Lone-wolf terrorism is a threat to the security of modern society, as was tragically shown in
Norway on July 22, 2011, when Anders Behring Breivik carried out two terrorist attacks that …

As violent extremists continue to surface in online discussion forums, law enforcement
agencies search for new ways of uncovering their digital indicators. Researchers have both …

In recent years, researchers have shown a vested interest in develo** advanced
information technologies, machine-learning algorithms, and risk-assessment tools to detect …

Despite the ongoing need for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to identify and
assess the online activities of violent extremists prior to their engagement in violence offline …

With the increasing penetration of the internet, an ever-growing number of people are
voicing their opinions in the numerous blogs, tweets, forums, social networking, and …

Although many researchers, practitioners, and policymakers are concerned about identifying
and characterizing online posting patterns of violent extremists prior to their engagement in …

Radical, terroristic organizations pose threats to business, government, and society. The
ubiquity of the modern Web and its participatory architecture have enabled such groups to …

Purpose–This chapter examines how sentiment analysis and web-crawling technology can
be used to conduct large-scale data analyses of extremist content online. Methods/approach …

Monitoring and analysis of web forums is becoming important for intelligence analysts
around the globe since terrorists and extremists are using forums for spreading propaganda …

Technical approaches for surfacing, reviewing, and removing terrorist and violent extremist
content online have evolved in recent years. Larger companies have added metrics and …