This article - on how Muslims involved in street life and crime construct and relate to the social identity of the jihadist - looks well worth a read!

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🚀 VOX-Pol Institute webinar on Chatbots & Extremism 🚀

14 October, 15:00 to 16:00 (UK time)

- Do extremist actors misuse chatbots?
- What policies and safety mechanisms are deployed by tech platforms?
- How can chatbots be used proactively in P/CVE?

To attend, please email [email protected]

⚡ Final hours. Extremists won’t wait.
Curveballs. Consequences. Decisions under pressure.
This is it for those professionally tasked with countering extremist content.
Registration closes tonight. Munich, 8 - 9 Oct
Sign up → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac...
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🚨 The policy gap is real. The dilemmas are urgent.
This workshop puts those professionally tasked in the hot seat - curveballs, tough calls, consequences.
Munich, 8 - 9 Oct. Register by 3 Oct → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac...
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⚡ Policy is catching up. Extremists aren’t waiting.

That’s why we're bringing together those professionally tasked - academics, regulators, law enforcement, platforms.

Munich, 8 - 9 Oct. Don’t miss it →
www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac...

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💡 Closing gaps between extremist tactics and policy response.
Investigations, AI threats, resilience, real-time simulation.
Munich, 8-9 Oct → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac...
👥 Bring a colleague? Discounts via [email protected]
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🌐 Extremists exploit the lag between action & policy
In Munich (8-9 Oct), those professionally tasked with tackling extremist & terrorist content will face dilemmas, twists & curveballs together
🎟️ Limited discounts: [email protected]
Register by 3 Oct → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac...

🌍 When extremists go viral before policy can react - what’s your move?
Join those professionally tasked with the response in Munich, 8 - 9 Oct.
Details → www.voxpolinstitute.org/events-1/tac...
👥 Discounts if you bring a colleague - email [email protected].
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⚡ Extremists adapt faster than policy - can you keep up?

Two days in Munich (8 - 9 Oct) bringing together those professionally tasked with tackling violent extremism content online

👥 Discounts if you bring a colleague - email [email protected]

Further info & registration → lnkd.in/eCWijHaJ

Happening tomorrow! Our webinar on the changing nature of radicalisation online 👇

On 18th September, the VOX-Pol Institute will be teaming up with Institute for Countering Digital Extremism for a webinar on "The Changing Nature of Radicalization Online".

It will run from 9:00 – 10:00 (ET) / 14:00 – 15:00 (BST)

To register, please email: [email protected]

The call for papers & breakout sessions at the 2026 Terrorism and Social Media (TASM) Conference is now open!
Join 250+ researchers, policymakers, practitioners and tech professionals discuss pressing challenges and opportunities on online terrorism and extremism. Visit www.tasmconf.com for details

Short expert talks will be followed by a live Q&A and discussion. Open only to the tech sector, email [email protected] to attend

Join us for this insightful closed webinar that explores:
• How extremist actors might exploit chatbots—and how real these threats are
• The role of platform policies and safety tools in combating abuse
• The potential for chatbots to support countering and preventing violent extremism

🚨 Event Alert – 8 September 2025, 16:30 (London/Dublin time)

📣 VOX-Pol Institute presents: Chatbots and Extremism: Risks, Policies, and Opportunities

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If you would be interested in writing one of these entries for the encyclopaedia, please do get in touch. Entries should be 2,000 words long, with a deadline of 30th September.

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We have nine entries left to commission, on the following topics:

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On this week's Blog, Alice Sibley and @joshuabowes.bsky.social describe and discuss the ways in which UK far-right actors, including the Homeland Party and Britain First, are using X's Grok AI. voxpol.eu/exploiting-t...

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@bricksilk.bsky.social's report "Lessons for Prevent" has been published. Its important recommendations include that violence-fascinated individuals - with no particular ideology but the potential to commit acts similar to terrorism - should be accommodated within Prevent.