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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

What is nihilistic violent extremism, blamed for most mass shootings in US?

Nihilistic violent extremism describes shooters motivated by societal hatred and a desire for chaos, often driven by online communities rather than coherent political ideology.
fromWIRED
1 month ago

No One Knows What 'Terminally Online' Means Anymore

"No one person owns a meme, they're a universal template," says Matthew Kriner, executive director of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism. "We do not see a meme itself as an indication of what the ideology behind it is." This hasn't stopped people from attempting to use the memes as proof Robinson was part of a certain political groups. Some completely misunderstood the memes, such as the BBC's Mike Wendling, who suggested in a post
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