There's no two ways about it — America is in a bit of a crisis when it comes to online disinformation, propaganda, and the radicalization of young people, especially males. And generative AI tools are ...

In 2023, I stumbled across a subreddit called r/IncelExit. It’s a self-described place “for people who got drawn into the incel community but want support and help with a way out”. With the aim of ...

In recent years, there has been growing concern about the potential threat of violence, including terrorism and mass murder, that could stem from the community of men who self-identify as involuntary ...

Luc Cousineau receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He is the Director of Research at the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies. Université du Québec à Montréal ...

The right wing mob that stormed and briefly occupied the US Capitol building at Trump’s behest on Wednesday were not radicalized in a vacuum. Online networks peddling racist, white supremacist and ...

‘I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t think at least half the group was crazy,’ Harta* tells me from his home in the US. I can’t see him – like other men in my study into the world of incels, he’s ...

In the quiet corners of the internet, an unlikely brotherhood has formed. They call themselves incels—short for “involuntarily celibate”—and their forums hum with the voices of young men who believe ...

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One former incel joined the community when he was just 12 years old (Picture: Courtesy of Netflix) ‘I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t think at least half the group was crazy,’ Harta* tells me from ...