Browse and read from a list of the 165 most popular LinkedIn resources dealing with soft counter-extremism, countering hate speech, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation. As posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the fist half of January 2025…
The Top 5 resources, as part of the current issue:
- A four-step process to transform everyone into a fact-checker (Times Higher Education):
https://lnkd.in/eeFfrAKm - Decoding and Countering Misogyny in Academia (Sophie Liesbeth Schmalenberger und Monika H. via LinkedIn):
https://lnkd.in/eyx9Tkmn - Refugees and Radicalisation: Addressing Malaysia’s overlooked security risks (Awani International, Malaysia):
https://lnkd.in/eyPzefEV - The Role of Education in Prevailing Extremism and Promoting Peace (ABBDM Journal):
https://lnkd.in/em6TFEss - Chatbots Are Still ‘Hallucinating’ With Misinformation, And It Is Time to Rely on Real News Instead of AI (Tech Times):
https://lnkd.in/eexcByxs
Background:
Since 2017, we have filed about 18,000 shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – more than 7,400 followers and connections – with links to articles and documents about preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE), against radicalization, on countering hate, and on how to desist from fallacious information. This is one of the reviews of the posts. Each two weeks, the full list of resources, made up of URLs ordered according to content performance, features on the three websites strategism.org, preventhate.org, and counter-terrorism.org.
Mis- and disinformation: the challenges and solutions for NGOs (gisf):
https://lnkd.in/eqKAsrPF
Reverse hate speech, pragmatics, and the authority problem (Philosophy & Social Criticism):
https://lnkd.in/eu-iVVhS
Hate speech detection in the Bengali language: a comprehensive survey (Journal of Big Data):
https://lnkd.in/enEqxbGr
What Can Economics Contribute to the Study of Terrorism? – The Power and Limitation of Economics (Terrorism and Political Violence):
https://lnkd.in/eD2G2KXd
From Extremism to Moderation: Examining the Impact of the Densus 88 Assistance Program on Ex-Terrorism Convicts in Cirebon, West Java (Analisa, Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/eDeHrgnt
Adolescents’ experiences and (re)action towards fake news on social media: perspectives from Norway (Ideas, Repec):
https://lnkd.in/eWYxtNdE
Cyberbullying and Social Media Communication:Spiral of Silence, Bystanders, Relational Aggression, and Schadenfreude (The Journal of Social Media in Society):
https://lnkd.in/eTnAKC9Z
Radicalization Mitigation As Counterterrorism Strategy In Nigeria: Examining The Pros And Cons (Journal of Political Discourse):
https://lnkd.in/eHCNrCNJ
Gender – Based Violence in Digital Spaces (Institute of National Security Studies, Sri Lanka):
https://lnkd.in/eB94zgDf
Disinformation and Misinformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse (IEEE Computer Society Digital Library):
https://lnkd.in/e68DiwSs
New report addresses misinformation about science (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health):
https://lnkd.in/eFF7KfYN
Tips for running a media literacy training (International Journalists’ Network):
https://lnkd.in/eArhS5cv
Thirty years of research into hate speech: topics of interest and their evolution (Scientometrics):
https://lnkd.in/ePc43XUC
Detecting toxic comments on social media: an extensive evaluation of machine learning techniques (Ideas, Repec):
https://lnkd.in/eewqQP9Z
Analyzing The Legal Challenges Of Online Disinformation And Fake News Regulation (The Amikus Quriae):
https://lnkd.in/esJzM8HW
Digital Journalism: Combating Fake News And Unlicensed Reporting (Bernama):
https://lnkd.in/e6qpJ82Q
Addressing Extremism Education (Ceylon Today):
https://lnkd.in/edWQAv5q
Promoting Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions: A Comprehensive Approach to Counterterrorism for Global Security (Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies):
https://lnkd.in/eT9JJ9E4
Training on misinformation and disinformation prevention for communities in Indonesia: A recap (Diff, Wikimedia):
https://lnkd.in/eykb_bd9
(How) Should security authorities counter false information on social media in crises? A democracy-theoretical and ethical reflection (International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction):
https://lnkd.in/ehVWBxpc
How far can government authorities go in tackling radicalisation among young people? (Universiteit Leiden):
https://lnkd.in/epBgW9W8
Towards a peaceful future: Power of tolerance in curbing extremism (SAWAB Center):
https://lnkd.in/esrPVD-A
Identifying (Mis/Dis)Information Skills: The Need for Educating and Training a Holistic PR Professional (Journal of Public Relations Education):
https://lnkd.in/eRa_DtSY
Community Standards. Hateful Conduct. Current version (Meta Transparency Center):
https://lnkd.in/eYrcYsfW
Mdf-Fnd: A Dynamic Fusion Model for Multimodal Fake News Detection (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/epPFkTZe
Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (RSiS):
https://lnkd.in/eQ4rj7eW
Audio…
Daily Cuts – Could geopolitical tensions and social media lead to self-radicalisation? (cna):
https://lnkd.in/eKTM3q_X
Coalition meeting in Riyadh discusses key initiatives to combat extremism (Arab News):
https://lnkd.in/eTqUtv44
Mitigating Misinformation in User-Generated Discourse (ACM Digital Library):
https://lnkd.in/eUzDyKK5
Balancing Free Speech and Online Regulation (Legal Service India):
https://lnkd.in/e9guXTmh
Artificial Intelligence: A Game Changer In The Fight Against Terrorism? (SEARCCT, Malaysia):
https://lnkd.in/emV3Dknk
Religionspsychologische Perspektiven auf den Klimaaktivismus [1] (Nina Käsehage)
https://lnkd.in/g6TT8mnA
Why We Fight for Fractured Truths – How Misinformation Fuels Political Violence in Democracies (MediaWell):
https://lnkd.in/eb2i2h2w
How Finnish youth learn to spot disinformation (AFP via France24):
https://lnkd.in/escTNpcF
Audio…
Informed Counterterrorism with Vanessa Duboulay and Robert Clifford (Women, Peace and Security: Voices of Change; Inter-American Defense College):
https://lnkd.in/eY34uAYS
Ensemble Methods for Enhancing Cyber Bullying Detection in Social Media (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eaPPPxMQ
Cross-modal augmentation for few-shot multimodal fake news detection (Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence):
https://lnkd.in/ewW8Zq6A
The Video Game Industry Is Finally Getting Serious About Player Safety (WIRED):
https://lnkd.in/eKBNjc2q
The terrifying rise of child terrorists in the UK (The Telegraph):
https://lnkd.in/ej67tRER
Innovative Strategies to Combat Extremism in the Digital Era (Trends Research and Advisory):
https://lnkd.in/eEQVzQ2m
In French…
Guide pour décrypter la désinformation (International Press Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eh9AWPvy
African Union Media Fellows Build Fact-Checking Skills in Botswana (AfricaBrief):
https://lnkd.in/ekkkH-uT
Embedding-based Approaches to Hyperpartisan News Detection (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eTA47gCd
The Challenges of Creating a Parallel Multilingual Hate Speech Corpus: An Exploration (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/eApH5RkC
Between Justice and Hidden Intent: Proving Hate Crimes in Comparative Law (Journal of Ecohumanism):
https://lnkd.in/eeJr5zEz
Counter-Terrorism Policy in the ASEAN Region: Comparative Study of Malaysia and Indonesia (Journal Evidence and Law):
https://lnkd.in/ecykT9qr
Fake News Detection Using Deep Learning (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/enQagP4J
Digital Media Regulations in Nigeria: Discourses on Statutes and Enforcements (International Journal of Sub-Saharan African Research):
https://lnkd.in/ePCkkwKg
Swearing, insults and hate speech: the social and psychological power of taboo language (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/e6e8kQ2z
Online hate: A European communication perspective (Communications, De Gruyter Mouton):
https://lnkd.in/egP29sVK
The Business Cost Of Fake News: Lessons For Leadership In An Era Of Misinformation (Forbes):
https://lnkd.in/eiSTbpzT
Meta’s shift to Community Notes model proves that we can fix big problems without big government (R Street):
https://lnkd.in/eSS85fHh
How games can support misinformation education: A sociocultural perspective (Ideas, Repec):
https://lnkd.in/eetYUB39
Unmasking offensive content: a multimodal approach with emotional understanding (Multimedia Tools and Applications):
https://lnkd.in/efcBGS4i
Exploitation of psychological processes in information influence operations: Insights from cognitive science (Lund University):
https://lnkd.in/exszQhuh
Fake News Classification on Social Media in the Field of Environmental Engineering (Chemical Engineering Transactions):
https://lnkd.in/emN3cvwR
Beyond Content Moderation: The Urgent Need to Stop Terrorist-Operated Websites (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/eCCjkX-d
Von Hate Huntern und schleimigen Monstern:Ein Praxisbericht des ProjektsGameD – Gaming for Democracy (ZepRa):
https://lnkd.in/esMwAZEa
Legislation on hate crimes now in force (Law Society Gazette Ireland):
https://lnkd.in/eDfEzTWF
National anti-radicalization center to be set up in Jakarta (Antara):
https://lnkd.in/efyg5dfM
PNP wants more defined provisions in ‘fake news’ bill (ABS CBN):
https://lnkd.in/evqqs_FB
What if there are no (easy) answers to terrorism? (Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting):
https://lnkd.in/eMzvuR9x
Anti-extremism group Etidal helps Telegram remove 160m items of extremist content in 3 years (Arab News):
https://lnkd.in/eUzGZMaT
Audio. Reshare…
Counter Currents Podcast Series (Online Safety Exchange):
https://lnkd.in/gxsCgC84
“Liar, Liar Pants on Fire”: A New Benchmark Dataset for Fake News Detection (ACL Anthology):
https://lnkd.in/gQ35eADd
Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/gmVBGw2d
Approaches To Countering Extremism In European Countries (Jurnal ISO: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial, Politik dan Humaniora):
https://lnkd.in/ekRBFbw5
Susceptibility to online misinformation: A systematic meta-analysis of demographic and psychological factors (Norwegian Business School):
https://lnkd.in/eVJMeUcP
AI for Automatic Detection of Fake News and Misinformation (Tech RXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eM3dzKbF
How can advertisers stop funding online hate and disinformation? (Center for Countering Digital Hate):
https://lnkd.in/eQ4fwVGV
What’s a Fact, Anyway? (The New Yorker):
https://lnkd.in/eTRPjy5i
Audio…
Wenn die Hölle zum Leben erweckt wird (Deutschlandfunk Kultur):
https://lnkd.in/ekNvEby9
Participatory and community-based approach in combating agri-food misinformation: A Scoping Review (Advancements in Agricultural Development):
https://lnkd.in/e7mHN3S2
A survey of textual cyber abuse detection using cutting-edge language models and large language models (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eGRgFMHG
Gendered Approaches To Counter-terrorism: Why Women’s Perspective Matter (SEARCCT, Malaysia):
https://lnkd.in/egGTg_RQ
Deepfakes proved a different threat than expected. Here’s how to defend against them (World Economic Forum):
https://lnkd.in/eF9jrFet
Left Wing Extremism (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/eS4akxm3
The Role of Social Media Platforms and Access to Health-Related Information in India During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eahMqwzy
ITF Reports 12,000 Online Hate Messages Targeting Tennis Players in 2024 (archysport):
https://lnkd.in/eq76zRVH
SAFE-MEME: Structured Reasoning Framework for Robust Hate Speech Detection in Memes (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/erbHmaed
Vorbereitung auf die Auseinandersetzung mit islamistischer Radikalisierung und deren Prävention im späteren Arbeitskontext – eine Interviewstudie mit Studierenden der Islamischen Theologie und Religionslehre in Deutschland (Theo Web):
https://lnkd.in/dnUva3cy
Explainable AI Discloses Gender Bias in Sexism Detection Algorithm (ACM Digital Library):
https://lnkd.in/eYvVcN58
Deepfakes: The Dark Side of AI (CIO Africa):
https://lnkd.in/dKCKcKZV
2024 AI Governance for Africa Toolkit (Thomson Reuters Foundation):
https://lnkd.in/eTwvD2A2
Disinformation, Democracy and the Digital Sphere (Universität Zürich):
https://lnkd.in/eCpucZPr
„Waffe oder Werkzeug? Soziale Medien zwischen Propaganda und Prävention (ExPo):
https://lnkd.in/eDq3Cw4w
The Phase Model of Misinformation Interventions (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eYYkVtuz
MISA Malawi unveils iVerify to combat misinformation (IT Web Africa):
https://lnkd.in/edHx6baV
Hierarchical graph-based integration network for propaganda detection in textual news articles on social media (scientific reports):
https://lnkd.in/enuHi6Pw
Atlas of Resilience: Colombia (Resilience Fund):
https://lnkd.in/e-9ywQqW
Exploring key aspects of the terrorism landscape in 2025. Challenges 2024 leaves behind (itstime, Italy):
https://lnkd.in/eStA4FhP
Tougher laws on hate crime come into force in Ireland (breakingnews.ie):
https://lnkd.in/eKZjA6ge
Audio…
Which European countries were most exposed to disinformation last year? | Radio Schuman (euronews):
https://lnkd.in/e2tZVVkr
Emotions and Violence Legitimation in Conspiracy Narratives (VOX Pol):
https://lnkd.in/dbk392K5
Audio…
Prof Sara Davies on ‘disinformation in health’. (SBS Samoan):
https://lnkd.in/dYFzK-wK
Video…
Artificial Intelligence accused of powering misinformation on social media (The Australian):
https://lnkd.in/e29_euQJ
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Fake News: A Comparative Study of Instagram Users in Greece and Portugal (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/d39zDWXh
Counter Radicalization in Cyberspace by the Police (SITJOURNAL, Indonesia):
https://lnkd.in/eXiqZS33
Detection of Rumors and Their Sources in Social Networks: A Comprehensive Survey (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/ecCt7CEW
Global Risks Report 2025 (World Economic Forum):
https://lnkd.in/es_ZSTH4
Fostering Trust in the Digital Age: A Call for Collective Action – OPERAS Publishes Report on Disinformation and Trust (Informationsdienst Wissenschaft):
https://lnkd.in/eVntbYuh (News):
https://lnkd.in/e9GBJnj9 (Report)
Our research into information disorder around the world (BBC Media Action):
https://lnkd.in/einxe7nG
BEYOND THE BEND: Disinformation and free speech (MindaNews, Mindanao Institute of Journalism):
https://lnkd.in/ejtyw-hu
Think before you share. Cyberbullying hurts! It leaves a long-lasting impact on children (UNICEF):
https://lnkd.in/eZEQ3bd5
Tackling misinformation in mobile social networks a BERT-LSTM approach for enhancing digital literacy (scientific reports, nature):
https://lnkd.in/eu7Z_FDN
Examining the Effects of Language Misuse and Hate Speech on Individuals and Corporate Organisations (Afropolitan Journals):
https://lnkd.in/eK7evVhA
Combatting online hate: Crowd moderation and the public goods problem (Communications, De Gruyter Mouton):
https://lnkd.in/ey6C7Dp3
Video…
Disinformation: a common threat to democracies and the liberal world order (Fondation pour la recherche stratégique):
https://lnkd.in/eiBhHmny
INSIGHT: Understanding toxic misinformation to stop the spread (BBC Media Action):
https://lnkd.in/eyJFVrZz
It’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/ew3V5KQ9
Report on the Workshop ‘Disinformation and Human Rights in Context’ (2024) (via Human Rights Here):
https://lnkd.in/e7DXWqBw
Evaluating the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Fact-Checking Social Media Content in Nigeria: An Analysis of Tools and Strategies for Combating Misinformation during Elections (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eR4iGhFA
Social Media Alone Isn’t Making Us More Intolerant: Evidence from Myanmar (IGCC):
https://lnkd.in/entisTUd
Free Educational Program…
Lessons about Journalism and disinformation (BENEDMO):
https://lnkd.in/e7zM3MNt
Sharmeen launches initiative against hate speech (DAWN):
https://lnkd.in/d3TGUJqD
Investigating the Design of Social Networking Sites to Examine the Spread of Political Misinformation Using the Uses and Gratifications Theory (IJRSI International):
https://lnkd.in/eTwGwtJJ
Purifying AI: HAP filtering against harmful content
https://lnkd.in/eTurY_59
Violence, Hate Speech, and Discrimination in Video Games: A Systematic Review (Social Inclusion):
https://lnkd.in/eND-S_3T
Disinformation in the Digital Age: The Need for Global Accountability and Transparency (University of Denver):
https://lnkd.in/eMRHgyEi
Credbert: Credibility-Aware Bert Model for Fake News Detection (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eB3gZUKS
Davos 2025: Misinformation and disinformation are most pressing risks, says World Economic Forum (ComputerWeekly):
https://lnkd.in/eQ9y2gq6
AI or Aryan Ideals? A Thematic Content Analysis of White Supremacist Engagement with Generative AI (GNET):
https://lnkd.in/dkKiqs88
Free Report…
Fostering Trust in the Digital Age (OPERAS):
https://lnkd.in/e9GBJnj9
AfriHate: A Multilingual Collection of Hate Speech and Abusive Language Datasets for African Languages (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/egZDrSwq
Misinformation thrives on outrage, study finds (PsyPost):
https://lnkd.in/eM_Bkjz2
Tech Watchdogs Warn Meta’s Decision Could Cause Surge in Disinformation (The New York Times):
https://lnkd.in/ekaVUZQ2
1st India-Malaysia Security Dialogue: Both sides agree to deepen cooperation in counter-terrorism (The Indian EXPRESS):
https://lnkd.in/epwCwKau
Audio…
Disrupting Terrorist Financing in the Digital Age (Tech Against Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/ebQSCP3R
Insecurity: A Deeper Dive into Uba Sani’s Non-kinetic Model (This Day, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/e4aEgTrV
Meta shelves fact-checking in policy reversal ahead of Trump administration (Reuters):
https://lnkd.in/eaa9y47U
Video…
Women as Peace Builders (4TH SPACE Concordia University):
https://lnkd.in/ehFBxtE9
The Crisis of Misinformation vs. The Crisis of Belonging (commpro):
https://lnkd.in/e5q_6s-k
Megafake: A Theory-Driven Dataset of Fake News Generated by Large Language Models (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/e2Gxm2WU
An information dissemination strategy in social networks based on graph and content analysis (Egyptian Informatics Journal):
https://lnkd.in/ezs2MJhY
5 Simple Habits to Protect Your Mental Wellbeing Online (The Queen Zone):
https://lnkd.in/eQskHcWA
These 4 Books Can Help Your Students Spot Fake News (Follett):
https://lnkd.in/ejHK97Fs
Defining comprehensive cognitive security in the digital era: Literature review and concept analysis (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/e37P5Chy
Anonymous Attention and Abuse (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eHnv5GDz
Reshare…
Radicalization through Gaming: The Role of Gendered Social Identity (RUSI):
https://lnkd.in/etSZsgwy
Video…
The Manosphere & Online Radicalization (Lead Balloons Podcast):
https://lnkd.in/emjPiW73
Poland Introduces Plan To Ban LGBTQ+ Hate Speech (OFM):
https://lnkd.in/eT8FHrPM
Meta Faces the Limits of Policing Misinformation (Harvard Business School):
https://lnkd.in/e-_tyjgY
Indonesia to set minimum age for social media use (Borneo Bulletin):
https://lnkd.in/e-AHW5Ha
Creating a culture of respect and understanding (European School Education Platform):
https://lnkd.in/dE8tRqKV
Muslim scholars end summit with strong call for girls’ equal education rights (amu.tv):
https://amu.tv/150564/
Fostering Trust in the Digital Age: A Call for Collective Action – OPERAS Publishes Report on Disinformation and Trust (Max Weber Stiftung):
https://lnkd.in/eH7V_hwq (News)
https://lnkd.in/e9GBJnj9 (Report)
Textual variations in social media text processing applications: challenges, solutions, and trends (Artificial Intelligence Review):
https://lnkd.in/eSnv3X2K
‘A perfect storm’: Extremism online and political polarization are increasing the risk of attacks, experts say (NBC News):
https://lnkd.in/eXih_nzu
Video…
Gendered Disinformation: A National Security Threat? (Stimson):
https://lnkd.in/eXReb8JN
MTPareto: A MultiModal Targeted Pareto Framework for Fake News Detection (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/ecvGQcPB
A thematic analysis of UK COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy discussions on Twitter (BMC Public Health):
https://lnkd.in/eMFfsyvD
New inquiry: Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy (UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eqx6SQF2
Polarized Patterns of Language Toxicity and Sentiment of Debunking Posts on Social Media (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/eqkKnzkH
Meta power move is about more than fact checking (the interpreter, Lowy Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eTj9G7FE
The Need to Address Disinformation and Prioritize a Just Transition in the European Union (Climate Scorecard):
https://lnkd.in/ecXAYiWA
European Democracy Action Plan. In “A New Push for European Democracy” (European Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/eS9zqkgs
Video…
ISD’s Anne Craanen speaks at the Hedayah Research Conference 2024 on misogyny and radicalisation (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/e-mUCi3s
Selection and evaluation of a set of attributes appropriate for detection of antisocial behaviour in online media (Multimedia Tools and Applications):
https://lnkd.in/eyYnmDuB
Regional Workshop for Central Asia: Detention Monitoring and the Protection of Human Rights While Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization to Terrorism (VERLT) in Prisons (OSCE):
https://lnkd.in/gDaXs3A3
Free articles and analyses on soft counter-extremism, against hate, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation:
counter-terrorism.org
preventhate.org
strategism.org
Recent LinkedIn posts with summaries on the above subjects:
https://lnkd.in/eBarZAew
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