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"Ideology has always been a critical element in understanding how we view the
world, form opinions and make political decisions.
However, the internet has revolutionised the way opinions and ideologies
spread, leading to new forms of online radicalisation. Far-right ideologies,
which advocate for ultra-nationalism, racism and opposition to immigration and
multiculturalism, have proliferated on social platforms.
These ideologies have strong links with violence and terrorism. In recent
years, as much as 40% of the caseload of the Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation (ASIO) was related to far-right extremism. This has declined,
though, with the easing of COVID restrictions.
Detecting online radicalisation early could help prevent far-right
ideology-motivated (and potentially violent) activity. To this end, we have
developed a completely automatic system that can determine the ideology of
social media users based on what they do online."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
