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Arthur Bradley

@abrad.bsky.social

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Independent specialist in open-source investigations, OSINT, terrorist/violent extremist use of online platforms

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Alex Morss 🦇🏴‍☠️♾️ @alexmorss.bsky.social · Sep 8

#Banksy has just paid a visit to the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

🎯

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Jul 31

"According to [cybersecurity firm] CHEQ, a whopping 75.85 percent of traffic from X to its advertising clients' websites during the weekend of the Super Bowl was fake."

mashable.com/article/x-tw...

The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests

These numbers are legitimately shocking.

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Aug 1

Check out the report here: voxpol.eu/wp-content/u...

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Aug 1

/6 Out of curiosity and given the attention in the UK right now on age verification, I accessed 15 gore sites yesterday from my own list, from a UK IP address. Aside from some having a tick box confirming you are 18, none of them had any form of age verification in place.

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Aug 1

5/ In the UK alone, the most visited gore-related websites receive up to 334,000 visits per month

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Aug 1

4/ Violent misogynists, including incels, are viewing content depicting violence against women on gore sites. A popular incel forum has 2,000+ posts directing users to gore-related websites, some of which advertised purchasable folders of videos of women being murdered.

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Aug 1

3/ Many of the sites enable straightforward downloads of illegal content, feeding its proliferation across social media and the rest of the mainstream internet

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Aug 1

2/ There is a general lack of safety mechanisms on these sites, and illegal content on them can easily be discovered via mainstream search engines

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Aug 1

1/ Analysis of 24 gore-related sites found 12,000+ terrorist images and videos, particularly Islamic State propaganda and right-wing terrorist attack footage.

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Aug 1

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:

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 23

UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks

https://www.ft.com/content/0fb7a268-1bf6-4faf-ac60-67c53ddf1e62

UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks

Counterterrorism police looking into fires at properties connected to prime minister keep open mind about motive

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Apr 15

Both Bitchute and Gab this week have withdrawn from the UK in response to obligations placed on them under the Online Safety Act

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Mar 31

Former neo-Nazi says he was deradicalised by raves and house music

Former Neo-Nazi Hate Group Leader Says He Was "Deradicalized" by Raves and House Music

Arno Michaelis credits the inclusive atmosphere of 1990s Chicago rave culture for his transformation from hate group member to anti-extremism advocate.

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Mar 7

US man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami

Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami

Victims reportedly posted ‘death to Arabs’ on social media after shooting while suspect held on attempted murder charges

www.theguardian.com

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VOX-Pol @vox-pol.bsky.social · Mar 5

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.

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Feb 6

A judge has awarded control of Proud Boys' trademark to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, effectively banning the group from selling any merchandise bearing its name or symbols without the church's permission. The church was the victim of vandalism by PB in 2020

Black church in D.C. that was vandalized by the Proud Boys gains control over the group's trademark

D.C. Superior Court granted rights to the trademark of the group’s name to Metropolitan AME Church.

www.nbcnews.com

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Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · Jan 15

Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend the UK launch of US climate denial group British arm of Heartland, which has taken oil and Republican funding, which is to be led by ex-Ukip head Lois Perry

Farage and Truss attend UK launch of US climate denial group

British arm of Heartland, which has taken fossil and Republican funding, to be led by ex-Ukip head Lois Perry

www.theguardian.com

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Jan 14

US State Department announces designation of the Terrorgram Collective and three of its leaders (individuals based in Brazil, Croatia and South Africa respectively) as SDGT

Terrorist Designations of The Terrorgram Collective and Three Leaders - United States Department of State

The United States remains deeply concerned about the racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide and committed to countering transnational components of violent white s...

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Io Dodds 🌘🏳️‍⚧️♾️ @iododds.bsky.social · Jan 7

Meta: "We've never wanted to be arbiters of truth."

Also Meta: "We will decide whether your race science claims are 'unsupported' or not."

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Io Dodds 🌘🏳️‍⚧️♾️ @iododds.bsky.social · Jan 7

On which note, clock this.

Old rules banned claims of "inferiority" based on "intellectual capacity"

New ones ban "unsupported comparisons between PC groups on the basis of inherent intellectual capacity."

Sorry, what does "unsupported" mean? Is race science OK now if you chuck in a dodgy chart?

Screenshot showing deletions and additions.

DELETED:
Mental characteristics are defined as those about:
Intellectual capacity, including but not limited to: dumb, stupid, idiots.
Education, including but not limited to: illiterate, uneducated.
Mental health, including but not limited to: mentally ill, retarded, crazy, insane.

DELETED: Moral characteristics are defined as those about:
Character traits culturally perceived as negative, including but not limited to: coward, liar, arrogant, ignorant.
Derogatory terms related to sexual activity, including but not limited to: whore, slut, perverts.

ADDED: Character, including but not limited to allegations of cowardice, dishonesty, basic criminality, and sexual promiscuity or other sexual immorality.
Mental characteristics, including but not limited to allegations of stupidity, intellectual capacity, and mental illness, and unsupported comparisons between PC groups on the basis of inherent intellectual capacity. We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like “weird.”
Other areas, including but not limited to allegations of worthlessness, uselessness, ugliness, dirtiness.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Jan 7

A less discussed aspect of normalization of the far right is the attacks on anyone using pre-normalization assessments and terminology.

This has been going on for over a decade, in Europe and the U.S., where the term “far right” is being squeezed tighter and tighter until it only refers to Nazis.

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Gregory Davis @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social · Jan 6

🚨 New from me 🚨

Andrew McIntyre, the creator of the notorious 'Southport Wake Up' Telegram chat, has now been sentenced to 7 1/2 years for his role in stoking the riots in August.

Read on for the full story of how @hopenothate.org.uk brought him to justice:

🧵⬇️

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Jan 6

An IDF soldier reportedly sought refuge in Argentina to evade arrest warrant for suspected war crimes in Gaza m.jpost.com/internationa...

Israeli flees Brazil to Argentina to avoid 'war crimes' arrest warrant

The HRF accused the Israeli soldier of "participating in massive demolitions of civilian homes in Gaza during a systematic campaign of destruction."

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Dec 19

Ha that feels like another lifetime @mattkriner.bsky.social

Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social · Dec 18

Members of Werwolf Division, an Italian neo-Nazi group disrupted by police on 4 December, reportedly attempted to make contact with Hamas as part of an intention to mount anti-Semitic attacks. The group had also discussed assassinating Giorgia Meloni. It had a firearms training camp near Bologna

L'ideologo, il concorrente di Bonolis, il tenore e tutti gli altri. Chi sono i "lupi mannari"

Dalle carte dell'inchiesta bolognese sulla Werwolf Division, la fotografia dell'ultradestra pronta ad attentare alla premier Meloni e a reclutare anche 14enni

www.bolognatoday.it

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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · Aug 20

Last Monday, Turkey became the latest country to be targeted by the tidal wave of far-right terrorism, by an attacker seemingly inspired by the Atomwaffen Division and other neo-Nazi predecessors.

Excellent summary by @abrad.bsky.social in GNET. gnet-research.org/2024/08/16/d...

“Dead society”: Tracing the Online Dimension of a Militant Accelerationist-Inspired Attack in Turkey

gnet-research.org