An academic research network on

ONLINE EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM

What is VOX-Pol?

VOX-Pol is a world-leading research network on online extremism and terrorism. It is a global network, with 30 member institutions from 12 different countries across Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia. VOX-Pol researchers have expertise in jihadism, the extreme right and left, nationalist-separatist actors, and emerging forms of extremism.

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Forgetting the basics? Resurgent Islamic State on Facebook
By Sean McCafferty In recent years there has been suggestion of a tech backslide by major social media platforms, leading…
April 15, 2026
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Jihadi Nasheed on Indonesian TikTok: From Militant Audio to Background Sound
By Nauval El Ghifari Extremism in the Age of Short Form Content Over the past decade, online extremism has not…
April 8, 2026
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Social Media Isn’t Just Hosting the Far Right. It’s Pushing Democracy to the Brink
By Joshua Skoczylis and John Babalola The question is no longer whether social media platforms influence politics. They do. The…
April 1, 2026
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Online Library

Our Online Library collects in one place a large volume of publications related to various aspects of violent online political extremism.

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Forgetting the basics? Resurgent Islamic State on Facebook
 April 15, 2026
By Sean McCafferty In recent years there has been suggestion of a tech backslide by major social media platforms, leading to a reduction in proactive content moderation. This has become a significant concern for scholars of online terrorism. This blog post examines a sample of empirical data from Facebook that suggests there is a resurgence ...
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Jihadi Nasheed on Indonesian TikTok: From Militant Audio to Background Sound
 April 8, 2026
By Nauval El Ghifari Extremism in the Age of Short Form Content Over the past decade, online extremism has not disappeared so much as it has changed form. Earlier expressions were concentrated on closed forums and ideological websites; contemporary ones increasingly surface within mainstream social media. What has shifted is not the presence of extremist ...
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2026
VOX-Pol Summer School 2026
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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