools) is proud to announce the formation of […]

Cosplaying Columbine: How Memetic Violence Transformed Southeast Asia’s Extremist Threat #christchurchcall https://gnet-research.org/2025/12/22/cosplaying-columbine-how-memetic-violence-transformed-southeast-asias-extremist-threat/ The 7 November 2025 attack at Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 72 […]

Tech Talks at Tech Prom 2025 #christchurchcall https://cdt.org/insights/tech-talks-at-tech-prom-2025/ Graphic for CDT’s podcast, entitled “CDT’s Tech Talks.” Hosted by Jamal Magby, and available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Dark grey text and app logos, as well as light […]

Le CCIF ne s’est pas « reconstitué en Belgique » #christchurchcall https://ccieurope.org/2025/12/19/le-ccif-ne-sest-pas-reconstitue-en-belgique/ Depuis la mise en ligne de notre page Facebook, plusieurs médias, français et belges, ont annoncé que le CCIF, auto-dissout en France le 29 octobre […]

What are algorithms and how do they make social media more harmful? #christchurchcall https://counterhate.com/blog/what-are-algorithms-and-how-do-they-make-social-media-more-harmful/ Social media platforms don’t work like they used to. When Facebook first introduced its News Feed feature in […]

Op-ed: Ask The Experts: Teaching Disability Rights and Technology in 2025 #christchurchcall https://cdt.org/insights/op-ed-ask-the-experts-teaching-disability-rights-and-technology-in-2025/ This op-ed – authored by CDT’s Ariana Aboulafia – first appeared in Tech Policy Press on December 19 […]

Op-ed: Surveillance Tech Heightens Chilling Effects for Disabled Protestors #christchurchcall https://cdt.org/insights/op-ed-surveillance-tech-heightens-chilling-effects-for-disabled-protestors/ This op-ed – authored by CDT’s Ariana Aboulafia – first appeared in Tech Policy Press on December 15 […]

Shaping the Road to the AI Impact Summit in India #christchurchcall https://globalnetworkinitiative.org/shaping-the-road-to-the-ai-impact-summit-in-india/ As artificial intelligence becomes a central pillar of global infrastructure, governance efforts have multiplied, shaping principles for […]

WSIS+20 Reaffirms Multistakeholder Governance and a Lasting IGF #christchurchcall https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/wsis20-reaffirms-multistakeholder-governance-and-a-lasting-igf/ The outcome document of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 review reaffirms a […]

Human Trafficking: Policy Gaps and the Way Forward #christchurchcall https://crric.org/human-trafficking-policy-gaps-and-the-way-forward/ By Adeola Ogunnoiki, PACS, University of ManitobaDate: Dec 14, 2025IntroductionDespite more than eight years of displacement and large-scale humanitarian aid […]

The Role of Law Enforcement, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Civil Society #christchurchcall https://crric.org/the-role-of-law-enforcement-non-governmental-organizations-and-civil-society/ By Adeola Ogunnoiki, PACS, University of ManitobaDate: Dec 1, 2025In the labyrinthine lanes of Cox’s […]

Exploitation in Exile: The Plight of Rohingya Women and Girls #christchurchcall https://crric.org/exploitation-in-exile-the-plight-of-rohingya-women-and-girls/ By Adeola Ogunnoiki, PACS, University of Manitoba Date: October 28, 2025 Exploitation in Exile: The Plight of Rohingya Women and Girls […]

The Push and Pull factors of Sex Trafficking and the Fight to Protect the Rohingya women and girls #christchurchcall https://crric.org/the-push-and-pull-factors-of-sex-trafficking-and-the-fight-to-protect-the-rohingya-women-and-girls/ By Adeola Ogunnoiki, PACS, University of ManitobaDate […]

Behind the Fences: Why Rohingya Girls Are Still Denied Education #christchurchcall https://crric.org/behind-the-fences-why-rohingya-girls-are-still-denied-education/ By Mubaraq Olayinka Ganiyu, PACS, University of Manitoba Date: October 22, 2025 Behind the Fences: Why Rohingya Girls Are Still […]

Civil society statement of solidarity with the Australian Jewish community #christchurchcall https://www.aman.net.au/civil-society-statement-of-solidarity-with-the-australian-jewish-community/ We stand in unwavering support of the Australian Jewish community following the horrific antisemitic […]

Online Age Restrictions Need Strong Rules and Independent Oversight #christchurchcall https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/online-age-restrictions-need-strong-rules-and-independent-oversight/ While often well-intentioned, age check requirements pose significant risks to people’s privacy […]

Three Days in Tallinn #christchurchcall https://interventionen.blog/2025/12/19/three-days-in-tallinn/ A Professional Counselling Approach in Tertiary Prevention By Alexander Sievers (Violence Prevention Network) From 29 September to 1 October, my colleague Julian Störmer and I travelled to […]

Statement from CEO, Imran Ahmed on the Sunset Section 230 Act #christchurchcall https://counterhate.com/blog/statement-from-ceo-imran-ahmed-on-the-sunset-section-230-act/ Imran Ahmed, Founder & CEO, Center for Countering Digital Hate: “All Americans should thank Senators Graham, Durbin […]

The trust-consensus paradox: why decentralized fact-checking faces challenges on polarizing topics #christchurchcall https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/the-trust-consensus-paradox-why-decentralized-fact-checking-faces-challenges-on-polarizing-topics/ The Dispatch analyzes Meta’s shift […]

Last week, something powerful happened. People from all around the trust an… #christchurchcall https://bsky.app/profile/roost.tools/post/3mabu57jti22h Last week, something powerful happened. People from all around the trust and safety community came together. We hosted the Open Safeguard […]

Open Collaboration in Action: Inside the Open Safeguard Hackathon #christchurchcall https://roost.tools/blog/open-collaboration-in-action-inside-the-open-safeguard-hackathon/ Last week, ROOST, Hugging Face, and OpenAI gathered the safety community together for a hackathon that reminded us […]

Participatory Memetic Violence: Legend, Ostension, and Ideologically Diffuse Violence #christchurchcall https://gnet-research.org/2025/12/18/participatory-memetic-violence-legend-ostension-and-ideologically-diffuse-violence/ Folk studies are not a source of analysis often used in the P/CVE […]

CyberPeace Builders Annual Report 2025 #christchurchcall https://cyberpeaceinstitute.org/news/cyberpeace-builders-annual-report-2025/ We are excited to share with you our 2025 CyberPeace Builders Annual Report. Key highlights for 2025 In 2025, the CyberPeace Builders program continued to grow […]

Project 2025 December 17th Update #christchurchcall https://globalextremism.org/post/project-2025-december-17th-update/ This week, we look at the Heritage Foundation’s accelerating credibility crisis, ICE agents arresting immigrants at their own green card interviews, and how enforcement terror […]

African States urged to strengthen women’s rights protections amid rising anti-gender pushback #christchurchcall https://equalitynow.org/news/press-releases/african-states-urged-to-strengthen-womens-rights-protections-amid-rising-anti-gender-pushback/ 18th December 2025 African States urged to […]

Progress and pushback: Gender equality in 2025 #christchurchcall https://equalitynow.org/news/news-and-insights/progress-and-pushback-gender-equality-in-2025/ 18th December 2025 Progress and pushback: Gender equality in 2025 17 min read Achieve legal equality Global Quick Links Overview […]

Chile’s Election Marks a Strategic Win for Transnational Anti-LGBTQ+ and Anti-Woman Networks #christchurchcall https://globalextremism.org/post/chiles-election/ José Antonio Kast’s election in Chile marks a strategic win for transnational anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-woman networks. Backed by groups […]