Thursday, April 23, 2020

GIIS Zoom event on Thursday, April 30th

Join us for a special online presentation with Dr. Gabriel Weimann, a leading authority on online terrorism and cyberterrorism.

The Virus of Hate: Far-Right Extremism in Cyberspace
Thursday, April 30 @  1:00 - 2:15 PM ET

The great virtues of the Internet have now been weaponized by far-right extremists, who have moved their communications, propaganda, recruitment, and training into cyber­space. Dr. Weimann will illustrate the use of online platforms by far-right terrorists and antisemites, including during the current pandemic. A question and answer session will follow the lecture.


Dr. Gabriel Weimann is a leading authority on online terrorism and cyberterrorism and currently a visiting professor at University of Maryland.  He is a Professor of Communication (Emeritus) at Haifa University and a Professor at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel.  He has authored nine books and more than 190 papers in leading scientific journals and received international awards for his work

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