Chris Wilson

These people know nothing about our professions, yet they presume to tell us confidently that AI will "replace" us and it matters what they say because the people in charge of funding universities sadly take their guidance not from faculty but from techbros/companies like this.

In this article, we compare the manifesto of the Christchurch terrorist and his more candid online posting on 4chan. We demonstrate how several claims he made in his manifesto were part of a sophisticated propaganda campaign and do not reflect his true views.
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I'm yet to see any evidence these individuals and groups seek to 'bring down society', only an FBI claim to that effect.

I struggle to come to grips with the term 'nihilistic extremism'. I'm old fashioned in thinking that extremism (like terrorism) is designed to achieve something. The term seems like an oxymoron.

‘I’m about to christ church 2.0 this joint’: Mass shooting threats against new Sydney mosque The threat referencing the massacre in Christchurch was left on the Instagram page of the Australian Islamic House Masjid.

Threat against Sydney mosque referencing the Christchurch attack: www.smh.com.au/national/i-m...

Yeah. By email?

The Role of Ideology in Motivating Lone Actor Terrorism: An Analysis of the Online Record of the Christchurch Terrorist This article considers how ideology motivates lone actor terrorists to use violence. A significant body of literature in terrorism studies sees ideology as a much less important driver of terrorist...

This looks very interesting www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Popular video game updates avatar after controversy over Christchurch mosque attack date Ubisoft has been slammed online for the Christchurch terror attack linking as well as having a fake iwi.

French video game gave its new Christchurch born Māori character a birth date of 15 March (the date of the 2019 terrorist attack in the city) www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

The Role of Ideology in Motivating Lone Actor Terrorism: An Analysis of the Online Record of the Christchurch Terrorist This article considers how ideology motivates lone actor terrorists to use violence. A significant body of literature in terrorism studies sees ideology as a much less important driver of terrorist...

I only have 20 followers on Bluesky but I thought better to share this new article here than on X (for obvious reasons). Using the previously undetected online record of the Chch terrorist we consider the role of ideology in his pathway to violence: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Musk’s X enables Australia’s neo-Nazis, warn Coalition and online watchdog White supremacists and leaders of Australia’s National Socialist Network (NSN) were previously banned or censored on X before returning in the past year or so.

Australian National Socialist Network and other neo-Nazis and white nationalists increasingly emboldened, with their leaders back on X and thriving.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Yeah Tarrant's was a sarcastic joke and this one is an almost complete replication of it.

John is right not just about underestimation of his influence in the US, but elsewhere, particularly in Australia.

“Like Brenton”: Tennessee Man Arrested for Mass Shooting Plot at Mosque Gunner Fisher was arrested in late December and indicted today for communicating a threat. DOJ says he fantasized about mass shootings, had a rifle, repeatedly used racial epithets, and said he was go...

“Once school starts again, Another Christchurch will happen."

Per @seamushughes.bsky.social and Court Watch, a Tennessee man whose "hatred was far-reaching" was arrested plotting a white supremacist attack. www.courtwatch.news/p/like-brent...

The Madison, Wisconsin School Shooter Was A "Femcel" Columbine Copycat: Here's What That Means Also: why the far-right wants you to believe she was transgender

The Madison, Wisconsin school shooter was a radfem Columbine-worshipper who followed "radfem Hitler". Garrison Davis dug into her online presence and wrote this to explain what the hell all that means and why the right wants us to think she was transgender.

shatterzone.substack.com/p/the-madiso...

Thanks.

Can you say a bit more about what you mean by 4chan mods banning the shooter who attacked Christchurch?

Court finds neo-Nazi Cavan Medlock planned attack at law firm Cavan Medlock had a Nazi flag and a knife when he targeted the immigration law firm, a court finds.

A Nazi sympathiser has been found by a court to have prepared a terrorism attack on an immigration law firm after choosing them as a target after reading a Daily Mail article. He carried a Nazi flag & a knife into a solicitors' offices in 2020 and then attacked the staff
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Education Is Key to Fighting Disinformation on Social Media In our interconnected modern world, education is critical in the fight against disinformation.

My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...

Two Australian teens convicted under counter-terrorism laws as AFP and Asio warn of ‘early signs of radicalisation’ Agencies urge parents, teachers and healthcare workers to be vigilant, paying particular attention to gaming sites and messaging platforms

"An unprecedented coordinated plea from security agencies in the Five Eyes countries – Australia, the US, Britain, Canada and New Zealand – for their citizens to do more to stop young people falling prey to radical, violent ideologies": www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Thanks. It's always interesting hearing academics' pathways, particularly in political violence / extremism.

Democrats Split as Senate Rejects Bills to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel The legislation failed resoundingly but highlighted a growing Democratic divide over whether the United States should withhold some weapons to register its disapproval of Israel’s war tactics.

“You cannot condemn” human rights violations around the world, Mr. Sanders said on the Senate floor on Wednesday, “and then turn a blind eye to what the United States is now funding in Israel — people will laugh in your face.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...