Cynthia Miller-Idriss
sociologist @AmericanU, senior fellow @C4ARR, tweets on extremist youth cultures, hate groups, higher educ, a little education, parenting, caregiving
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At Aspen Security Forum, National Security Leaders Admit, ‘We Have Been Lazy On Hate’
A former national security official admitted never talking about white supremacist terrorism while in government: “I feel a little bit sheepish and almost embarrassed about that.”
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
“Rasmussen said that during his time in government, when dealt with terrorist threats at the highest levels, he couldn’t remember having a single conversation about hate-based domestic terrorism, including hate inspired by white supremacy.”
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A Fascist Trump Rally In Greenville
Scholars say the rally — where Trump supporters chanted "Send her back!" about Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar — is an escalation in America's slide toward fascism.
New calls for Europe-wide stance in defense of academic freedom
Calls are in response to moves by Hungary's government.
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Neo-Nazi Who Unleashed a “Troll Storm” on a Jewish Woman May Have to Pay Her $14M
The lawsuit against Andrew Anglin, founder of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer, alleged Gersh and her 12-year-old son were terrorized by the harassment.
Friday Night Fights With Ukraine’s Far Right
The Azov Battalion is using mixed martial arts to prepare to fight non-Europeans—and seems to be exporting that model to the West.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
I'm a little late (summer delay) to this excellent piece by @ColborneMichael tackling the critical intersection of mixed martial arts (MMA) and far right radicalization. Worth a read
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Italy seizes missile in raids on far right
Some of the groups investigated in Italy are said to be linked to pro-Russian militants in Ukraine.
How dangerous is the Identitarian Movement? | DW | 13.07.2019
Germany's domestic intelligence service has classified the Identitarian Movement as a far-right threat. What's behind the group's ideology?
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
“Members of the Identitarian Movement neither sound nor look like typical right-wing extremists, but their ideology certainly does.”
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Twitter and the ‘Great Replacement’: New ISD Report shines light on #white genocide hashtag
In a new report published by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) we sought to better understand how the ‘Great Replacement’ theory metastasised in recent years, growing and spreading rapidly across the globe. The concept, which was central to...
Debate over regulating right-wing extreme speech online must shift to harms such speech can cause
Prioritising free speech above the harms that extreme speech may cause has dominated the moderation strategies of social media platforms. Note: This piece was originally published at Scroll.in as part of a series on Extreme Speech Online, edited...
Why Europe’s right-wing populists hate public broadcasters
The scandal that triggered the collapse of the Austrian government in May speaks volumes about how right-wing populists regard public broadcasters.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Great piece by @_FelixSimon_ tracing far right populists’ hate of the media and attacks on journalism- part of broader attacks on knowledge and knowledge institutions that is so important to document...
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We Analysed More Than 1 Million Comments on 4chan. Hate Speech There Has Spiked by 40% Since 2015.
Violent threats against minorities have also proliferated on the anonymous message board.
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Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Glad to have had the chance to weigh in on this @vicenews piece on online hate, along with @orensegal & @eem1101
We Analysed More Than 1 Million Comments on 4chan. Hate Speech There Has Spiked by 40% Since 2015. - VICE
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From Dawn to Dusk: The End of Parliamentary Neo-Nazism in Greece
It seems like a political nightmare found its end in Sunday’s snap elections in Greece: the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn did not make it to the national parliament again. After seven years of a highly controversial presence – featuring...
Principal Who Tried to Stay ‘Politically Neutral’ About Holocaust Is Removed
“I can’t say the Holocaust is a factual, historical event because I am not in a position to do so as a school district employee,” said the principal of a high school in Boca Raton, Fla.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
In case there is any doubt about why attacks on knowledge are dangerous, I present Exhibit A:
nytimes.com/2019/07/08/us/… via @NYTimes
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Postdoctoral Fellow on far- right extremism online at University of Oslo
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Pests, Invaders and Infestations: The Radical Right’s Dehumanization Of Immigrants
The anti-immigrant rhetoric we’re seeing in Europe and from President Trump is not only dehumanizing, it has a dangerous resonance in history. In April this year, Christian Schilcher, a local government leader for the radical right Austrian Freedom...