Extremists Links: The Rising Threat of 'Nihilistic' Violent Extremists

Experts in radicalization and violent extremism are warning that there is a growing threat from 'online communities that lionise mass attackers and promote a nihilistic worldview.'

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militias, and Far Right Authoritarian Movements

• The far-right is becoming more brazen — this poses profound ethical challenges for media coverage [ABC News]

• Russia’s Links to Neo-Nazi Terrorist Groups Demonstrates its Hybrid Warfare Toolkit [The Soufan Center]

• Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists [NPR]

• Anti-Muslim hate group leader attacks migrant aid contractors as ‘treasonous’ [HateWatch]

• Mainstreaming Murder: Stochastic Terrorism and Social Media [Harvard Political Review]

• Terror without ideology? The rise of nihilistic violence [ISD]

• Violence for the Sake of Violence: Understanding Nonideological Extremism [ASIS]

• Alleged Threat to Lady Gaga Brazil Concert Came From Rising Type of ‘Nihilistic’ Hate Group [Rolling Stone]

• Foiled Terror Attack at Brazil Concert A Warning For LGBTQ+ Events Worldwide [GPAHE]

• Brazil police say they thwarted potential attack at Lady Gaga concert [The Washington Post]

• Lady Gaga bomb plot targeted LGBTQ crowd, third person planned ‘satanist ritual’ child killing, Brazil authorities say [CNN]

• Brazilian police stop bomb attack targeting kids at Lady Gaga concert [UPI]

• Sen. Mark Kelly warns of 'political violence' after Trump ally talks about treason [Arizona Republic]

• NYC progressive pols targeted by email threats, including a bomb threat [Union-Bulletin]

• State Rep. Cynthia Neeley ‘shaken to my core’ by protesters who brought casket to her home [MLive]

• Activist arrested, jailed after protest outside Flint mayor's house [ABC News]

• Texas Man Convicted of Threatening to Lynch Nashville DA [Associated Press]

• A threat or protected speech? Trial begins for neo-Nazi who threatened 'the rope' for DA Glenn Funk [CBS News]

• What is the ‘764’ group?: FBI investigates violent predator group targeting kids online [Inkl]

• FBI, Department of Justice raise concerns about ‘violent extremist network’ 764 [Boston Herald]

• FBI has opened 250 investigations tied to violent online network '764' that preys on teens, top official says [ABC News]

• Neo-Nazi sextortion ring that blackmails teens into making sick videos has become so prevalent every FBI office in the US has open cases [New York Post]

• Trump DOJ Erases Trans People from Crime Data Surveys [The Appeal]