Countering domestic racially and ethnically motivated violent terrorism on social media: introducing the racist and violent extremist flock tool /

Racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism is becoming an increasingly common occurrence in the United States. Racially and ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE)-related terrorism has consequences beyond loss of life: It undermines the sense of safety that targeted groups feel in t...

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Authors: Tapia, Daniel (Author) ; Warren, Kristin (Author) ; Burns, Jacqueline Gardner (Author) ; Golins'ka, Christina (Author) ; Reimer, Jordan R. (Author) ; Schirmer, Peter (Author) ; Shumate, Will (Author)
Corporate Author: Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (Issuing body)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation 2023
In:Year: 2023
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Domestic terrorism > United States
Radicalism > United States
Racism > United States
Political Violence > United States
Social Media > Political aspects > United States
Internet and terrorism > United States
Domestic terrorism
Internet and terrorism
Political Violence
Racism
Radicalism
Social media - Political aspects
United States
USA > Radikalismus > Radikalisierung > Gewalttätigkeit > Weiße > Vorherrschaft > Internet
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Summary:Racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism is becoming an increasingly common occurrence in the United States. Racially and ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE)-related terrorism has consequences beyond loss of life: It undermines the sense of safety that targeted groups feel in their country and unravels the social fabrics of trust that are necessary for society to function. Further still, REMVE attacks can motivate other like-minded attackers to follow up with their own attacks, as was apparently the case with the May 14, 2022, mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, by a self-avowed, internet-radicalized white supremacist whose manifesto drew heavily from the March 15, 2019, Christchurch mosque mass shootings, which also inspired a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. Two key challenges for those who observe online spaces in which radicalization occurs are the sheer volume of data and the idiosyncrasies of online communities. Website-specific language and memes are difficult to track and parse; even if emerging terms are detected, defining them can be difficult. RAND Corporation researchers developed the Racist and Violent Extremist Flock (RVE-Flock) tool to explore and analyze textual content on REMVE-affiliated social media. The user can identify emerging terms used in REMVE communities and trends on internet platforms. In this guide, the authors characterize term proliferation in online communities by exploring various REMVE terms and demonstrate the tool's functionality. To conclude, the authors identify additional applications of this work and potential refinements of the tool.
Item Description:Title from PDF document (viewed February 24, 2023)
"Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center"
Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-91)
Physical Description:ix, 91 Seiten Diagramme 26 cm
Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
ISBN:1977410154
9781977410153
DOI:10.7249/RRA1761-1