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It details how social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter were used to spread misinformation, with pro-BJP, Islamist, and far-right actors framing the conflict to suit their own narratives. The briefing also notes the role of Indian and international media in exacerbating the situation and the unexpected support for Muslims from Sikh activists due to their own tensions with the Indian government.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000038#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The violence in Leicester was triggered by a combination of local cultural disputes and international political tensions. Local friction included the sudden expansion of the Daman Hindu community into the low-wage employment market and disagreements over the use of local facilities previously used by Muslim communities. International factors included the influence of Hindutva ideology and tensions in India affecting the diaspora, with a cricket match between India and Pakistan on 28 August 2022 serving as the 'trigger point'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000038#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Social media played a critical role in escalating the conflict through the circulation of provocative footage and coordinated misinformation. Pro-BJP activists used hashtags like #HindusUnderAttackInUK to frame Hindus as sole victims, while some engagement patterns suggest the use of bot accounts and coordinated networks to manipulate the narrative.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000038#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Various media outlets provided biased or false reporting that fueled the tensions. Indian media and the hashtag #HindusUnderAttackInUK blamed 'Pakistani organised gangs' and 'jihadi terror', while the Iranian state-backed Press TV and the website 5Pillars blamed 'Hindutva gangs' and 'Hindu extremist attacks'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000038#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Islamist networks promoted three primary narratives: that the violence was perpetrated by Hindutva/Hindu nationalists, that the perpetrators were recent migrants, and that the UK government was complicit. Some high-profile activists spread disinformation regarding false incidents, such as a kidnapping attempt and an attack on a mosque.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000038#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Right-wing extremists used the violence to criticize multiculturalism and diversity, framing the conflict as an inevitable result of 'state-enforced multiculturalism'. Some actors, including Tommy Robinson, adopted a pro-Hindu, anti-Muslim stance, depicting the disorder as one-sided.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000038#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Sikh activists provided unexpected support to Muslim communities, a shift attributed to their own tensions with the Indian government under Narendra Modi. This support is linked to beliefs that a genocide against Sikhs is underway in India and memories of the 1984 desecration of the Golden Temple.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000038#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["India","Pakistan","Portugal","United Kingdom","Birmingham","Wembley","Smethwick","Iran","Amritsar"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":[]},{"id":"isdglo-000039","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000039","title":"She Drops: How QAnon Conspiracy Theories Legitimize Coordinated and Targeted Gender Based Violence","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022-10-10","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/publication/she-drops-how-qanon-conspiracy-theories-legitimize-coordinated-and-targeted-gender-based-violence/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes over 9 million social media posts to examine how QAnon conspiracy theories drive coordinated harassment and gender-based violence against high-profile individuals, finding that targets are frequently brigaded with slanderous accusations of paedophilia.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000039#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Analysis of over 9 million posts across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter from late 2019 to the end of 2020 reveals that celebrities significant to QAnon narratives—including Chrissy Teigen, Tom Hanks, Ellen DeGeneres, Anderson Cooper, Jussie Smollett, and Oprah Winfrey—were targets of coordinated harassment, brigading, dogpilling, slander, and hate.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000039#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The most prevalent form of harassment identified in the study involved the use of brigading to target individuals with slanderous accusations of paedophilia, frequently employing graphic and disturbing language.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000039#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":[]},{"id":"isdglo-000016","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000016","title":"The ‘Great Reset’ conspiracy in Australia","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2022-05-19","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/the-great-reset-conspiracy-in-australia/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines how conspiracy theories regarding the World Economic Forum (WEF) and its 'Great Reset' initiative have permeated Australian politics. 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The document details how these theories transitioned from social media to formal politics through figures like Senator Pauline Hanson and other right-wing politicians, eventually evolving to link the 'Great Reset' to issues such as net zero emissions and housing policy during the 2022 election cycle.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000016#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 'Great Reset' conspiracy is a flexible collection of narratives claiming the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Klaus Schwab are orchestrating COVID-19 lockdowns to achieve goals such as economic collapse, Marxist rule, or a corporate surveillance dystopia.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000016#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Australia, right-wing media—particularly Sky News programs like 'Sky After Dark' and 'Outsiders'—played a significant role in spreading these narratives, including claims that the Great Reset aimed to use pandemic restrictions to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000016#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The narrative entered formal Australian politics through the actions of One Nation and other right-wing figures; notably, Senator Pauline Hanson introduced a Senate Motion on 11 November 2020 arguing that the Great Reset would devastate Australian economic wellbeing and individual freedoms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000016#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"As pandemic restrictions eased, the conspiracy narratives in Australia evolved, with the 'Great Reset' being linked to other topics, most notably Labor's housing policy during the 2022 election campaign.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000016#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change disinformation"],"geography_discussed":["United States","Canada","New Zealand"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["qualitative analysis","quantitative analysis"]},{"id":"isdglo-000068","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000068","title":"Online Antisemitism: A Toolkit for Civil Society","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"guide","language":"en","date_published":"2022","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Anti-Semitism-Online-Guide.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed"],"summary":{"text":"The document provides a comprehensive toolkit for civil society to combat online antisemitism. 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The limited impact of destabilisation efforts is attributed to the war in Ukraine diverting Russian resources, institutional pressure from the French government and EU (specifically the Digital Services Act), the regulated nature of the French electoral system, and the continued influence of traditional media. However, the authors warn of a growing trend of distrust in democratic institutions and the normalisation of polarising rhetoric by far-right actors using coordinated inauthentic behaviour and astroturfing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000093#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The French information ecosystem demonstrated relative resistance to destabilisation in 2022, which the authors attribute to five factors: the diversion of Russian resources due to the war in Ukraine, the structural safeguards of the French electoral system, increased institutional pressure on stakeholders, the continued agenda-setting power of traditional media, and an established network of fact-checkers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000093#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Russian influence operations shifted focus toward justifying the invasion of Ukraine, and the EU ban on RT and Sputnik significantly reduced their output; for example, RT's election-related publications between the two voting rounds dropped from approximately 190 in 2017 to 13 in 2022.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000093#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The French electoral system provides structural resistance to fraud narratives through the lack of remote voting, a dense network of approximately 69,682 polling stations, and strict regulations on political advertising and campaign budgets.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000093#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There was a notable attempt to import US-style electoral fraud narratives, specifically the 'Dominion' theory; the word 'Dominion' was mentioned 45,000 times on Twitter over two days in mid-March.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000093#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Far-right actors, particularly supporters of Éric Zemmour, extensively used astroturfing and coordinated inauthentic behaviour to inflate their online presence. In one analysis of 12 petitions, 21.5% of original messages for 11 of those petitions were sent from just four accounts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000093#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Far-right accounts were found to be the primary generators of toxic content on social media. On Facebook, pages associated with the Rassemblement National (RN) accounted for 45.1% of highly toxic posts, despite representing only 12.3% of total posts analysed.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000093#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies a 'conspirasphere' of websites that act as vectors for biased narratives. 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These attacks were often rooted in xenophobia, racism, and Islamophobia, particularly for Muslim candidates who were compared to terrorists.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000096#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rachel Levine was the target of overwhelming transphobic abuse, including deadnaming, misgendering, and the promotion of disinformation regarding gender-affirming care.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000096#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Gendered disinformation was used to attack candidates through sex-based rumors and narratives about their private lives, such as claims regarding Marjorie Taylor Greene's alleged affairs or Ilhan Omar's marriage.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000096#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Abusive hashtags were used to increase the visibility of broader disinformation and conspiracy theories, including anti-vaccine content and claims that the 2020 US elections were rigged.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000096#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The platforms' algorithms gave high visibility to extreme views and fringe actors, recommending content from accounts that the platforms had already labeled as containing disinformation or sensitive content.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000096#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Evidence of inauthentic amplification was found on Twitter, where a single account posted the same abusive meme targeting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 172 times in a short window to increase its visibility.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000096#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report concludes that platforms failed to enforce their own hate speech, bullying, and harassment policies, particularly regarding image- and video-based content.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000096#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["social media analysis","content moderation audit","gender-based violence study"]},{"id":"isdglo-000115","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000115","title":"Midline Assessment Report for PROACT: Community-Based Interventions Program in Kenya","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Midline-Assessment-Report-for-PROACT_Community-Based-Interventions-Program-in-Kenya.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The PROACT program has significantly increased the knowledge, confidence, and attitudes of community team members regarding P/CVE, with knowledge levels rising from 18.4% to 90.7% post-training. The program has strengthened County Engagement Forums (CEFs) and implemented County Action Plans (CAPs), though sustainability is challenged by a reliance on external donor funding and inconsistent CEF membership. Key findings highlight a shift in terrorist recruitment from face-to-face to online methods and a need for greater security actor trust in community-led processes. Recommendations include embedding P/CVE funding into county legislation, extending the program duration for sustainable transformation, and developing P/CVE curricula for educational institutions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The PROACT program significantly improved the knowledge and skills of community team members regarding P/CVE, psychosocial issues, and facilitation methods, increasing from a baseline of 18.4% to 90.7% after training.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Training led to a substantial increase in the confidence and positive attitudes of community team members toward handling P/CVE content; confidence rose from 18.6% to 88.6%, and positive attitudes increased from 20.8% to 95.6%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a noted shift in recruitment strategies by terrorist networks, with a decrease in face-to-face recruitment due to security surveillance and an increase in online recruitment via Android phones among youth.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While national and county governments contribute indirectly to P/CVE through investments in TVET, agriculture, and affirmative funds, these resources are not specifically tailored to youth most at risk of recruitment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The program established P/CVE governance structures through County Action Plans (CAPs) and County Engagement Forums (CEFs), but inconsistent membership in CEFs has negatively impacted institutional memory and continuity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Community awareness of the role of communities in P/CVE remains low, and there is a critical need to build trust between security actors and community-led processes to reduce risks to beneficiaries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Isiolo County, the program remodeled the CAP to prioritize pillars such as psychosocial support and economics, and successfully engaged the private sector, with road contractors promising social support of approximately US $10 million.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Kwale County, the program anchored its work within the Ministry of Interior and engaged private sector players like Base Titanium to provide scholarships, jobs, and school construction as part of radicalization prevention.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Nakuru County, the program successfully engaged the private sector (e.g., Absa Bank) and the medical community, with psychiatrists from Rift Valley General Hospital offering mental health support for referred cases at a reduced cost of Kes 100.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000115#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Private sector engagement"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["midline assessment","program evaluation"]},{"id":"isdglo-000119","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000119","title":"Monitoring Disinformation and Influence Campaigns in the 2022 French Elections: Lessons Learnt","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Monitoring-Disinformation-and-Influence-Campaigns-in-the-2022-French-Elections_Lessons-Learnt.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) monitored the 2022 French elections, finding that while Russian state-backed influence was limited due to EU bans, domestic non-state actors and far-right figures effectively leveraged social media to spread anti-establishment narratives. Key tactics included coordinated inauthentic behaviour by Éric Zemmour's campaign, the cross-platform monetisation of fake vaccination passes, and the mainstreaming of the 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory. The report highlights significant gaps in platform content moderation, particularly regarding online abuse of candidates and voter fraud narratives, and recommends stronger regulatory oversight and data transparency from social media companies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000119#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The campaign of far-right candidate Éric Zemmour employed coordinated inauthentic behaviour to amplify his agenda. ISD identified twelve petitions created by 'Les Amis d’Éric Zemmour' between January 2021 and June 2022, noting that sharing patterns on Twitter indicated inauthentic mobilisation, particularly in the weeks preceding the election.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000119#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Malign actors used cross-platform strategies to disseminate and monetise disinformation, specifically regarding fake vaccination passes. Actors used mainstream platforms like Facebook and Instagram to attract users and then redirected them to encrypted or closed spaces such as Telegram and WhatsApp to complete transactions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000119#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 2022 elections saw a shift from state-led to non-state influence. While the EU-wide ban on Russian state media limited the impact of Russia-backed actors, domestic sovereigntist and far-right figures used their large audiences to fuel distrust in institutions by embracing anti-vaccine sentiment and pro-Russian content following the invasion of Ukraine.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000119#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Far-right Identitarian ideas, specifically the 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory, were moved into mainstream public discourse. This was driven by Éric Zemmour's candidacy and manifesto, as well as inauthentic online tactics like astroturfing and the coordinated promotion of petitions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000119#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Online abuse and incivility targeting candidates became a normalised political tactic. ISD found that for most candidates, abusive comments represented 15% to 25% of all comments on Facebook, with women and minoritised candidates disproportionately targeted with racist and misogynistic abuse.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000119#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Voter fraud narratives, imported from the US 'Stop the Steal' movement, emerged in France. These claims were amplified by fringe political figures such as Florian Philippot, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, and François Asselineau, though they had limited reach on mainstream social media compared to other political scandals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000119#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Social media platforms demonstrated inconsistent enforcement of their own terms of service. ISD found that Twitter failed to label voter fraud statements by high-profile public figures as 'misleading', and Meta failed to label similar allegations regarding voting machines.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000119#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["World","United States","Germany","Australia","Ukraine","Russia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["social media analysis","ethnographic monitoring","policy analysis"]},{"id":"isdglo-000135","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000135","title":"Profiting from hate","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Profiting-from-Hate-Extremist-Merchandise-on-Redbubble-Etsy-Teespring-Teerepublic-and-Zazzle.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) analyzed Redbubble, Etsy, Teespring, Teepublic, and Zazzle, finding that despite existing community guidelines, these platforms continue to host a wide range of extremist and hateful products. The report highlights that while explicit keywords are often blocked, coded language and network-tracing reveal substantial quantities of neo-Nazi, antisemitic, and conspiratorial merchandise. The platforms profit significantly from these sales, often retaining 80% or more of the revenue.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000135#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"ISD identified merchandise promoting a broad spectrum of harmful content across five platforms, including neo-Nazi terrorists, antisemitic caricatures, QAnon and #SaveTheChildren conspiracy theories, anti-LGBTQ+ hate, and public health misinformation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000135#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"E-commerce platforms derive significant financial benefit from the sale of extremist goods, with most platforms typically retaining 80% or more of the revenue from a sale.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000135#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Conspiracy theory merchandise represents the largest category of objectionable items. Much of this content uses coded language and dog-whistles to bypass moderation guidelines that are often vague regarding implicit encouragement of violence or hatred.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000135#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Platform moderation is often ineffective because it focuses on explicit keywords while ignoring coded terms; searches for explicit right-wing terms often return benign results, whereas shorthand or coded terms yield substantial problematic material.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000135#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The most serious material, such as content promoting terrorist groups or violence, is frequently hidden from search results and is typically only discovered by tracing networks of sellers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000135#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Etsy specifically fails to enforce its ban on symbols associated with hate groups and the glorification of serial killers, with neo-Nazi symbols like the Black Sun being sold in large quantities, sometimes under the guise of 'Celtic' or 'Viking' art.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000135#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Teespring has the least comprehensive guidelines of the analyzed platforms, prohibiting only content that 'promotes harm to others' without further specification, leading to the presence of homophobic, transphobic, and misogynistic merchandise.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000135#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nearly all analyzed platforms host merchandise that glorifies or replicates aspects of mass shootings, specifically the Columbine High School shooting, with some platforms like Teepublic leading to items containing extreme gore.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000135#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Australia","United States"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy assessment","content analysis"]},{"id":"isdglo-000140","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000140","title":"She Drops: How QAnon Conspiracy Theories Legitimize Coordinated and Targeted Gender Based Violence","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/QAnon-and-Gender.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines the role of gender-based violence (GBV) in the coordinated harassment of six celebrities by the QAnon community. 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Expert interviews highlight the growing importance of audiovisual platforms like TikTok and Telegram, as well as the intermingling of right-wing extremism with conspiracy theories and misogynistic 'manosphere' content.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000148#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Right-wing extremists in Germany have historically adapted to technological advances, moving from early 1990s message boards and the Thule network to international forums like Stormfront, and eventually to 'alt-tech' infrastructure.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000148#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The use of irony and 'humorous' language on imageboards like 4chan serves as a strategic tool to recruit supporters, shift discourse, and evade legal prosecution or algorithmic detection.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000148#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Mainstream social media platforms are primarily used as 'entry platforms' to reach a broad audience, while niche or alternative platforms are used to distribute more radical content and coordinate privately.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000148#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Deplatforming on mainstream sites leads to a loss of audience reach and revenue, but also drives users toward alternative platforms and is used rhetorically by extremists to frame themselves as victims of censorship.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000148#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Telegram is identified as a critical alternative platform in Germany due to its high reach, low regulation, and perceived privacy, serving as a communication hub to link to other platforms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000148#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant research gap regarding audiovisual platforms (such as TikTok, Instagram, BitChute, and Odysee) and the role of micro-influencers, which are increasingly important for reaching younger audiences.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000148#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current trends show an 'Americanisation' of far-right discourse in Germany, including the import of debates on 'Cancel Culture' and 'Critical Race Theory', and an increasing overlap between right-wing extremists, conspiracy theorists, and the misogynistic 'manosphere'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000148#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project defines right-wing extremism specifically as 'a form of nationalism characterised by its reference to racial, ethnic or cultural supremacy'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000148#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["United States","Italy"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["literature review","expert interviews","conceptual framework"]},{"id":"isdglo-000151","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000151","title":"Telegram as a buttress","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Telegram-as-a-Buttress_How-far-right-extremists-and-conspiracy-theorists-are-expanding-their-infrastructures-via-Telegram.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes the role of Telegram as a 'buttress' for far-right and conspiracy-oriented actors in Germany. 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It also notes a platform divide, with positive climate messages dominating Twitter while negative narratives prevailed on Facebook.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000001#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The AfD benefited significantly from the climate change debate compared to other parties, being the only party to question anthropogenic climate change and oppose climate protection measures.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000001#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate-related posts by the AfD saw much higher engagement than the party's average content, receiving 40–237% more shares, and outperformed climate posts from other parties.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000001#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Right-wing actors framed the climate debate as a 'culture war,' using enemy images and depicting climate protection as a threat to voters' lifestyles.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000001#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A 'denial and delay' narrative, which presents climate change as non-existent or harmless, achieved significant reach with over 135,000 shares in the dataset.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000001#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A secondary narrative arguing that Germany should not act on climate protection because other countries are more responsible for global CO2 emissions was shared more than 6,500 times, though it had less reach than the denial narrative.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000001#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There was a distinct difference between social media platforms: Twitter most frequently shared messages positive toward climate protection, while Facebook shared those that categorized climate measures negatively.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000001#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","climate change disinformation","carbon dioxide emissions"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["social media analysis","political analysis"]},{"id":"isdglo-000141","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000141","title":"RECIPROCAL DYNAMICS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA’S POLITICAL FRINGES ON TWITTER","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2021-10","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Reciprocal-Dynamics-Between-Australias-Political-Fringes-on-Twitter.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The analysis of 404,375 tweets from 151 far-left and 75 far-right accounts reveals that both groups are primarily driven by oppositional narratives, where activity by one fringe inspires counter-mobilisation by the other. While the far right frequently engaged in hateful content targeting minorities and promoted conspiratorial views on COVID-19, the far left focused on social and economic justice, with only a small fraction of content meeting specific definitions of antisemitism. The report concludes that the far left does not pose a security threat equivalent to the far right and suggests that moderating far-right extremism could reduce overall counter-mobilisation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000141#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Oppositional narratives and discussion about political opponents serve as primary drivers for mobilisation on both the far right and far left, meaning surges in activity by one group likely trigger counter-mobilisation by the other.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000141#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Far-right Twitter activity is characterised by hostile narratives targeting marginalised communities, specifically anti-trans hate speech, and the promotion of COVID-19 conspiracy theories, including vaccine scepticism and anti-mask rhetoric.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000141#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Far-left Twitter activity focuses predominantly on economic and social justice, including workers' rights, institutional racism, and anti-capitalism, with few instances of hostile narratives except for antipathy toward police following the death of George Floyd.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000141#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant divide in media consumption: far-right users rely heavily on hyper-partisan and radical ideological sources, whereas far-left users engage more frequently with mainstream or centrist media such as ABC News.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000141#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A small proportion of far-left content was identified as antisemitic under the IHRA working definition, specifically where contemporary Israeli policy was compared to Nazi Germany; 17 out of 257 tweets (6%) mentioning Israel contained such comparisons.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000141#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The research concludes that describing the far left as a threat equivalent to the far right is inaccurate, and that policing far-right extremism could potentially reduce left-wing counter-mobilisation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000141#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change"],"geography_discussed":["Victoria","United States","United Kingdom","People's Republic of China","Israel","Palestine"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["social media analysis","quantitative analysis","qualitative analysis","natural language processing"]},{"id":"isdglo-000015","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000015","title":"The resilience of online right-wing extremism in Canada","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2021-07-20","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/the-resilience-of-online-right-wing-extremism-in-canada/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed"],"summary":{"text":"The document identifies the resilience of Canadian right-wing extremism online, noting that while social media enforcement removes some accounts, new ones frequently emerge. It highlights the significant influence of US politics and the COVID-19 pandemic on extremist activity, with the latter accounting for 38.8% of categorised messages. The analysis also details the role of these groups in spreading disinformation and the presence of violent mobilisation on fringe platforms like Telegram and incel forums.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000015#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The COVID-19 pandemic was the primary driver of discussion among analysed right-wing extremist communities in 2020, representing 38.8% of all categorised messages. This activity often focused on anger toward the government and conspiracy theories, potentially amplified by increased time spent online due to pandemic restrictions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000015#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Canadian right-wing extremists are heavily influenced by the United States, mentioning the US more frequently than Canada. Discussion of Canadian politics was only 3.1% more prevalent than discussion of US politics, with a specific focus on Donald Trump.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000015#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Right-wing extremists in Canada actively drive disinformation, including the creation of viral false claims on 4chan regarding a potential Canadian invasion of the US following the 2020 election, and the promotion of COVID-19 conspiracy theories on YouTube and Gab.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000015#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While social media policy enforcement led to the removal of many channels between 2019 and 2020—including 63.5% of Twitter accounts and 47% of YouTube channels—the overall ecosystem remained resilient as new channels emerged to replace them.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000015#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Violent mobilisation and hateful language were identified in a set of 30,847 posts. 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Activity spiked between June and August 2020, coinciding with global Black Lives Matter protests and Melbourne lockdowns. A small number of highly active accounts drove the majority of content, often promoting conspiracy theories about a 'Marxist' infiltration of Western institutions and calling for white separatism or violence.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000055#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Far-right activity on Gab in Australia saw a significant increase between June and August 2020, with monthly posts exceeding 7,500, representing a 90% increase over May. This surge coincided with the second COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne and global racial justice protests.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000055#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Mobilisation on the platform is heavily concentrated among a few users; the top three most active accounts produced 34,597 posts, which is 75% of the total 45,404 posts in the study's dataset.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000055#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Antisemitism is a prominent feature of the network, with over 11% of all posts containing explicitly antisemitic terms and slurs, including direct calls for violence against Jewish people and their removal from Australian society.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000055#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Australian far-right used the COVID-19 pandemic to advance their ideology, focusing on pandemic denial, promoting fake cures like hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), and using lockdown restrictions in Victoria to fuel anti-Chinese sentiment and anti-minority hate.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000055#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Discussions regarding Black Lives Matter (BLM) were uniformly negative, with users describing the movement as 'Marxist', alleging it was manipulated by global elites such as George Soros, or claiming it was a front for 'anti-white racism'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000055#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The network promotes white supremacist and ethnonationalist ideologies, including the 'white genocide' conspiracy theory. 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It examines the repository's composition, its role in maintaining a 'national biography' for a decentralized global movement, and its integration into a broader ecosystem of pro-Islamic State websites. The authors detail the archive's contents—ranging from historical 'genesis' files to tactical manuals—and provide policy recommendations for marginalizing such repositories by disrupting the networks and tools used to promote them.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 'Cloud Caliphate' is a massive digital repository that grew from 1.3 terabytes in June 2019 to 2.2 terabytes by February 2021, utilizing the open-source file hosting service NextCloud and Cloudflare for hosting.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The archive serves a sociological purpose by creating a 'national biography' and a shared sense of identity for a decentralized global movement, acting as a site for the 'collective will to remember'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The repository is integrated into a 'constellation' of pro-Islamic State websites that act as funnels; the top three referring sites between May and July 2020 were al-Bayan, 'Muslim News', and 'The Punishment', accounting for 46 percent of referral traffic.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The archive's composition is vast, containing 97,706 folders and files as of June 30, 2020, including 58,898 image files, 10,092 video files, 9,038 applications, 8,963 audio files, and 2,972 text files.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The archive contains specific folders dedicated to the 'Genesis of the Islamic State' (including Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad and the Mujahideen Shura Council of Iraq) and 'Emirs of Jihad', featuring curated 'seerah' (prophetic biographies) of leaders like Abu Abdallah al-Jabouri and Abu Anas al-Shami.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The repository includes a 'New Folder' containing slanderous material and curated social media posts designed to discredit al-Qa`ida and its leadership, specifically Ayman al-Zawahiri.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The archive provides tactical and dangerous information, including instructions for explosive materials, creating chloroform, and guides on surveilling, stabbing, and kidnapping.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The case of Muhammed al-Azhari, an American charged in May 2020, demonstrates real-world usage of the archive, as FBI searches of his devices revealed he accessed the 'Cloud Caliphate' to consume propaganda.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The authors recommend that stakeholders marginalize such repositories by identifying and disrupting the individuals administering them and by curbing the dissemination of problematic URLs on social media and messengers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"isdglo-000079#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Iraq","Syria","Mozambique","Mali","Nigeria","Egypt","United States","Saudi Arabia","Jordan","Bahrain","Kuwait","Palestine","Afghanistan","Bosnia and Herzegovina","Canada","France"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","digital forensics","sociological analysis"]},{"id":"isdglo-000042","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000042","title":"A snapshot analysis of anti-Muslim mobilisation in France after terror attacks","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2021-04-20","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/a-snapshot-analysis-of-anti-muslim-mobilisation-in-france-after-terror-attacks/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed"],"summary":{"text":"The document analyzes anti-Muslim sentiment in France, noting that terrorist attacks in October 2020 triggered significant spikes in hateful online discourse. 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