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Last chance to register for Young Guys Thrive tomorrow, 6/12. PERIL's Pasha Dashtgard is on the 1:20 PM ET panel on the manosphere, radicalization, and prevention. Free to attend, and registrants get the recording if you can't make it live. 🔗 bit.ly/4n8jJwC
What happens inside extremist online communities after a mass violence event? New PERIL research following the San Diego attack tracks how harmful narratives escalate toward deeper radicalization in the hours and days that follow. Read more here: bit.ly/3RwYtFj
The director of the Connecticut Intelligence Center is briefing parents and police on 764 this week and CT Insider highlights PERIL's NVE Tracker as a key resource for tracking the rise of these incidents. 🔗 bit.ly/4v41jQV
A single AI-generated image garnered 2.2 million views and 58,000 likes after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attack. New PERIL analysis tracks how “false flag” conspiracy narratives spread in the wake of a crisis. Read more 🔗 bit.ly/3SvYNUU
There's still time to register for Young Guys Thrive on June 12. PERIL's Pasha Dashtgard is on the manosphere panel at 1:20 PM ET, examining what young men are actually looking for online and how prevention can meet them there. Sign up for free here: bit.ly/4n8jJwC
44% of what 142 young men watched on TikTok contained masculinity themes. New research co-authored by PERIL's Cynthia Miller-Idriss and Pasha Dashtgard maps the spectrum and makes the case for early, tailored intervention before harm escalates. Read more at The Conversation:
"Solutions need to begin much further upstream, starting with ensuring every individual feels seen, heard, and needed." PERIL's Cynthia Miller-Idriss joins the MenCare Changemaker Summit, working alongside The Christchurch Call on democracy, extremism, and tech-enabled harms.
"Boys will be boys." Psychology Today pushes back on that dismissal, drawing on Cynthia Miller-Idriss's Man Up to show how everyday gender policing rehearses patriarchal power and normalizes the conditions for violence. Read more: bit.ly/4xa2Czk
The San Diego suspects were 10 and 12 at the time of the mosque shooting in Christchurch. They grew up consuming that content. PERIL's Cynthia Miller-Idriss in NBC News on the online ecosystems turning radicalization into a template. bit.ly/4vbzFRC
In case you missed it:
60% of mass shooters and attackers in the US have a documented history of domestic or intimate partner violence. So why is misogyny almost never discussed in the context of extremism? Cynthia Miller-Idriss has answers. Man Up, discussed with @legalaf. bit.ly/4dpQRNk
A one-day event that equips parents, educators, and mentors with practical tools for young men to master relationship skills and navigate life with a clear sense of purpose.
When we dismiss everyday social policing of gender expression, we rehearse patriarchal power, enable a culture of inequality and violence, and a "crisis of connection."
A 75-page document and a livestreamed video apparently created by the gunmen echo previous shootings fueled by extremist ideology.
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60% of mass shooters and attackers in the US have a documented history of domestic or intimate partner violence. So why is misogyny almost never discussed in the context of extremism? Cynthia Miller-I...
A one-day event that equips parents, educators, and mentors with practical tools for young men to master relationship skills and navigate life with a clear sense of purpose.
