RT Book
T1 Countering domestic racially and ethnically motivated violent terrorism on social media: introducing the racist and violent extremist flock tool
T2 RAND Corporation research report
A1 Tapia, Daniel
A2 Warren, Kristin
A2 Burns, Jacqueline Gardner
A2 Golins'ka, Christina
A2 Reimer, Jordan R.
A2 Schirmer, Peter
A2 Shumate, Will
LA English
PP Santa Monica, CA
PB RAND Corporation
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1846075114
AB 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.
NO Title from PDF document (viewed February 24, 2023)
NO "Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center"
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-91)
CN HV6432
SN 1977410154
SN 9781977410153
K1 Domestic terrorism : United States
K1 Radicalism : United States
K1 Racism : United States
K1 Political Violence : United States
K1 Social Media : Political aspects : United States
K1 Internet and terrorism : United States
K1 Domestic terrorism
K1 Internet and terrorism
K1 Political Violence
K1 Racism
K1 Radicalism
K1 Social media - Political aspects
K1 United States
K1 USA : Radikalismus : Radikalisierung : Gewalttätigkeit : Weiße : Vorherrschaft : Internet
DO 10.7249/RRA1761-1