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Institute for Countering Digital Extremism @icde.bsky.social · Jun 25

ICDE's Executive Director @mattkriner.bsky.social is testifying for the Crown today in the sentencing hearing for Atomwaffen's "Dark Foreigner."

Follow @antihate.ca for updates.

Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · Jun 25

🚨 1/ IN COURT: The sentencing for Patrick Macdonald, better known as the Dark Foreigner, and a propagandist for the terrorist group Atomwaffen, has begun.

Follow along here for important updates.

Read our coverage of Macdonald’s trial where he was found guilty here:

Atomwaffen Division Propagandist Patrick Macdonald Found Guilty on All Charges

The maximum sentence for one of Patrick Macdonald’s charges includes life in prison.

www.antihate.ca

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Amy Cooter, Ph.D. @amycooter.bsky.social · Apr 4

Such an important issue that many people still have never heard of.

If you have kids in your life, please, please talk to them about best practices online. Help them understand signs of exploitation and manipulation, and let them know you're a safe landing space no matter what.

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism @icde.bsky.social · Apr 4

Very encouraging news to wrap the week. The DOJ announced yet another arrest in their campaign to hold members of the 764 network accountable for their crimes.

764 is a nihilistic violent extremist network that preys on our kids.

San Fernando Valley Man Arrested for Allegedly Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material Tied to Online Violent Network Known as ‘764’

A California man was arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging that he targeted children for sexual exploitation online as part of his role in an online violent network that seeks to accelerat...

www.justice.gov

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 26

If you want to learn more, visit www.counteringextremism.org and consider donating!

www.every.org/icde

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism | Every.org

A non-profit think tank dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

www.every.org

Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 26

It is precisely these threats that led myself and Dr. Amy Cooter to co-found @icde.bsky.social this year. While the Terrorgram Collective may have fallen, the next threat is just beginning and we are determined to marshal all resources and stakeholders to get ahead of it.

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 26

Terrorgram's Saints Culture, which created these attackers, will persist into the future & generate even more violent events.

Even today, as you read this message, young impressionable boys & girls are being groomed into a cult of hatred and misanthropy and ultimately carry out their own attack.

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 26

The militant accelerationism movement produces some of the most antisemitic and xenophobic propaganda materials ever produced.

They have redefined how radicalization dynamics online occur, driving a trend defined by youth organizers (some as young as 13!), propaganda creators, and perpetrators.

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 26

For years I have led the @arcglobal.bsky.social as our research fellows dug into the Terrorgram ecosystem & Terrorgram Collective.

From Christchurch to Poway to Buffalo to Bratislava, many communities have been afflicted by militant accelerationism terror, which we have tracked and analyzed.

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 26

I am deeply honored to have been part of AC Thompson and James Bandler's recent investigative reporting and the PBS Frontline documentary: The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram.

It is a crucial examination of a highly dangerous global terrorism movement.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram | FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate how an online network known as Terrorgram spread extremism and violence.

www.pbs.org

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 19

If you want to better understand why Amy and I co-founded ICDE, then this thread is worth your time.

Promise.

Amy Cooter, Ph.D. @amycooter.bsky.social · Mar 18

I'm thrilled to announce my new position as Deputy Director (and cofounder!) of ICDE.

As promised earlier, I'm sharing a bit more detail in this thread.

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism @icde.bsky.social · Mar 18

📢 Announcing the launch of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism (ICDE)!

📢 ICDE is a non-profit think tank and consulting group dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

Learn more at www.counteringextremism.org

Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 19

a man with a beard is smoking a cigarette in a car and says `` the two best friends that anyone can have ''

ALT: a man with a beard is smoking a cigarette in a car and says `` the two best friends that anyone can have ''

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 18

Couldn't think of a better colleague and friend to run an organization with!

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Amy Cooter, Ph.D. @amycooter.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thrilled to announce my new position as Deputy Director (and cofounder!) of ICDE.

More later!

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism @icde.bsky.social · Mar 18

📢 Announcing the launch of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism (ICDE)!

📢 ICDE is a non-profit think tank and consulting group dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

Learn more at www.counteringextremism.org

The Institute for Countering Digital Extremism

ICDE is a non-profit think tank and consulting group dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

www.counteringextremism.org

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 18

Also quite excited to announce that @arcglobal.bsky.social will permanently be housed out of @icde.bsky.social!

Lots of big changes in the works. Stay tuned!

Accelerationism Research Consortium @arcglobal.bsky.social · Mar 18

ARC has a permanent home! 🙌

As an initiative of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism, ARC will contribute to the ICDE mission of countering violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

Be sure to follow @icde.bsky.social and spread the word!

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism @icde.bsky.social · Mar 18

📢 Announcing the launch of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism (ICDE)!

📢 ICDE is a non-profit think tank and consulting group dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

Learn more at www.counteringextremism.org

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 18

For weeks now terrorism researchers have anticipated this moment would come. Now that it's here it's almost impossible to over state the impact this will have on American, actually global, safety from terrorist violence.

This only puts Americans and our allies (those we have left) at greater risk

John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · Mar 18

NIJ, Minerva, and now DHS.

Terrorism research portfolios gone. Just wiped out.

Years of progress, years of partnerships, years of producing actionable knowledge to make communities safer just down the toilet.

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thanks, Paul!

Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 18

And if you're following the news on US Federal grants being axed left and right, please take a moment to consider donating to our new organization!

www.every.org/icde

Institute for Countering Digital Extremism | Every.org

A non-profit think tank dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

www.every.org

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 18

📢 I am beyond excited to announce that @amycooter.bsky.social and I have co-founded @icde.bsky.social 📢

ICDE is a non-profit think tank dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

Follow us and learn more at www.counteringextremism.org

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 18

Really sorry to hear this John.

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Accelerationism Research Consortium @arcglobal.bsky.social · Mar 15

Excellent work from 3 ARC fellows!

Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com · Mar 15

In reading the court records for the Jack Rocker 764 case, and found that Exhibit B was our ( @mbtyler.bsky.social and Barrett) GNET article on 764

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 14

Couldn’t agree more Craig! Which is why @amycooter.bsky.social and I co-founded @icde.bsky.social and
www.counteringextremism.org this year.

But that exact mission of combatting online harms and protecting society from digital-based terrorist threats is now at great risk with USG funding gone.

The Institute for Countering Digital Extremism

ICDE is a non-profit think tank and consulting group dedicated to combating violent extremism and advancing counterterrorism strategies in the digital age.

Counteringextremism.org

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Amy Cooter, Ph.D. @amycooter.bsky.social · Mar 14

Future lists of social and institutional steps on the pathway to genocide Must include organizations that analyze and fight extremism abandoning their mission and endorsing other steps on that list.

It's stunning and disgusting and just plain painful, and not enough people are speaking out,

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 10

Key takeaways:
- The nature of radicalization is changing
- More online than ever before
- Age is younger (13-18)
- Racial & gender representation increasing in historically white male trend
- 764 & TCC increasingly linked to perpetrators' radicalization
- Misanthropy and nihilism overrepresented

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Matt Kriner @mattkriner.bsky.social · Mar 10

A new piece out today from the incredible @oyousef.bsky.social looking at new radicalization patterns in school shootings in the US.

With comments from me speaking to insights generated by the amazing @arcglobal.bsky.social team!

www.npr.org/2025/03/08/n...

Experts warn that recent school shootings show growth in new radicalization pattern

Some researchers say these recent attacks are examples of "nonideological" terrorism — the result of several antisocial, decentralized, online networks coming together.

www.npr.org

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · Feb 28

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Feb 26

Anyone want to bet that no one looks at the email responses that Musk asked for ?

It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI

He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.

If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.

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