🎮 How are extremist games spreading despite moderation?

A new GNET-EGRN Insight reveals how actors behind far-right, far-left and jihadist games are using mainstream video, audio and entertainment platforms to direct users toward hidden download sites. They avoid direct links and monetise their presence through streams and soundtracks.

📖 Read the full article:
https://gnet-research.org/2025/01/16/from-soundtracks-to-side-quests-how-terrorist-and-extremist-games-use-mainstream-platforms-to-evade-detection-and-draw-users

#PoliticalExtremism #Gamification #SecurityEU #OnlineRadicalisation #CounterTerrorism #DigitalExtremism

How do we counter online radicalisation?
Through media education – and European exchange.

Serkan Ünsal (medialepfade, project AntiAnti) shared insights at the Media & Learning Association – together with experts from the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands.

▶️ Full session “Decoding Extremism”:
🔗 https://media-and-learning.eu/event/decoding-extremism-how-media-literacy-can-counter-online-radicalization/

#MediaEducation #OnlineRadicalisation #DigitalResilience #AntiAnti #EUcooperation #MediaAndLearning

Decoding Extremism: How Media Literacy can counter Online Radicalisation

In today’s digital landscape, online radicalization is a growing concern and the internet has become a powerful tool for extremist groups to recruit, radicalise, and spread their ideologies.

Media and Learning Association

📢 Missed the RECO_DAR Closing Event (25Mar)?

Catch up now to see Prof. Macdonald’s keynote on using AI to detect hate speech online, and tune into our panel discussion.

🔗 Watch the full recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBg37r8i41M

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Far-Right Hate Speech Online: Too Late to Stop? | RECO_DAR Final Conference

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🎮 INSIDE THE MANOSPHERE: online gaming and influencer culture are shaping young men's beliefs in troubling ways. Read on 👉 https://buff.ly/495NcvB

#DigitalMasculinity #GamingCommunity #SocialMediaTrends #OnlineRadicalisation #TechAndSociety #MediaLiteracy

How the ‘manosphere’ spreads through online gaming, influencers and algorithms

Research has shown that spending long periods on social media and gaming sites exposes young men and boys to incel content.

The Conversation