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The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) is an academic research initiative backed by @GIFCT_official, a special project delivered by @CSNS_UK.

Joined November 2019

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Grazia Ludovica Giardini, Alessandra Pugnana and Eleonora Ristuccia examine how AI-generated ‘slop’ can embody violent content, from fruit-and-vegetable gore to extremist aesthetics, and explore its potential to normalise violence or desensitise audiences:
Fruit, Vegetable, and Brain Rot: The Use of Generative AI to Produce Violence-Based Viral Trends
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Aug 7
Today, Dr. Alyssa Czerwinsky examines citizen-led counterspeech on Reddit, showing how everyday conversations in r/ExRedPill and r/IncelExit can challenge male supremacist worldviews, support disengagement and complement more formal interventions:
From the Ground Up: Citizen-Led Counterspeech Against Male Supremacism on Reddit
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Aug 5
An analysis of the Schongau attacker’s manifesto and forum posts by Christopher David, Nils Riekers and Marten Risius highlights four themes: societal decay, misanthropy, self-hatred and suicidal ideation, and the veneration and gamification of violence:
From Blackpill Fatalism to Misanthropy: Unpacking the Motivation of the Schongau School Shooter
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Aug 4
📢🌐 Earlier this year, GNET hosted our Sixth Annual Conference with support from @GIFCT_official🗣️ With three panels, a keynote and a discussion, the conference covered trends, extremist subcultures and potential policy routes. Read the summary here:
The Sixth Annual GNET Conference: A Summary of Key Takeaways
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Jul 27
Today, Uri Klempner draws on findings from Alice's routine adversarial red-team testing, where frontier AI models were probed to determine whether they could provide operational guidance for CBRNE threats.
Artificial Intelligence and Extremist Capability: How AI Lowers the Barriers Between Intent and...
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