Event Detection

This article describes the methods through which the al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s wing in Syria, has come into conflict with pro-Islamic State accounts and users on online platforms.

This paper examines approaches for analyzing Twitter messages to distinguish between those covering real-world events and non-event messages. To validate this work the authors applied their process to 2.6 million Twitter messages.

This article is based on a research project conducted by the SecDev Group in collaboration with the U.S. National Institute for Justice (NIJ) in San Diego.

This source pertains to the method by which extreme right and hate groups take advantage of user-generated video content websites’ recommender systems to pander to wider, more susceptible audiences.

This article addresses the degree to which geolocation prediction is vital to geospatial applications like localised search and local event detection.

This article consists of an interview with one of the leading authors in social media research, Jamie Bartlett. The article provides an insightful and informative look at how the broader Internet is used by various groups.

This report hopes to contribute to developing research in the ever-evolving arena of radicalisation with a particular focus on the role of the Internet.

This 2013 article focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and particularly social media monitoring of Twitter for purposes of national security.

This background note pertains to how far right extremist groups have coopted methods from the ‘cyber caliphate’ and jihadist Internet use to develop their own support networks.

This paper presents the results from exploratory primary research into the role of the Internet in the radicalization of 15 terrorists and extremists in the UK.

This is a foundational report and a seminal work in the study of social media intelligence and open source research. The paper reviews 245 papers in a semi-systematic literature review of how information and insight can be drawn from open social media sources.

This article reveals just how vital geographical location is to geospatial applications like local search and event detection. In this paper, the research team investigates and seeks to improve on the task of text-based geolocation prediction of Twitter users.

This book by Jamie Bartlett, one of the leading authors in social media research, is based on his work in uncovering the way that radical groups operate in the so-called “dark net”.

This article discusses the use of social media propaganda by Patani militants in Thailand and the sharply opposing outcomes it often produces.

This article deals with the use of social media by terrorist groups as a means to curry support, fundraise, recruit, and spread ideology.

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the Silk Road, an anonymous, international online marketplace, which operated as a Tor hidden service that used Bitcoin as its exchange currency.