The Home Office report has updated the UK's counter terror strategy for the first time in five years

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The report said: “The threat from extreme right-wing terrorism (ERWT) in Western countries is increasingly a transnational issue in terms of radicalising influence, inspiration and communication, unlike Islamist terrorist groups, extreme right-wing terrorists are not typically organised into formal groups with leadership hierarchies and territorial ambitions, but informal online communities which facilitate international links.”

It went on: “Extreme right-wing terrorist narratives are also exploited by hostile actors such as Russia, which is seeking to promote divisive and polarising narratives in the West, which is likely to increase in the future.”

Related to this they are also monitoring the risk posed by the so-called incel movement, a predominantly male and online subculture who define themselves as unable to get a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one. Discussions in incel groups online often feature themes of misogyny and misanthropy and the ideology has been linked to a number of terror attacks in North America.

Read the article for more on new groups becoming eligible for the terrorist label.

  • Blamemeta@lemmy.worldEnglish
    550·
    1 year ago

    Considering they think bicycle wheels are deadly weapons, and a bacon sandwich is a hate crime, I’d love to see what those 39 terrorist plots actually were. Someone holding up a sign?

      • Blamemeta@lemmy.worldEnglish
        125·
        1 year ago

        Im talking about actual instances of the UK police doing weird shit, and making mountains out of not-even-molehills. I don’t trust them, especially with serious statements.

        • youhavemykeys@discuss.onlineEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          i do agree, i went to an information sharing focused climate protest in a field and the police shut down the whole area and confiscated everything sharp from the vegan kitchen because they had ‘intelligence’ that green protestors planned to throw ninja-stars into horses eyes.

          being bi i know very well that there are genuine threats from evil minded right wing crazies, but also i know just as well not to trust the MET for a second.