Category Archives: Terrorgram

San Diego Mosque shooting: more than just accelerationism – by S. Lucini, A. Pugnana

nihilism, Terrorgram, Terrorism

On 18 May, at the Islamic Centre of San Diego (ICSD), California, Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez, aged 17 and 18 respectively, carried out a shooting that left three people dead. The two teenagers subsequently took their own lives. Both the attack and their suicides were livestreamed. The attackers’ modus operandi, their clothing, the customisation of their weapons, and the existence of a manifesto clearly highlight the presence of influences from the extreme-right accelerationist ecosystem. However, reducing the case exclusively to the extreme-right milieu would risk offering a partial interpretation of the phenomenon.

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14Nov/25

“Make it Count”: The Terrorgram Timeline – by S. Lucini, A. Pugnana

propaganda, Terrorgram, Terrorism

Terrorgram collective is a loosely connected network that operates on Telegram through a net of different chats and channels that share extremist ideas. The main purpose was to promote accelerationism, neo-fascist and neo-nazi subcultures, the glorification of violence, and acts of terror by sharing propaganda with the aim to radicalise users into committing attacks. Terrorgram developed on Telegram starting in 2019, becoming the Terrorgram collective in 2021.

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29Ago/25

Telegram, TikTok e Discord come strumenti di reclutamento e radicalizzazione dell’estrema destra in Italia – by A. Pugnana

arresti, Terrorgram, Terrorism

Da gennaio 2024 a luglio 2025, in Italia sono stati effettuati 21 arresti nei confronti di affiliati all’ecosistema di estrema destra nazionale e internazionale. Gli individui arrestati presentavano età differenti comprese tra i 18 e i 70 anni, con una prevalenza di arrestati over 31. I dati analizzati sono stati acquisiti attraverso un’analisi di dati open source resi consultabili dalle autorità. Per tale ragione, i dati considerati fanno riferimento a quegli arresti in cui le autorità hanno esplicitamente dichiarato i social media (piattaforme di messaggistica o social network) nei quali gli imputati operavano.

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16Lug/25

“Path to Sainthood”: the role of influence played by the ‘Sanctification Propaganda Cycle’ within the Terrorgram collective – by S. Lucini e A. Pugnana

propaganda, Security, Terrorgram, Terrorism

The following article is an extract from the paper “Path to Sainthood”: the role of influence played by the ‘Sanctification Propaganda Cycle’ within the Terrorgram collective, Issue 4, Vol. 21, published by the ITSTIME international journal Sicurezza, Terrorismo, Società.

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