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🔥 Extremists move fast - Policy often lags
Colleagues at VPI are hosting a workshop that confronts the gap, incl. a simulation where every call has intended & unintended consequences
📍 Munich, 8-9 Oct
🔗 Further info & register by 3 Oct: lnkd.in/efmKBNb9
👥 Discount if bringing a colleague - email VPI

C-REX & VOX-Pol PhD Summer School: The Importance of Visiting Memorial Sites for Researchers - VOX - Pol Participants visited the 22 July memorial sites, honoring victims of the Oslo and Utøya attacks by a far-right extremist radicalized online.

Delighted to Have Co-Written This Blog with the Wonderful
#NicolaMathieson and @audreygagnon.bsky.social
Based on the Joint @crexuio.bsky.social @vox-pol.bsky.social Summer School Visits to Memorial
Sites for the July 22 Attacks. Was Such an AMAZING Teaching Moment 👇👇
voxpol.eu/importance-o...

Accessing Social Media Data in 2025 - VOX - Pol By Ninian Frenguelli It is increasingly difficult to access data from social media platforms. Researcher access to Meta platforms was removed in 2024 when CrowdTangle was shut down, but it was already...

One of our team members, @ninianjames.bsky.social has recently had a blog published on the @vox-pol.bsky.social blog! In it, he discusses the pros and cons of different approaches to studying social media in 2025

voxpol.eu/accessing-so...

New VOX-Pol Report Online Launch - VOX - Pol 09/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - VOX-Pol is publishing a new report titled Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints by Dr Antonia Vaughan on Thursday 9 October 2...

Excited to Take Part in this @vox-pol.bsky.social Report Launch For @antoniavaughan.bsky.social Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints. Alongside @lizzypearson.bsky.social and @audreygagnon.bsky.social. #Ethics #ResearcherSafety 👇👇
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📢 The VOX-Pol #Blog starts up again this week!

If you are interested in submitting a Blog post, check out these guidelines and get in touch: voxpol.eu/how-to-submi....

🏆 The Top 4 most read Blog posts of the 2024/25 year are at voxpol.eu/the-vox-pol-....

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Nazis at the salad bar: The National Workers’ Alliance and mixed, unclear, and unstable ideology - VOX - Pol By Gerard Gill Recent developments in violent extremism have included an uptick in the salience of mixed, unclear, and unstable (MUU) or ‘salad bar’ ideologies. These are worldviews where numerous, so...

We are pleased to announce the No.1 most read VOX-Pol Blog post of the past year is..... 'Nazis at the salad bar: The National Workers’ Alliance and mixed, unclear, and unstable ideology' by @gerardagill.bluesky.social. Read it at: voxpol.eu/nazis-at-the...

The No.2 most read @vox-pol.bsky.social Blog post of the past 12 months is Sophia Rothut, @darianharff.bsky.social, and @cbpuschmann.bsky.social's piece on far-right social media influencers and their potential roles in youth radicalisation. Check it out at:
voxpol.eu/social-media...
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So, we’re counting down the Blog's most read posts of 2024-25 and at No.3 is Kamil Yilmaz and @joewhittaker.bsky.social's piece on the incel movement in Turkey. Read it at voxpol.eu/beyond-weste....
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Reflections from the 2025 Summer School on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism The organizers of the C-REX and VOX-Pol PhD summer school present key takeaways on the topics of methods, personal safety, ethics, community building for early-career researchers, and the importance o...

@mathiesonnicola.bsky.social and I wrote reflections on the @crexuio.bsky.social and @vox-pol.bsky.social summer school on Studying Online Far-Right Extremism, covering methods, personal safety, ethics, community building for ECRs, and the importance of commemoration www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

VOX-Pol Newsletter 12(8) - VOX - Pol Welcome to Volume 12, Issue 8 of the monthly VOX-Pol Newsletter. NEW PUBLICATION We are pleased to share a new report from Human Digital and VOX-Pol, titled, ‘Gore & Violent Extremism: An explorative ...

In Vol.12, Iss.8 of our Newsletter, which was emailed to subscribers this morning, info on our latest report on gore and violent extremism, the @vox-pol.bsky.social member keynoting AoIR's Rio conference, and links to a bunch of recent member publications. Check it out at: voxpol.eu/vox-pol-news...

The Trump Manosphere: Reactionary Male Supremacy, Misogyny and Accelerationist Violence in the Post-Election Era - VOX - Pol By Joshua Bowes and Jennifer West Introduction In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, social media was replete with reactionary misogynistic hate and v...

Per tradition, our Blog’s on hols for August, so we’re counting down the most read posts of 2024-25.

At No.4, @joshuabowes.bsky.social & @jjwest.bsky.social’s ‘The Trump Manosphere’ on reactionary male supremacy, misogyny, & accelerationist violence.

➡️ Read it at: voxpol.eu/the-trump-ma...

Always a delight to work and write with @audreygagnon.bsky.social! Huge thank you as always to @vox-pol.bsky.social and @crexuio.bsky.social for their support and our delightful participants <3

Very useful thread by @abrad.bsky.social on our most recent @vox-pol.bsky.social report on a topic that should get a lot more scholarly attention than it has to-date.

UK followers may be interested in the below Home Office job postings, two of which have a specifically online focus. More info at www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi.... Closing date for applications = Sunday, 10 Aug.

Pleased to have had the opportunity to contribute to this research with Human Digital and @vox-pol.bsky.social.

The ongoing proliferation of illegal content on gore sites is undermining broader efforts to counter terrorism and other harms online.

Among the key findings of the research:

Exploiting the Algorithm: How British Extreme Right-Wing Individuals and Groups Leverage Grok and Generative AI for Malign Purposes - VOX - Pol By Alice Sibley and Joshua Bowes As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated and embedded into social media platforms, wariness around its harmful exploitation has grown. As previo...

I’m delighted to share my latest work with Dr. Alice Sibley, PhD for @vox-pol.bsky.social, entitled ‘Exploiting the Algorithm: How British Extreme Right-Wing Individuals and Groups Leverage Grok and Generative AI for Malign Purposes.’

Check it out at the link below:

voxpol.eu/exploiting-t...

Exploiting the Algorithm: How British Extreme Right-Wing Individuals and Groups Leverage Grok and Generative AI for Malign Purposes - VOX - Pol By Alice Sibley and Joshua Bowes As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated and embedded into social media platforms, wariness around its harmful exploitation has grown. As previo...

On this week's Blog, Alice Sibley and @joshuabowes.bsky.social describe and discuss the ways in which UK far-right actors, including the Homeland Party and Britain First, are using X's Grok AI. voxpol.eu/exploiting-t...

We’re delighted, together with #TASM, to be collaborating with AVERT on their International Research Symposium 2025.

🎤Keynote speaker =
@milleridriss.bsky.social

🚨Deadline for proposal submissions TOMORROW: 14 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST

Full details at mcusercontent.com/a9901935e5a7...
#PleaseRS

ICYMI, our newest report on 'Gore and Violent Extremism' is now available #openaccess on our website. Go to voxpol.eu/publications/.

Missed the launch webinar? Drop a line to info@voxpol.eu from your institutional email address and we'll share the link.

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In our latest Monthly Newsletter, info on our newly published report on 'Gore and Violent Extremism,' CfP for 2025 AVERT International Research Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, which we're partnering on, and more. Access it online at voxpol.eu/vox-pol-news... and/or sign-up at voxpol.eu. #PleaseRS

Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' is now published #openaccess on our website at voxpol.eu/publications/.

You are invited to the report's public launch this evening at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT.

To register, go to: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p...

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VOX-Pol Report Launch: Gore and Violent Extremism - VOX - Pol 09/07/2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - You are invited to attend the launch a new report from Human Digital and VOX-Pol, titled, ‘Gore & Violent Extremism: An explorative analysis of the use of gore website...

Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' will be published #openaccess on our website tomorrow, Wednesday, 9 July.

You are invited to the report's public launch at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT.

Find out more and register: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p...

#PleaseRS

Together with #TASM, we're collaborating with AVERT on their International Research Symposium 2025.

Keynote speaker = @milleridriss.bsky.social

Deadline for proposal submissions is now just one week away: 14 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST.

Full details at mcusercontent.com/a9901935e5a7...

Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' will be published #openaccess on our website next Wednesday morning, 9 July.

You are invited to the report's public launch on the same day at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT.

Find out more and register: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p...

#PleaseRS

Our latest report ‘Gore and Violent Extremism' will be published #openaccess on our website next Wednesday morning, 9 July.

You are invited to the report's public launch on the same day at 17:00 BST / 16:00 UTC / 12:00 midday EDT.

Find out more and register: voxpol.eu/events/vox-p...

#PleaseRS

We’re delighted, together with #TASM, to be collaborating with AVERT on their International Research Symposium 2025.
Keynote speaker = @milleridriss.bsky.social. Deadline for proposal submissions: 14 July 2025, 11:59 PM AEST.
Full details at avert.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?... #PleaseRS

🚨 Attention PhD students and early career researchers, today is last day to submit abstracts for @vox-pol.bsky.social NextGen conference in Prague on 25-26 September, 2025.

Submit your proposal: lnkd.in/esikzmnK
Full CfP and details: shorturl.at/3YIKk

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Some followers may be interested in following CfP:

2nd Workshop on Diffusion of Harmful Content Online
🏚️ 💻 Hybrid format, so online & in person
📅 Submission deadline: 11 July
🌐 Workshop website: dhow-workshop.github.io/2025/
🎫 Co-located with ACMMM 2025: acmmm2025.org
📍 Dublin, 27-28 Oct 2025

🚨 One day left to apply for the @vox-pol.bsky.social next gen conference happening in Prague on the 25-26th of September. We are bringing together ECRs to build a proper community researching (violent) online extremism.

Submit your proposal: lnkd.in/esikzmnK
Full CfP and details: shorturl.at/3YIKk