Online extremism is a unique challenge – terrorists use methods that can’t be captured by standard content moderation. So, what can we do about it?
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Buyers and sellers alike use this system to not get caught.
Most fact-checking focuses on social media, yet misinformation can also spread quickly through messaging apps like Whatsapp. Personalised push notifications – sent directly to your phone – could help.
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Citizens’ social media is a form of alternative media that challenges both mainstream media and right-wing propaganda.
Most Russians get their news from government-controlled television. But those who look to Telegram, an online platform, are more likely to have views that break from the official position.
The Russian Embassy in Canada is active in spreading disinformation and promoting the Russian perspective on the events taking place in Ukraine.
For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the app has been a key point-of-contact for communication with his own people and the rest of the world.
Canadians are increasingly turning to private messaging apps where COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories spread in an unregulated manner.
Encrypted messaging services like Telegram provide virtual dark corners where far-right extremists can recruit, organize and plan unhindered.
The hand that taps ‘remove from this group’ is the hand that rules the world.
Telegram enabled protesters in Hong Kong to evade surveillance, but a DDoS attack and the arrest of a group administrator undermined the ability of protesters to organise and communicate.
New research has tracked how quickly Twitter accounts linked to extremism are being suspended.
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Lecturer in Criminology & Sociology, University of Sussex
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Reader in Media and Politics, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of International Security, Dublin City University
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Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Lecturer, School of Media & Communication, University of Westminster, University of Westminster
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Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University, Canada
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Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of Global Studies, California State University, San Bernardino
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Associate Professor, News, Social Media, and Public Communication, Simon Fraser University
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Director of Policy & Research, Leadership Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Research Assistant on Technology, Cybersecurity & Democracy, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer in South East Asian Studies, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Charles Darwin University
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Ph.D. Student in Mass Communications, University of Florida
