Criminal law, counterterrorism, terrorist use of the internet. Director @CYTREC_. Prof @Swansea_Law. Coordinator @VOX_Pol. Senior Fellow @Hedayah_CVE.

Swansea University
Joined November 2012
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🚨 Now Published: The Extremism Risk Guidance – Revised (ERG-R). After over a decade of guiding terrorism risk assessments in England and Wales, the ERG22+ framework has been comprehensively updated by the HMPPS CT-ARC. Read the full technical report: doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.70…
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📢 Meet @CTProject_SM, Associate Fellow for the #RoL Team! ⚖️ Professor of Law @SwanseaUni, his work focuses on violent #jihadist narratives, #cyberterrorism & the need for a rule of law approach in #counterterrorism online. ➡️ buff.ly/E1O7nT9
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Dr Lella Nouri, Associate Professor of Criminology at Swansea University and Co-Director of the Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC), has pioneered the StreetSnap app to enable councils, local police and their partners to better record, utilise and remove hateful graffiti, and the Flip the Streets initiative involving community members in co-producing artwork to replace instances of hateful visuals, as she explained to Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth. [SUBSCRIBER ARTICLE] policinginsight.com/feature/… @CTProject_Lella @CYTREC_ @SwanseaUni
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Prof Stuart MacDonald’s and my joint article on OFCOM terrorism and the meaning of public communication has been published in the Law Quarterly Review 2025, 141 (April), 271-292…/1
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Against a backdrop of an increasingly younger terrorist cohort within His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, my latest paper explores the relationship between age and various Extremism Risk Guidance assessment outcomes. emerald.com/insight/content/…
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Latest report now published: Terrorism Acts in 2022
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It's Beginning to Feel Real 💃 My Book is COMING SOON Based on My 4 Years Undercover Online Researching #Racism #Extremism #Propaganda #Technology Huge THANK YOU to the AMAZING @AndrewPSilke @ProfJohnHorgan @CTProject_SM @surajlakhani @anitalavorgna for their Endorsements 😍😍😍
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You’re invited to an open source intelligence #OSINT workshop, being held online at 3pm UK time this Wednesday, 25 Sept. The workshop will cover: •Basic OSINT techniques •Researcher’s safety •Data integrity For more info and to register: swanseauniversity.zoom.us/we…
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My @VOX_Pol blog on the @EUCouncil designation of the Base is now out! I examine how this designation will likely impact the dissemination of The Base’s online content, given the sanction regime and the Terrorist Content Online Regulation (TCO) regulation. voxpol.eu/breaking-ground-th…
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Delighted to see my new article on the Independent Review of the UK Prevent Strategy now out in @JD_JournalDerad! Co-authored with @CTProject_SM & @AndyWhiting25, you can read it for free here: journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php… Many thanks to the editors and anonymous reviewers!
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So glad to have attended #TASMconf in Swansea over the past couple days. Diolch yn fawr iawn @CYTREC_ @CTProject_SM for the warm welcome!
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Honored to present new research this week at #TASMConf hosted by the fantastic @CYTREC_ team. Huge shout out to my co-panelists, and the other brilliant @AmericanU students/alum for making it a wonderful experience. #research #academia #Swansea
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What a pleasure it was to present at TASM and host the next gen conference for @VOX_Pol. Thanks a lot to @CYTREC_ @CTProject_SM for your help in putting it all together. Excited about all the research coming out from ECRs!
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It was an honor for Netlab UFRJ to be part of #TASMConf 2024. Débora Salles presented our findings on disinformation during the 2022 Elections in Brazil. The Conference at @SwanseaUni was an exciting opportunity to learn from delegates from all over the world.
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We are thrilled to be at #TASMConf held at the beautiful @SwanseaUni Bay Campus. Enjoying the wide variety of panels over these two days and engaging with researchers and practitioners on crucial issues in the nexus of technology and extremism. @CYTREC_ @GIFCT_official
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#TASMConf 2024 brings together researchers, tech platforms and governmental officials to discuss the latest issues including the growing use of AI by extremist and terrorist actors
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The premier conference and gathering of online terrorism and violent extremism researchers in the world 🌎 Benjamin Mok, a Senior Analyst at @RSIS_NTU reflects on what makes #TASMConf so special
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As day two begins, Debora Salles of @NetLabUFRJ reflects on a busy first day at #TASMConf 2024 A day that facilitated conversation between stakeholders dealing with the same issues from different perspectives, leading to new approaches and solutions 💡
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Great first day at #TASMConf @CYTREC_ hearing some great papers on FR websites, misinformation and gender. For those in attendance, come along to Panel 6D as we explore the linkages between Violent Extremism, Non-Violent Extremism and Non-Radicalisation👍👏👇
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