Jacob Ware
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e began work on this book a month into the global COVID lockdown in April 2020.It was a dark, dangerous, and uncertain time.Conspiracy theories that had already gained widespread currency throughout the preceding years were now rampant acr…
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The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and s…
View article: The Weaponization of Deepfakes: Digital Deception on the Far-Right
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In an ever-evolving technological landscape, digital disinformation is on the rise, as are its political consequences. In this paper, we explore the creation and distribution of synthetic media by malign actors, specifically a form of arti…
View article: Remembering Utøya, 10 Years Later: Enduring Lessons for Counter-Terrorism
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July 22, 2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of Anders Behring Breivik’s lone actor attack on Oslo. The intervening decade has seen a wave of far-right violence targeting Western cities, many inspired by the Norwegian terrorist. The anniver…
View article: Assessing the Threat of Incel Violence
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In recent years, increasingly serious incidents of violence have been committed by young men predominantly in the United States and Canada who self-identify as incels (involuntary celibates). Although these attacks often specifically targe…