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Researching online extremist communities (Islamic State, AQ, white supremacy) | @GNET_research contributor | @TheARConsortium Fellow | I ♥️cats

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Joined November 2015
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1/5 I wonder if I spend too much time online but then there are interesting things like finding large amounts of AI-generated pro-IS visual propaganda! This @GNET_research article reviews a dataset consisting of this AI-enhanced/generated pro-IS content. gnet-research.org/2024/02/05…

AI Caliphate: The Creation of Pro-Islamic State Propaganda Using Generative AI 

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ProPublica
@propublicaOct 11
We scoured social media, court records and local stories for instances of immigration agents holding citizens against their will. The administration doesn’t track these cases. So we have. We’re sharing our database with you. projects.propublica.org/amer…

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in...

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administr...

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Seamus Hughes
@SeamusHughesOct 9
As a purely practical matter, having a video that can be sliced and diced by the jihadists of a terrorist in a wheelchair seen as their martyr being shot by the US on livestream may have unintended consequences
James Finn@rjamesfinnOct 8
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.” apnews.com/article/fort-hood…

Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

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Al-Qaeda has no publicly declared emir. Its de facto leader stays out of sight & now a man the US claimed was killed 7 years ago is back at center stage. Why? @hoffman_bruce & I examine what Hamza bin Laden can give al-Qaeda that Saif al-Adel cannot @smallwars shorturl.at/WI2Ek

Why Al-Qaeda Is Bringing Hamza bin Laden Back

Al-Qaeda revives Hamza bin Laden's image 25 years after 9/11, using the founder's legacy to bind a decentralized movement together.

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Aaron Y. Zelin
@azelinSep 9
The 9/11 attacks actually began two days beforehand with the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud It was conducted by two Tunisians. This is their story based on the research I did for my book on Tunisian jihadism washingtoninstitute.org/poli…

When Tunisians Fired the Start Gun for 9/11

A footnote in one decade of jihadist history can become a major mobilizer for terrorists and foreign fighters in subsequent years, and few cases illustrate this problem better than the Tunisian...

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Hassan I. Hassan
@hxhassanAug 31
How ISIS buries its money. Concrete ceilings, cement walls & ventilation pipes to keep the moisture out. An investigation by @SIRAJ_SYRIA & @newlinesmag obtained 200+ of the group's financial records & mapped 9 recoveries totaling more than $47 million newlinesmag.com/reportage/th…

The Buried Treasure Left Behind by the Islamic State

An exclusive joint investigation reveals how the group resorted to hiding its assets underground in the deserts of Syria and Iraq, and how they are being uncovered

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Paweł Wójcik 🦋@SaladinAlDronniAug 25
Has been preparing myself mentally, but here it is, introduction to my English commentary on Youtube. First proper commentary as I say in the video would start this Thursday (on the Sahel). If anyone is interested in anything, always welcome comments. youtube.com/watch?v=MGHQbOPC…

The start of English jihadism commentary - Paweł Wójcik

Twitter @[email protected]

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Aaron Y. Zelin
@azelinAug 12
The UN released its 37th report on AQ/IS globally. Here's a thread on some details related to Syria and Iraq: -IS maintains allegedly up to 3,000 fighters in Syria -The UN assesses "a weakening of counterterrorism efforts" with the Global Coalition and SDF no longer operating
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1/ 🧵 The UN’s 38th Monitoring Team report on al-Qaeda & ISIS came out yesterday. I read it next to Saif al-Adel’s 2023 book. Much of what the UN describes, he already wrote down.
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Devorah Margolin
@DevorahMargolinJul 21
Looking forward to reading Dr. Omar Mohammed's new book: "Mosul Eye: A Scholar’s Clandestine War Against ISIS" skyhorsepublishing.com/97815…

Mosul Eye

A Clandestine History of Mosul Under the Islamic StateWhen ISIS overran Mosul in June 2014, a young historian named Omar Mohammed expected to spend his life ...

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Mina Al-Lami@MinalamiJul 8
Our team at BBC Monitoring has published a data-driven analysis of IS/ISIS activity and messaging in the first half of 2026, marking 12 years since the group's "caliphate" declaration. While the full report is behind a subscription wall, here are some key findings 🧵 monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product…
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Aaron Y. Zelin
@azelinJun 22
Related to networks in Syria/Turkey and Nigeria and have transactions that are local, but also connect to Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, South Africa, United States, and likely elsewhere.
Aaron Y. Zelin
@azelinJun 22
Treasury Targets ISIS Facilitators and Disrupts Terrorist Financial Networks home.treasury.gov/news/press…

Treasury Targets ISIS Facilitators and Disrupts Terrorist Financial Networks

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and six entities across Europe, the Middle East, and West Africa for...

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NBC News
@NBCNewsMay 19
More than $1.4 million has been raised for the family of Amin Abdullah, the security guard fatally shot at a San Diego mosque while protecting the lives of more than a dozen children and staff at a school inside. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/her…

Victims of San Diego mosque shooting remembered as pillars of local Muslim community

The three men are credited with protecting more than a dozen children who were in a school at the Islamic Center when the shooting began.

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How has the Iran war affected global jihadism, especially al-Qaida & ISIS? Join us Monday at 10 AM EDT with me, @ColinSmith1492 from the UN Monitoring Team & @wellesbien from @gwupoe for a discussion on the implications for the global jihadist landscape. Register: extremism.gwu.edu/isis-al-qa…
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In our latest analysis for the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), Saif Tahir and I examine how the Islamic State has reconstituted itself in the digital identity spaces where Gen-Z lives. IS has migrated into gaming platforms, meme culture, and music trends — building a "virtual caliphate" icct.nl/publication/engineer…

Engineering the Virtual Caliphate: Islamic State’s Exploitation of Gen-Z Culture

Gen-Z, the first generation to come of age with social media and smartphones as constants, navigates online spaces as extensions of their social world, where identity, community, and meaning are...

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Ioan Grillo@ioangrilloApr 29
The full superseding indictment against Sinaloa governor Rubén Rocha Moya is out and it's brutal. He faces Narcotics Importation Conspiracy along with various Sinaloa officials. "To protect and grow this drug trafficking empire, the Cartel has partnered with corrupt politicians."
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Mina Al-Lami@MinalamiApr 25
Islamist and pro-Al-Qaeda accounts on Telegram are actively sharing and celebrating reports and footage that suggest JNIM (Al-Qaeda’s branch in Mali) is making significant advances in the country. These posts are filled with fervent prayers and expressions of hope, with many users anticipating that JNIM will capture Bamako and large areas across Mali
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How does the Salafi-Jihadi online ecosystem operate without platform disruption? This article analyses nearly six years of outlink-sharing from an IS Rocket.Chat server, offering rare insight into multiplatform communication strategies. 📄 buff.ly/EBvPyKo
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Tricia Bacon@tricbaconApr 20
The Counterinsurgency Dilemma was by far my most challenging book to write. I am excited to give my first talk on it and celebrate its release next Monday, April 27 at 6:30pm at @Studio_Theatre!
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Foreign Policy
@ForeignPolicyApr 19
The granular details of Xinjiang’s continued repression are now coming to light, thanks to a rare source: firsthand testimony from a former insider within the Chinese police apparatus. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16…

Xinjiang’s Repression of Uyghurs Has Evolved, Not Ended

A rare insider testimony reveals how China tries to hide state violence in Xinjiang

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switched@switch_dApr 18
leader of Khattab Media Foundation Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Foreign Terrorist Organization | United States Department of Justice justice.gov/opa/pr/chicago-m…

Chicago Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide

A Chicago man was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in federal prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) by using social media to encourage...

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