Our picksBrexit & Terrorism | Biden’s Looming War on White Supremacy |Universities & Extremism, and more
· Capitol Rioter May Have Stolen Pelosi’s Laptop and Tried to Sell It to Russia, Says FBI
· Parler Partially Reappears with Support from Russian Technology Firm
· Britain’s Youngest Terrorist Who Was Jailed for Plotting to Behead a Police Officer in Australia on Anzac Day When He Was 14 Can Be Freed from Prison
· Brexit Will Disrupt Hunt for U.K.’s Most Wanted Fugitives, Terrorism Expert Warns
Extremism
· Joe Biden’s Looming War on White Supremacy
· How Republicans Are Warping Reality Around the Capitol Attack
· QAnon Is Destroying the GOP From Within
· Far Right Extremism’s History in America
· Inauguration Day Will Come and Go. Violent Domestic Extremism May Be Around for a While
· Purges Force Extremists Off Social Media Sites. That Can Complicate Investigators’ Work.
· How Susceptible Is a University to Extremism?
· Blocked from Social Media, Extremists Discuss Turning to Radios to Plan Attacks, FCC Warns
· FBI Probes Possible Connections between extremist groups at heart of Capitol violence
· Extremists Exploit a Loophole in Social Moderation: Podcasts on Apple, Google
Capitol Rioter May Have Stolen Pelosi’s Laptop and Tried to Sell It to Russia, Says FBI(Jamie Ross, Daily Beast)
An informant, who claims to be the woman’s ex-lover, told the FBI that she tried but ultimately failed to pass on the device to Russian intelligence.
Parler Partially Reappears with Support from Russian Technology Firm (Reuters)
Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help of a Russian-owned technology company.
Parler vanished from the internet when dropped by Amazon Inc.’s hosting arm and other partners for poor moderation after its users called for violence and posted videos glorifying the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
On Monday, Parler’s website was reachable again, though only with a message from its chief executive saying he was working to restore functionality.
Britain’s Youngest Terrorist Who Was Jailed for Plotting to Behead a Police Officer in Australia on Anzac Day When He Was 14 Can Be Freed from Prison (Amie Gordon, Daily Mail)
Britain’s youngest convicted terrorist who planned to behead police officers at an Anzac Day parade can be freed from jail, a parole board has ruled. The terrorist, who can be identified only as ‘RXG’, was just 14 when he told Sevdet Besim, 18, to carry out the massacre at the parade in Melbourne. He exchanged more than 3,000 encrypted mobile app messages with Besim after he became swiftly radicalised by online Islamic State propaganda. They also discussed packing a kangaroo with explosives, painting it with an Islamic State symbol and setting it loose on police officers. The teenager, from Blackburn in Lancashire, was jailed for life at Manchester Crown Court in October 2015 after he admitted inciting terrorism overseas. He is among a group of child offenders, including the killers of the toddler James Bulger, to be granted lifelong anonymity by the High Court. In a document detailing the decision, the Parole Board said: ‘After considering the circumstances of his offending, the progress made while in detention, and the evidence presented at the hearings, the panel was satisfied that RXG was suitable for release.’ At the age of just 14, the teenager took on the role of ‘organiser and adviser’ and suggested beheading or using a car to kill officers.
