AVERT Commentary
The latest AVERT blogs and commentary analysing a variety of topics related to violent extremism, terrorism, radicalisation and countering violent extremism.
What is the link between computer gaming and hate-based ideologies?
HELEN YOUNG & GEOFF BOUCHER • September 16, 2020
On 26 February this year, members of the extreme-Right group Atomwaffen Division in the United States were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism. Alongside plans for the intimidation of journalists, including death threats, the group aimed to weaponise the coronavirus, maintaining that it was the “obligation” of white supremacists to spread it.