Incels: how online extremism is changing

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Incels: how online extremism is changing –

“Incels” are an online community of mostly young men, some of whom promote violent hatred of women. In the online world, violent extremism is evolving in ever more fluid ways — with fatal consequences in the real world.

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00:00 – How the internet is changing violent extremism

01:10 – The radicalisation superhighway

02:50 – The myth of the lone wolf

03:47 – Incels, QAnon and the digital sphere

04:20 – Violent subcultures and niche communities

05:31 – Alt-right and far right groups

07:30 – Instant, endless misinformation

07:59 – Andrew Tate and the normalisation of hate

09:15 – AdTech, interception and prevention

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Why white nationalist terrorism is a global threat: https://econ.st/3MAdX4R

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In America, far-right terrorist plots have outnumbered far-left ones in 2020: https://econ.st/3fLf7hg

Why free speech, hate speech and radicalisation are hard to define: https://econ.st/3yuh48e

America grapples with a lethal mix of terrorism and lax gun laws: https://econ.st/3Vi7n6D

Should the tech giants be liable for content?: https://econ.st/3ChrMjI

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John Jason Fallows

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