Name
Case Study 5: Dark Web and Gaming Platforms
Date & Time
Monday, May 19, 2025, 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Dr William Allchorn Danielle Williams
Description

 

Since the inception of internet-based gaming, extremist groups have increasingly been able use, modify, and weaponise gaming-adjacent platforms for activism and their campaigns. More recently, however, it has become a key organisational tool for recruitment and something that policing communities all over the world have been grappling with, especially in regard to the potential for extremist content to create radicalising effects that lead to political violence. My presentation explores how policing communities are approaching extremist groups on gaming-adjacent platforms, what strategies they’ve been using, and the effect this has on extremist activism.

Location Name
Westminster Suite