Two Weeks in Soft Security: Free Resources on Countering Extremism, Hate, and Disinformation, August 2025 (I/II)

Browse and read from a list of the 290 most popular LinkedIn resources – including 9 videos, 7 audios, and 2 full eBooks – dealing with soft counter-extremism, countering hate speech, and on the theory of mis-/disinformation. As posted by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, during the first half of August 2025…

The Top 10 resources, as part of the current issue:

  1. The Creation of the Monster Myth: Terrorists and their Abnormality (C-REX):
    https://lnkd.in/dEm_Ukyp
  2. Artificial Intelligence for Counter Extremism: Exploring Threats, Challenges, Opportunities and Needs for Leveraging Generative AI (Hedayah):
    https://lnkd.in/d4kc7kkB
  3. How incel terminology like ‘sleepmaxxing’ and ‘sigma’ infiltrated pop culture (The Standard):
    https://lnkd.in/dnzdX69W
  4. Hate speech detection in Arabic social networks using deep learning and fine-tuned embeddings (International Journal of Data and Network Science):
    https://lnkd.in/dGUEgxZY
  5. Assessing the Validity of Open-Source Biographical Data in Terrorism Research (Terrorism and Political Violence):
    https://lnkd.in/dWN6Xr5i
  6. Exploring the Link Between Masculinity and Violent Extremism: Remasculinization as Individual and Political Project (Sociology Compass):
    https://lnkd.in/dAYy8GC6
  7. “Social Media Puppeteers”, “Social Media Fake News” and “Data Defenders”: Games and video games to promote youngsters’ information and media literacy (Italian Journal of Educational Technology):
    https://lnkd.in/dpmp3jdG
  8. Building resilience against violent extremism digitally: trialing a new gender-based approach among gamers (RUSI):
    https://lnkd.in/diCQv6na
  9. Understanding Radicalisation: A Review of the Quality of Psychological Evidence Behind Violent Extremism (European Commission):
    https://lnkd.in/dbtYrUHB
  10. Unveiling the threat: women’s expanding roles in terrorism and radicalisation (RSiS Commentaries):
    https://lnkd.in/eFUwZZBh

Background:

Since 2017, we have filed about 21,000 shares on LinkedIn to a network of – now – more than 8,300 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 our three project websites.

Browse on…


Women politicians face more personal attacks online. Who is to blame? (euronews.):
https://lnkd.in/d8CV54n7

The gender blind spot: How early reactions to violent attacks sideline misogyny (Centre for Information Resilience):
https://lnkd.in/dawztuGA

Reshare…
Failure to prioritise media literacy in the UK presents a risk to social cohesion and democracy (Communications and Digital Committee, UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/drMPg6DX (News)
https://lnkd.in/eypJrFvf (Report)

The role of social enterprise in preventing and countering violent extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa (Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy):
https://lnkd.in/du3mQxch

Unravelling climate misinformation: fact-checking of climate disinformation in spanish-speaking podcasts (Environmental Research Communications, IOPSCIENCE):
https://lnkd.in/du7sD3us

Free eBook…
Radicalising the Mainstream in Western Europe. The Far Right and Narratives of Islam in Contemporary and Historical Perspective (Springer):
https://lnkd.in/dxpXfntT

Tackling Extremist Threats in Gaming: The hidden dangers of extremist exploitation on online gaming platforms (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/dw6Xn4Vx

The European Approach to International Security. Counterterrorism and Digital Threats: A collaboration between ECA and EG (ECA Maastricht):
https://lnkd.in/dFuzckMm

Holding Ground in Preventing Violent Extremism. Avoiding Stagnation in P/​CVE and Evaluation (GPPi):
https://lnkd.in/em-vqdez

Transcript, audio…
What’s being done to stop violent extremist networks that are targeting kids online (NPR):
https://lnkd.in/gEVBkF3D

The need for greater transparency in the moderation of borderline terrorist and violent extremist content (Internet Policy Review):
https://lnkd.in/drYy5Z9x

Kinocide as a Strategy of Terrorism: Legal Frameworks and Case Law Analysis (Lieber Institute, West Point):
https://lnkd.in/dfpm-Wxc

PROTOCOL: Mapping the scientific knowledge and approaches to defining and measuring hate crime, hate speech, and hate incidents (Campbell Systematic Reviews):
https://lnkd.in/dqiAaJKd

New algorithm can detect fake news (Sultan Qaboos University):
https://lnkd.in/emfNFABr

Investigative Journalism in the Age of Disinformation (Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism):
https://lnkd.in/dSKts3AG

Reflections from the 2025 Summer School on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism (C-REX):
https://lnkd.in/d7RzkC3s

Role of Women in Violent Extremism: A Case of Garissa County, Kenya (International Academic Journal of Arts and Humanities):
https://lnkd.in/d-EmWAYF

30 Hate crime and networked hate (De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Criminology):
https://lnkd.in/dvSEZHmW

Assessing Extremist Violence: What the Evidence Tells Us About Risk, Identity, and the Wider Ecosystem (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/dfz9kmM9

Reshare…
How can institutions better support researchers? The case of extremism and terrorism research (Qualitative Research):
https://lnkd.in/d9WQGMcj

Video…
Factors that contribute to conspiratorial beliefs (Cambridge Disinformation Summit):
https://lnkd.in/dg2VXmAB

GenAI and misinformation in education: a systematic scoping review of opportunities and challenges (AI & Society):
https://lnkd.in/egeq8h8s

Paving the way for a restorative-centred approach to justice in cases of hate and extremism (Justice Trends):
https://lnkd.in/dNWzrTsU

Young and vulnerable people more likely be radicalised online (RNZ):
https://lnkd.in/dKiWf3kA

Guide to Investigating Social Media Algorithms (Global Investigative Journalism Network):
https://lnkd.in/daHq3aPe

How and Why Minors and Youth are Attracted by Extremist Ideologies? (EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation):
https://lnkd.in/dDYjQBdR

Mapping Linear and Configurational Dynamics to Fake News Sharing Behaviors in a Developing Economy (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/d8vKHsj7

Morocco consolidates its proactive model in the fight against terrorism (Atalayar):
https://lnkd.in/dt-MNy3k

SupTech can make anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism supervision more effective, the EBA finds (European Banking Authority):
https://lnkd.in/dFNuh7Gw

Human Rights Assessment of the Draft United Nations Cybercrime Convention. Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, Ben Saul (OHCHR):
https://lnkd.in/diYta6Dj

Mapping the Impact of Generative AI on Disinformation: Insights from a Scoping Review (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/daPMKHei

Privacy and Disinformation (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/d56dnDPM

Indian Journal of Technical Education (Indian Society for Technical Education):
https://lnkd.in/dZEyeFdA

The Escalating Threats of Doxxing and Swatting: An Analysis of Recent Developments and Legal Responses (National Association of Attorneys General):
https://lnkd.in/diah27Pp

Fake News and Public Trust in Online Media: A Study of Abuja, Nigeria (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/eeATcmri

Commission launches the Network for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/enq39gBK

300 repentant terrorists undergoing rehabilitation, says FG (The Guardian, Nigeria):
https://lnkd.in/d9ZY_Xth

Replicability and generalizability of the repeated exposure effect on moral condemnation of fake news (nature communications):
https://lnkd.in/eVwcXetv

“Harmless to You, Hurtful to Me!”: Investigating the Detection of Toxic Languages Grounded in the Perspective of Youth (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dAXVS4C5

Canada has a disinformation problem—and the tools to fix it (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives):
https://lnkd.in/d-t2y2jc

The teachers’ evolving role in mitigating violent extremism in Kenyan secondary schools (Discover Education):
https://lnkd.in/d-X4KXCu

Biased by Design? Evaluating Bias and Behavioral Diversity in LLM Annotation of Real-World and Synthetic Hotel Reviews (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/d8wq9ZdN

Beyond securitizing radicalization and violent extremism: Key findings from the Balkans and the MENA region (Journal of Regional Security):
https://lnkd.in/dfmPTAjK

Young People Radicalised Online Seen More as Victims Than Adults (Simply Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/dCBchtTZ

Facing a Fast-Paced, Digital World: Gen Z’s Perception of Social (Media) Groups (Journal of Adult Development):
https://lnkd.in/drCqJ6zK

Sports Organisations’ Responses to Social Media Abuse Against Professional Sportswomen in UK Team Sports (Communication & Sport):
https://lnkd.in/d8cDhYWr

Being heard, restoring a social connection and decreasing anger: Adult patients’ perceptions of clinical services addressing violent extremism in Montreal, Canada (SSM – Mental Health):
https://lnkd.in/dmp3D8vC

A systematic review: unveiling the complexity of definitions in extremism and religious extremism (humanities and social sciences communications):
https://lnkd.in/dxdpn28k

Counterterrorism in the Digital Era: Strengthening Indonesian Policies on Addressing the Lone-Wolf Threat and Online Radicalization (International Journal of Social Science and Human Research):
https://lnkd.in/dvNhhMU8

Model for detecting fake news using a machine learning algorithm (CSI Transactions on ICT):
https://lnkd.in/dA7dBwj4

Fact-Checking at Scale: Multimodal AI for Authenticity and Context Verification in Online Media (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dkYQ7-nS

Combating terrorism financing in fragile states (RegTech Analyst):
https://lnkd.in/dzce9syG

Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Public Interest (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/edg-ybQA

Theological discourse of jihad operations of terrorism actions in Indonesia (Cogent Social Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/d2YWRzrj

AI chatbots can run with medical misinformation, study finds, highlighting the need for stronger safeguards (EurekAlert!):
https://lnkd.in/duT2gASU

Audio…
Folge #34 | Turbo-Onlineradikalisierung & digitales Engagement (KN:IX talks):
https://lnkd.in/eYbsmzV5

Large Language Models and Social Media Information Integrity: Opportunities, Challenges, and Research Directions (Preprints):
https://lnkd.in/d3gzFPUm

Dehumanization and aggression: A meta-analysis (Aggression and Violent Behavior):
https://lnkd.in/ebejeNdp

How and Why Minors and Youth are Attracted by Extremist Ideologies? (European Commission & EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation):
https://lnkd.in/dabf2XJA

Reshare…
Combatting new forms of extremism (RAND):
https://lnkd.in/dkU3sHR5

Dehumanization and aggression: A meta-analysis (Aggression and Violent Behavior):
https://lnkd.in/ebejeNdp

Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms (UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/drsuiciw

Sin, divine forgiveness, and repentance: Disrupting the psychological path to extremism (Personality and Individual Differences):
https://lnkd.in/d2mgFrYN

The Impact of Biometric Technologies on the Efficiency of Terrorist Crime Investigation (Revista Jurídica Portucalense):
https://lnkd.in/dFAkBENk

Whack-a-Mole No More: How Extremists Choose Their Digital Safe Havens (Lawfare):
https://lnkd.in/dC2q-iC6

Gore, Propaganda, and Radicalization Overlap in Extremely Accessible Sites, Researchers Find (Security Management, ASIS International):
https://lnkd.in/dcJTECMB

Loneliness and Problematic Media Use: Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies (JMIR Publications):
https://lnkd.in/dgV9fRec

University Students’ Perceptions Of Digital Media’s Role In Mental Health Information And Communication In Delta State, Nigeria (Nigerian Journal of Communication Review):
https://lnkd.in/dn6A9Znj

AI-generated misinformation can create confusion and hinder responses during emergencies (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/dTawj_tR

Beyond Traditional Classifiers: Evaluating Large Language Models for Robust Hate Speech Detection (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/dhRzmjFq

To Me it’s Real, to You It’s Not: The Role of Political Orientation and Emotions in Authenticity Perception of Journalistic Photographs (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/ezM9Pjyx

Lack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP (United Nations):
https://lnkd.in/eAecTN7z

The psychological cycle of misinformation: an integrative model of legitimation perception in social networks (Frontiers in Social Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/drykwnSf

Method for Protecting Users From Fake News Using Hybrid Evaluation Methods Combining Artificial Intelligence and User Experience (SFT, Poland):
https://lnkd.in/dN6ZyvPw

Selective agreement, not sycophancy: investigating opinion dynamics in LLM interactions (EPJ Data Science):
https://lnkd.in/d4CYJXGS

Do autism spectrum disorders (ASD) increase the risk of terrorism engagement? A literature review of the research evidence, theory and interpretation, and a discussion reframing the research-practice debate (Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/d5JpKB9k

The Evolution of the Incel Subculture (Psychology Today):
https://lnkd.in/ddjGcEEQ

Far-right extremists recruit over gaming platforms, researchers say (BNN Bloomberg):
https://lnkd.in/d6sA5enF

Don’t do anything I say in this song: countering extremism with candour not censorship (via GOV.UK):
https://lnkd.in/dJvN3X7P

Online Hate Speech and Its Real-World Consequences (Triumph IAS):
https://lnkd.in/d7rmE68i

Systematic Review: Trajectories Into Violent Extremism (PREV):
https://lnkd.in/djUHh3rY

Beyond Traditional Classifiers: Evaluating Large Language Models for Robust Hate Speech Detection (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/dhRzmjFq

Spielräume für Demokratie. Potenziale und Spannungsfelder im Gaming (Bertelsmann Stiftung):
https://lnkd.in/dMySHNtZ

Disinformation in Italy: An Analysis of Fact-Checking Initiatives and the Importance of Media Literacy Among Adolescents during the Lockdown (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dysmsPYp

Modeling Human Responses to Multimodal AI Content (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/d6QHHsWz

Linking Conspiracy Beliefs and Violent Anti-Government Extremism: Mitigating the Threat with Procedurally Just Governance (Terrorism and Political Violence):
https://lnkd.in/dVTqgYix

New Zealand’s Security Threat Environment. An assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS):
https://lnkd.in/dkFJxzSz

Free eBook…
Resilience, Peacebuilding, and Preventing Violent Extremism (Routledge):
https://lnkd.in/dgX-vJF6

Credibility-Based Fake News Detection (Boise State University):
https://lnkd.in/dmG4dBb9

UN80 Reforms to United Nations Counter-terrorism Activities: Strengthening Human Rights, Gender Equality, the Rule of Law and Prevention (OHCHR):
https://lnkd.in/dkWZ9uN8

Filtering out the truth from a sea of misinformation (The Business Standard, Bangladesh):
https://lnkd.in/e5-JJeXh

Video…
Is digital media literacy the answer to our disinformation woes? (OECD):
https://lnkd.in/d5Wm6uNR

The rise of false flag conspiracy theories in moments of crises (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/d9VGfm9b

City Preparedness Webinar Series: How European Cities are Navigating Critical Infrastructure Disruptions and Social Impacts (Strong Cities Network):
https://lnkd.in/gXkMed7s

Norm-enhanced prebunking for actively open-minded thinking indirectly improves misinformation discernment and reduces conspiracy beliefs (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/dTMqGGyr

Can We Fix Social Media? Testing Prosocial Interventions using Generative Social Simulation
https://lnkd.in/e7zyf5gA

Hate, Lies, and Loneliness Fuel Online Extremism (Psychiatrist):
https://lnkd.in/d5E-dGWU

Individual-Level Perspectives on Mobilisation, Protest and Radicalisation: A Rapid Evidence Assessment (CRESt Research):
https://lnkd.in/dixNPQ8b

Practices and Awareness of Disinformation for a Sustainable Education in European Secondary Education (IDEAS, Repec):
https://lnkd.in/dtEkua4f

Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT): Legal Framework of the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dNTiX5Vk

Oral evidence: Combatting new forms of extremism, HC 903 (Home Affairs Committee, UK House of Commons):
https://lnkd.in/dim32-zq

Engagement in the Era of Social Media: A Sociological Perspective (IJRAR):
https://lnkd.in/dubZCZiY

Holding Ground in Preventing Violent Extremism. Avoiding Stagnation in P/​CVE and Evaluation (Global Public Policy Institute):
https://lnkd.in/eshJaGTF (Full Report)

Resilience, Peacebuilding, and Preventing Violent Extremism (Routledge):
https://lnkd.in/dgX-vJF6

Truth be told: a multimodal ensemble approach for enhanced fake news detection in textual and visual media (Journal of Big Data):
https://lnkd.in/dVxS6dsA

The complexities in Jordan’s institutional response to violent extremism (Journal of Regional Security):
https://lnkd.in/dWyACiNs

Oversimplified efforts to counter health misinformation are missing
the mark (the BMJ):
https://lnkd.in/dHebETSp

Revealing Temporal Label Noise in Multimodal Hateful Video Classification (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/d-Pu7win

Zero Tolerance: Unmasking and Combating Direct and Indirect Support for Terrorism (DiMarket):
https://lnkd.in/dWucFKjF

Activism and radicalism modulate sex differences in interpersonal risks: a dual moderation analysis (Acta Psychologica):
https://lnkd.in/d4fmiGSa

Terrorism. Protecting the United States from terrorist attacks is the FBI’s number one priority. (FBI):
https://lnkd.in/djqZDDy4

Singapore’s interfaith body goes digital as youth radicalisation flagged in terror report (malaymail):
https://lnkd.in/dZn_Z_fB

Tackling Online Radicalization and Extremism with Modern Threat Assessment Strategies (Security Management):
https://lnkd.in/dirhuaCt

Misinformation and disinformation: A threat to democracy in Bangladesh (The Daily Star):
https://lnkd.in/eQe3pQZc

Can NLP Tackle Hate Speech in the Real World? Stakeholder-Informed Feedback and Survey on Counterspeech (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/da2875Gj

Czech Female Journalists Endure Entrenched Misogyny, Online Hate (Reporting Democracy, BalkanInsight):
https://lnkd.in/dTTXeqvx

Can We Fix Social Media? Testing Prosocial Interventions using Generative Social Simulation (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/e7zyf5gA

Coping with Unpredictability. The European Union and Terrorism (eucrim):
https://lnkd.in/dB2fWU5u

Immunization effect of inoculation messages: interventions against consensus and misinformation to improve public acceptance of recycled water (humanities and social sciences communications):
https://lnkd.in/duqetG9B

Detection of offensive language in the Moroccan dialect using BERT-based models (International Journal of Advanced Technology and Engineering Exploration):
https://lnkd.in/d4AE5s7w

Guardians and Offenders: A Survey on Harmful Content Generation and Safety Mitigation of LLM (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dmMk9mak

Researchers’ access to information from regulated online services (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/dBKuJxpB

Defeating Terrorist Content Online Requires Unified Approach, Experts Say (adf):
https://lnkd.in/dN49KAV6

Künstliche Intelligenz in der Prävention Erste Überlegungen zum Schwerpunktthema des 31. Deutschen Präventionstags (Präventionstag):
https://lnkd.in/diDJ7diq

CEO on ChatGPT providing suicide notes for teens: ‘We cried reading them’ (NewsNation via msn):
https://lnkd.in/dfNJh9PD

Enhancing fake news detection for Sustainable Supply Chain Management using DistilBERT-based multi-stacked LSTM approach (Enterprise Information Systems):
https://lnkd.in/dXvgfSHp

Review Essay: A Representative Sampling of Textbooks, Handbooks and General Books on Terrorism and Counter-terrorism (Perspectives on Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/dP5jA-KJ

Using crime place networks to understand terrorist attacks: the importance of in-person and online crime-involved places (Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/dahMAGFP

The Role of Social Essentialism in Radicalisation and Extremism (European Commission):
https://lnkd.in/dsG9HkHY

Impact of social media-driven misinformation on project sustainability and public perception in mega projects (World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews):
https://lnkd.in/epVbGnY7

Video…
Forscherin Ebner über digitale Radikalisierung (ORF):
https://lnkd.in/dP3xQntS

Online course in German…
Gaming und Rechts­extremismus (Violence Prevention Network):
https://lnkd.in/dbQKMipd

Book Review: Simon James Copland, The Male Complaint: The Manosphere and Misogyny Online (Perspectives on Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/dMhsE_GW

“Vulnerable and easily influenced”: examining the vulnerabilities and susceptibilities associated with the engagement of young Australians in extremism (Safer Communities):
https://lnkd.in/dZQdd9QG

The effects of inoculation interventions and repetition on perceived truth in younger and older adults (Cognition):
https://lnkd.in/d6ymj3hm

Annahmen über Desinformation: Was wir zu wissen glauben und was wir wirklich wissen (Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft):
https://lnkd.in/dhVS-nJt

“Together in suffering, truly in trouble” – a study of cultural rituals in ultras supporters based on identity fusion theory (humanities and social sciences communications):
https://lnkd.in/dJEYG5pe

New study sheds light on ChatGPT’s alarming interactions with teens (The Washington Post):
https://lnkd.in/dVzUeKfA

Extremist identity creation through performative infighting on Steam (Frontiers in Psychology):
https://lnkd.in/dQVfrbRJ

Rethinking Media Literacy: A New Ecosystem Model for Information Integrity (ISD):
https://lnkd.in/dr5fYC8k

Radicalization of the Young in Pakistan: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Options (Pakistan Horizon):
https://lnkd.in/d2ewdPn7

Exploring Content and Social Connections of Fake News with Explainable Text and Graph Learning (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/d5DmqfUr

Audio…
Disinformation and its discontents (OECD):
https://lnkd.in/d9kbyMp8

Hate Speech Detection in Hindi Using Neural Networks (Preprints):
https://lnkd.in/dYBNF7s7

Online hate speech in sports: an increasingly urgent challenge (SFS):
https://lnkd.in/dX2VxNC4

Promoting Politics: Political Social Media Influencers, Their Online Engagement, and Implications for Democracy (American Behavioral Scientist):
https://lnkd.in/dQ_ahdiK

Fake News: Offensive or Defensive Weapon in Information Warfare (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/ecBZe49u

Transfer learning driven fake news detection and classification using large language models (scientific reports):
https://lnkd.in/dGNG-NkX

Introduction to Deepfakes and National Security Risks (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dPhmnich

The Web of Influence: How Online Culture is Reshaping How Security Practitioners Conduct Assessments (Security Management):
https://lnkd.in/dgnE3cjy

Getting Misinformation Wrong: Why Content Fixes Can’t Solve Structural Problems (University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press):
https://lnkd.in/d86AFCTi

Institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Friends or foes in the prevention of radicalization and violent extremism? (Journal of Regional Security):
https://lnkd.in/dx_AzvKF

DiFaR: Enhancing Multimodal Misinformation Detection with Diverse, Factual, and Relevant Rationales (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dw4NBfGa

Video…
NCITE Insights No. 35 — Youth Recruitment and Mobilization (NCITE):
https://lnkd.in/dmAV63f2

How does misinformation influence the digital agri-food advisory service? Multi-stakeholder Perspectives from Sri Lanka (Sustainable Futures):
https://lnkd.in/dhUXwkcC

Vaccine misinformation among Arabic-speakers in Australia and the audience and appetite for a game-based intervention (Vaccine):
https://lnkd.in/dSWT5iVT

Unpacking the Risk of Misinformation: A Communication-Based Critique (Risk Analysis):
https://lnkd.in/dSXyHpxa

The Evolving Digital Information Ecosystem: Navigating Visibility, Trust, and Meaning in an AI-Driven World (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dVX3jip5

AI Information: Navigating Truth, Misinformation, and Impact on Society (Qatar News Agency):
https://lnkd.in/dkz9S6Py

Fake News Detection Based on Contrastive Learning and Cross-Modal Interaction (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/dqZitXDr

Gender-Based Approaches to Counterterrorism: Addressing the Needs and Vulnerabilities of Women and Girls Affected by Terrorism (Advance Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/d5ADCxPt

How Misinformation Tries to Discredit the Science Behind Masking (Infectino Control):
https://lnkd.in/dNfXGNmm

Press Release: Tech Against Terrorism Announces Partnership with Videntifier to Enhance Illegal Content Detection (tech against terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/dBXr9wjB

The Role of Academia in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism among Youth: A Study of University of Peshawar, Pakistan (Pakistan Society of Criminology):
https://lnkd.in/dHkZrYsr

Audio, Video…
Social Media Misinformation: UK Parliament Demands Tech Accountability (The Bench Report):
https://lnkd.in/d2RW-s-3 (Audio & Transcript)
https://lnkd.in/dZAYVqVy (Video)

GenAI Misinformation, Trust, and News Consumption: Evidence from a Field Experiment (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dCvZKAj7

From Noise to Knowledge: Distill Social Media Opinions on Rumor Detection Exploiting LLMs (Preprint via ResearchGate):
https://lnkd.in/deDHbsYk

Vaccine hesitancy: How social and technological issues converged to spawn mistrust (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/deNPfEVg

Präsentation…
Workshop 3: Von Qualitätsmedien über Social Media zu Fake News – Nachrichtenkompetenzen entwickeln und weitergeben (ZWW, JGU Mainz):
https://lnkd.in/e2MSS9Uv

Scientific Misinformation (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/d3KAyGzi

Negative Feedback Fuels Hate Speech: A Deep Learning Analysis of 25 Million News Comments (Journalism Research News):
https://lnkd.in/d9Nv3U4i

Improving Fake News Detection Concatenating Multimodal Features with Transformers-Based Deep Learning Models (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dxxjr_Xi

Longitudinal associations of online self-harm with online victimization through cyberbullying, hate speech, online grooming and nonconsensual sexting (Journal for the Study of Education and Development):
https://lnkd.in/dA7mYvxG

Hate Speech – Polizeiliche Tipps gegen Hass im Netz (Die Bayerische Polizei):
https://lnkd.in/dBHvF6dm

Terror-bereaved parents experiences of professional help and support: a qualitative analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology):
https://lnkd.in/dTedggAV

Ensemble Learning for Fake News Detection: Enhancing Classification Accuracy and Explainability with Structural and Statistical Metadata (Intelligent Systems and Applications):
https://lnkd.in/dG5XDQyx

In the AI Age, Debate’s Critical Thinking Skills Gain Importance (Security Management):
https://lnkd.in/dasCcxsg

An AI-Driven Framework for Real-Time Fake News Detection: Developing a Machine Learning-Based Filter for News Platforms in the United States (International Journal of Future Engineering Innovations ):
https://lnkd.in/dENrVn-X

Violence-as-a-Service Providers Increasingly Recruit Minors to Carry Out Harmful Acts (Security Management):
https://lnkd.in/dCVi8GBv

The Evolving Landscape of Domestic Extremism (Domestic Preparedness):
https://lnkd.in/eWM6c3MX

The Eco-System of Extremist Violence (ES-EV): Exploration of radicalisation in forensic psychiatric populations (Journal of Forensic Practice):
https://lnkd.in/dfit2c4P

To Report or Not to Report? A Qualitative Analysis of Journalists’ Perspectives on Harm to Public Opinion (Oxford Academic):
https://lnkd.in/g7tvcNdQ

MisVisFix: An Interactive Dashboard for Detecting, Explaining, and Correcting Misleading Visualizations using Large Language Models (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dAmcafMR

The perpetration of on- and offline hate speech among secondary school students (Frontiers in Human Dynamics):
https://lnkd.in/dHaQyM3H

Gambia’s maiden national conference on religion and hate speech ends on positive note (UNESCO):
https://lnkd.in/dE9r3nDW

Mining the Social Fabric: Unveiling Communities for Fake News Detection in Short Videos (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dWfVkUB6

Perceived Health Misinformation on Social Media and Public Trust in Health Care (Medical Care):
https://lnkd.in/ddCBg5st

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NCITE Insights No. 37 — Public Perceptions of Punishment For Mass Violence (NCITE):
https://lnkd.in/davtz2He

Power-Law Online Extremism and Terrorism (Perspectives on Terrorism):
https://lnkd.in/dtVFjWqB

Navigating fake news: Pakistan’s struggle to combat disinformation and
bridging gaps for national security (Social Sciences Spectrum):
https://lnkd.in/djwrm_Yr

Misinformation Correction in the Age of Generative Ai: Evaluating User Responses to Health Information Delivered by Chatgpt (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dwrtkvUP

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AI and terrorism: What safeguards should be in place to stop self-radicalised youths? (Deep Dive):
https://lnkd.in/ga27TjMR

Empirische Studie: Was brauchen Demokratieförderung und Extremismusprävention? Empirische Befunde eines Verbundprojekts zur Analyse von Bedarfen bei Jugendlichen und Fachkräften (Deutsches Jugendinstitut):
https://lnkd.in/dyJJH65F

Press Rights under Pressure: Legal Threats to Investigative Journalism (Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism):
https://lnkd.in/dhamYzMn

Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation (scientific reports):
https://lnkd.in/dqbnXcVM

Advancing a Public Health-Informed Approach to Targeted Violence Prevention (Homeland Security Today):
https://lnkd.in/dk5e-aAK

Tri-Polar Neural Analysis: Comparative Evaluation of Political Bias in Fake News Detection Using Three Identically Structured Machine Learning Models (Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research, Boise State University):
https://lnkd.in/dyu8EdmH

Drifting Away from Truth: GenAI-Driven News Diversity Challenges LVLM-Based Misinformation Detection (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dj4TudZt

Gamescom 2025. Wie Rechtsextreme Gaming instrumentalisieren (Belltower News):
https://lnkd.in/dDDV9YMR

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Effektiver Umgang mit Desinformation. Perspektiven von allen Kontinenten (Bertelsmann Stiftung):
https://lnkd.in/dfpwqSR7

Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation (scientific reports):
https://lnkd.in/dqbnXcVM (Study)
https://www.badvaxx.com/ (Game)

Inheriting Hatred? A Systematic Review of the Intergenerational Transmission of Extremist Ideologies (Journal of Child and Family Studies):
https://lnkd.in/d7e2s6gs

Filter bubbles as a vector of tradition? Decoding opinion dynamics with agent-based modelling (Journal of Computational Social Science):
https://lnkd.in/d7QwFzD5

Machine Learning Approaches For Detecting Fake News: Ensemble Stacking Outperforms Conventional Methods (International Journal of Environmental Sciences):
https://lnkd.in/eerGYGRT

Ideological polarization in static networks: A multidimensional approach for opinion alignment (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/d64_5F29

Attention-Driven Graph Neural Network Architecture for Accurate Detection of Fake News (IJIRTM):
https://lnkd.in/dmrg2vVn

Identification of Fake News using Fetch.ai Agent Technology (Journal of Neonatal Surgery):
https://lnkd.in/dQv2GPCG

Variety Is the Spice of Life: Detecting Misinformation with Dynamic Environmental Representations (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/epvuUmuc

Assessing the Legitimacy of Penalising Media Organisations for Disseminating ‘Fake News’ (Noyam):
https://lnkd.in/dF62vaNN

Navigating the Thin Line: Constitutional Challenges of Hate Speech and Free Expression in India (The Legal Quorum):
https://lnkd.in/dpxkzHa4

Spotting Fake News – A Media and Information Literacy guide (FactSpace West Africa):
https://lnkd.in/dcCZwVej

INTERPOL event shares tips for staying safe online (INTERPOL):
https://lnkd.in/ejFmQE9y

Disinformation Is a Global Risk. So Why Are We Still Treating It Like a Tech Problem? (United Nations Development Coordination Office):
https://lnkd.in/e538eGXu

Bayesian persuasion with fact-checking: An experimental investigation (European Economic Review):
https://lnkd.in/dCKbQnJQ

Countering Identity-Based Disinformation Through Positive Narrative Expansion (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/dddA7CZY

Written evidence submitted by Professor Tahir Abbas (COM0001) (via UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/dXcggTEd

Can a game stop vaccine misinformation? This one just might (The Conversation):
https://lnkd.in/dkED6mVT

Violent Extremism, Terrorism and Security: Global Trends, African Realities and the Nigerian Experience (JASSD):
https://lnkd.in/duhmumrv

Journalistic Style and the Credibility of Misinformation (TEPSA, RECLAIM):
https://lnkd.in/dhmP68QQ (Discussion Paper)
https://lnkd.in/dX8fiiM2 (Infographic)

Fostering Trust in the Digital Age (OPERAS, zenodo):
https://lnkd.in/e9GBJnj9

Multi-Model Fake News Detection: Leveraging Video and Text Analysis (International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and Science):
https://lnkd.in/daHcs5BT

Tackling violence against women and girls: funding (UK Parliament):
https://lnkd.in/dXNx-gJw

Online disinformation seen as bigger threat than climate change (Moonshot News):
https://lnkd.in/ephN4FA8

Influence of drivers of radicalism and violent extremism at macro and meso levels: The case of Kosovo (Journal of Regional Security):
https://lnkd.in/dRuJZFWN

Resilience to Radicalization: Assessing Community-Based Initiatives to Counter Violent Extremism in Pakistan (Center for Management Science Research):
https://lnkd.in/dBFhXTby

Videos…
Fake News Research: Theories, Detection Strategies, and Open Problems (ACM Digital Library):
https://lnkd.in/d3axd2eN

The Silent Infrastructure of Democracy: Why Education Matters (International IDEA):
https://lnkd.in/ejeHCh_W

Countering Identity-Based Disinformation Through Positive Narrative Expansion (ICCT):
https://lnkd.in/dcnX6xuC

Evaluating Misinformation Resilience in Large Language Models for News Summarization (via ResearchGate):
https://lnkd.in/dXHndYqD

How some online networks target and radicalize kids (ncpr):
https://lnkd.in/dHrMNcWD

Public Perception of News Credibility: A Global Survey Analysis (Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism):
https://lnkd.in/dG6WGbzW

The Misinformation Mirage: Power, Panic and Propaganda in Wartime (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/g5zFc4Fd

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‘Society is fragmenting’: What’s behind rising levels of hatred? (SBS, Australia):
https://lnkd.in/dpsgz9Bv (Audio)
https://lnkd.in/dABzmjjG (Video)

Manosphere: UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny (India Blooms via msn):
https://lnkd.in/dWTvx_tR

Linking Conspiracy Beliefs and Violent Anti-Government Extremism: Mitigating the Threat with Procedurally Just Governance (Terrorism and Political Violence):
https://lnkd.in/djYNwxX3

Unravelling the illicit economies that sustain terrorism in the Sahel (ISS):
https://lnkd.in/eXcCguWs

Unravelling the web: exploring the dynamics of online disinformation and its impact on democracy in Africa (Canadian Journal of African Studies):
https://lnkd.in/dkgd2Dbx

Mitigating the Mental Health Impact of Political Violence (ISTSS):
https://lnkd.in/dguKdXPc

Contextualizing institutional approaches to radicalization in the Balkans, Middle East and North Africa (Journal of Regional Security):
https://lnkd.in/dSj7duSU

The impact of algorithm awareness on the acceptance of personalized social media content recommendation based on the technology acceptance model (Acta Psychologica):
https://lnkd.in/dxhaSh8j

Accuracy and Bias in Crowdsourced Information: Evaluating Online Knowledge Repositories (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dTDV38Tp

Feminist exploratory interpretive study of the content policy changes of Meta and the corresponding news coverage (Frontiers in Communication):
https://lnkd.in/d7xiYmW3

Free Speech In Social Media: Balancing Democratic Values And Combating False Speech (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dbNJ6CHQ

Crowdsourced Political Violence: A Literature Review on How the Internet Embodies Leaderless Resistance and Empowers Lone Actors (Middlebury Institute of International Studies):
https://lnkd.in/dUNqcbbs

Marketing a Banned Remedy: A Topic Model Analysis of Health Misinformation in Thai E-Commerce (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/dVnsduQ5

Detection of Hate Speech on Social Media Utilizing Machine Learning (Scientific Journal of Astana IT University):
https://lnkd.in/dq5mWcFx

Debunking assumptions about disinformation: Rethinking what we think we know (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society):
https://lnkd.in/ePugintB

The Consequences of Loneliness for Young People (IntechOpen):
https://lnkd.in/dyqe-p8K

A Review of Fake News Detection Based on Transfer Learning (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dmiZAT78

[Book review] Lee McIntyre, On Disinformation. How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy, The MIT Press, 2023, ISBN 9780262546300 (SSRN):
https://lnkd.in/dJyeTJ5y

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Democratic Debates: Disinformation spreads faster than it can be corrected. A new approach is needed (Council of Europe):
https://lnkd.in/dWSNjv-E

Drifting Away from Truth: GenAI-Driven News Diversity Challenges LVLM-Based Misinformation Detection (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dj4TudZt

Mapping the Impact of Generative AI on Disinformation: Insights from a Scoping Review (IDEAS, Repec):
https://lnkd.in/d82CWjPk

The Perils of Chart Deception: How Misleading Visualizations Affect Vision-Language Models (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dkys_Vsg

State actions against disinformation: Towards a healthy public sphere (BertelsmannStiftung):
https://lnkd.in/d3b5cP_A

Surrounded by Predators: The Lived Experiences of Online Harassment by Male Public Figures (International Journal of Bullying Prevention):
https://lnkd.in/e9cGeXyr

Misinformation is not about bad facts: an analysis of the production and consumption of fringe content (EPJ Data Science):
https://lnkd.in/ensR2ndr

MV-Debate: Multi-view Agent Debate with Dynamic Reflection Gating for Multimodal Harmful Content Detection in Social Media (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dB3fTGYK

MAGE-fend: Multimodal Adaptive Fusion with Guidance from LLM Expertise for Fake News Detection on Short Video Platforms (Knowledge-Based Systems):
https://lnkd.in/d8paYd_v

Misinformation in Medical Reporting: A Threat to Public Health (Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism):
https://lnkd.in/dh37SY59

EMA raises alarm over escalating hate speech, fake news on social media (Capital, Ethiopia):
https://lnkd.in/d2ZDHSf6

CLMIR: A Textual Dataset for Rumor Identification and Marking (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/dnyyZV9Q

A hybrid deep learning model for sentiment analysis of COVID-19 tweets with class balancing (Deakin University):
https://lnkd.in/dPjh4z6b

Tuning into YouTube: UK’s media habits revealed (Ofcom):
https://lnkd.in/dRTvM4gy

Ideological fragmentation of the social media ecosystem: From echo chambers to echo platforms (Oxford Academic):
https://lnkd.in/ddvTfYEz

Most Adults in 25 Countries Say Spread of False Information Is a Top National Threat (Security Management):
https://lnkd.in/enGN8Tpb

Unity Amidst Chaos: Bridging Behaviors and the Role of Media Elites to Overcome Polarization in Polycrisis Environments (Journal of Media Ethics):
https://lnkd.in/dxY-qKjM

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Mistakes, Mistruths and Misinformation: Climate’s biggest myths debunked (Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast):
https://lnkd.in/dC9vi-ai

Advancements in Deepfake Detection and Disinformation (CAMPUS Research Institute, POLITEHNICA Bucharest):
https://lnkd.in/dRGB_Fhi

Toward Verifiable Misinformation Detection: A Multi-Tool LLM Agent Framework (arXiv):
https://lnkd.in/e-wcFXpQ

Dungeons & Dragons and disinformation: How gaming can combat the misinformation age (npr Network):
https://lnkd.in/ex_vhuFm

Unsupervised fake news detection on social media using hybrid Gaussian Mixture Model (PLOS.One):
https://lnkd.in/dZ28YTh6

Debunking Vaccine Myths and Misconceptions (MIBlueDaily):
https://lnkd.in/dFxjZUvU

Stacked Transformer Ensemble for Hope Speech Detection in High-Resource Languages (MDPI):
https://lnkd.in/dsCgq8iQ

Institutional Responses to Radicalization and Violent Extremism in North Macedonia (2017-2022) (Journal of Regional Security):
https://lnkd.in/drsn_EFC

The role of technology in online misinformation (Brookings):
https://lnkd.in/eECkyUh2

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