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Women Go Undercover In Incel Forums And It’s Way Worse Than Anyone Can Imagine

“Incel” is short for “involuntary celibate,” often used for men who say they want a relationship but feel unable to find one. Many end up blaming women and directing their frustration at them. While social media platforms have banned some incel groups over violent content, dedicated forums still exist where…

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How incel terminology like 'sleepmaxxing' and 'sigma' infiltrated pop culture

The niche language of incels has permeated social media, schools and even beauty standards. So, how did it become normalised?

Evening Standard

Sword murderer had social media peppered with far-right extremism and conspiracy theories

Marcus Arduini Monzo’s online profile revealed interests in controversial figures such as Andrew Tate

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Man who attacked officers outside police station had been referred to Prevent

Andrew Dighton had been referred to the Prevent anti-terrorism programme a year before his attack on officers in Talbot Green in South Wales.

Evening Standard

How the word ‘incel’ got away from us

Imagine a young man whose voice has been worn down by years of feeling invisible. Plain, numb and bitter, the “incel” tries to explain the kind of hopelessness most of us would rather not confront:

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56 Times Incels Got Shamed By This Online Community (New Pics)

“I’m a misogynist but it’s justified. Let me explain..."

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‘Incel’ TikTok accounts rebranding to avoid social media bans, study finds

While social media platform does not allow hateful material, advocates of ‘incel’ ideology now produce content via ‘socially palatable’ terms, according to new paper

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OPINION - I've been deep inside dystopian incel forums and Adolescence is as real as you fear

In the summer of 2021, a 22-year-old man named Jake Davison walked out into the streets of Plymouth and shot four people with a pump-action shotgun. He had already killed his own mother with the same gun, moments before. His victims included a three-year-old girl and her 43-year-old father. He…

Evening Standard

Here's How Police Are Being Trained To Deal With Incels

The Department of Homeland Security is watching men who are mad they can’t get girlfriends.

Reason

The internet makes it too easy to ‘fall down a rabbit hole of hate’. So, what works to curb online extremism?

A suite of recent troubling events have once again shone a spotlight on extremist violence, especially the kind involving online radicalisation of young people.

The Conversation

Why we need to approach masculinism as a terrorist threat - Q&A with Stephanie Lamy

Masculinism is on the rise. In the age of the internet, male influencers such as Andrew Tate preaching the belief that men should have more rights, power, and opportunities than women have a bigger platform than ever. So widespread has the phenomenon become that in July the British Police said…

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OPINION - I'm worried my kids are falling into a screen time doom-loop... and am I to blame?

It’s summer holiday time for the children, which can mean only one thing: six weeks of rows about screen time. Aaaand in the red corner, we have children with their iPads and iPhones, clinging with all their might to the captivating drama of Roblox or Minecraft or YouTube or whatever…

Evening Standard

40 Ways Men Give Away They’re Nothing But Incels Without Even Trying

The term "incel" is short for "involuntary celibate." The post 40 Ways Men Give Away They’re Nothing But Incels Without Even Trying first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Yes, the incel community has a sexism problem, but we can do something about it

A judge in Ontario’s Superior Court has ruled that a 2020 attack on a Toronto massage parlour was an incel-inspired act of terror. This is the first time that an incel-related crime has been labelled a terror offence.

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The Independent UK

Plymouth shooter Jake Davison ‘searched for incel serial killers online’ days before massacre

Motivation for mass shooting, which was not declared a terror attack, to be examined at new inquest

The Guardian - UK

Large rise in men referred to Prevent over women-hating incel ideology

Counter-terror officers say incel makes up 1% of referral to anti-extremism scheme

Liverpool Echo

What is an incel: everything to know about the internet sub-culture growing in popularity

The term has been linked to violent incidents

Manchester Evening News

Andrew Tate, incels and the manosphere - how the internet is radicalising young men

Andrew Tate is known as one of the prominent faces of the ‘manosphere’

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Hollyoaks star Angus Castle-Doughty tackling dark storyline as 'scary' woman hater

Angus's character, Eric Forster, has just been unveiled as an evil incel in the Liverpool-based soap and says that exercise helps clear his head after filming dark scenes

The Guardian - UK

Experts fear rising global ‘incel’ culture could provoke terrorism

Almost 1,000 references to misogyny and violent action are recorded each day on dedicated incel forums

Salon

Probing the mind of an incel

Researchers sought to determine whether experiencing unwanted celibacy is linked to misogyny among men

Daily Mirror

Sick 'women-hating' incel sites draw record audience one year from Plymouth shooting

Plymouth gunman Jake Davison posted YouTube videos ranting about being a virgin and his failure to find love before he killed five people last year, including his mother

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