Michele Prado
@micheleprado.bsky.social
Baiana. 🇧🇷
Writer, independent researcher, and founder of Stop Hate Brasil.
Focus: far-right radicalization, extremism and online terrorism.
Fellow @sci-belfast.bsky.social
Writer, independent researcher, and founder of Stop Hate Brasil.
Focus: far-right radicalization, extremism and online terrorism.
Fellow @sci-belfast.bsky.social
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Amigos, lançamos o nosso mais recente projeto, o "Glossário Analítico de Subculturas Violentas e Linguagens Digitais-
Núcleo de Prevenção à Violência Extrema (NUPVE) – Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul"
O Glossário é uma iniciativa pioneira desenvolvida pelo NUPVE-MPRS, +
Núcleo de Prevenção à Violência Extrema (NUPVE) – Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul"
O Glossário é uma iniciativa pioneira desenvolvida pelo NUPVE-MPRS, +
❤️❤️❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
The Secret Agent for winning Best Non-English Language Motion Picture 💫 #GoldenGlobes
The Secret Agent for winning Best Non-English Language Motion Picture 💫 #GoldenGlobes
January 12, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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The Secret Agent for winning Best Non-English Language Motion Picture 💫 #GoldenGlobes
The Secret Agent for winning Best Non-English Language Motion Picture 💫 #GoldenGlobes
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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This is wild.
In October 2024, I was able to review chats in almost real time from a Signal group comprised of dozens of Nazis in Europe, the US & Australia.
They were calling for coordinated strikes against Jewish institutions, migrant camps, government buildings and other targets on 10/16/24 1/6
In October 2024, I was able to review chats in almost real time from a Signal group comprised of dozens of Nazis in Europe, the US & Australia.
They were calling for coordinated strikes against Jewish institutions, migrant camps, government buildings and other targets on 10/16/24 1/6
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is wild.
In October 2024, I was able to review chats in almost real time from a Signal group comprised of dozens of Nazis in Europe, the US & Australia.
They were calling for coordinated strikes against Jewish institutions, migrant camps, government buildings and other targets on 10/16/24 1/6
In October 2024, I was able to review chats in almost real time from a Signal group comprised of dozens of Nazis in Europe, the US & Australia.
They were calling for coordinated strikes against Jewish institutions, migrant camps, government buildings and other targets on 10/16/24 1/6
Reposted by Michele Prado
Sharing a gift link here for reader who haven't gotten around to subscribing to @rawstory.com and want to jump the paywall www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Black Sun Rising: How a Nazi terror plot led to an American being held in Brazil
“Terrorism for accelerationism, then we get the military supplies to everyone and start war,” a group chat leader wrote on the encrypted platform Signal in October 2024, to almost 150 members spread a...
www.rawstory.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sharing a gift link here for reader who haven't gotten around to subscribing to @rawstory.com and want to jump the paywall www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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Thanks to @micheleprado.bsky.social and @wileydcope.bsky.social for assists on this story.
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Thanks to @micheleprado.bsky.social and @wileydcope.bsky.social for assists on this story.
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After the 7 November attack at SMAN 72 in Jakarta, I analyse the rise of memetic violence in Southeast Asia: our youth replicating notorious Western attackers encountered through digital platforms.
gnet-research.org/2025/12/22/c...
gnet-research.org/2025/12/22/c...
Cosplaying Columbine: How Memetic Violence Transformed Southeast Asia’s Extremist Threat - GNET
gnet-research.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
After the 7 November attack at SMAN 72 in Jakarta, I analyse the rise of memetic violence in Southeast Asia: our youth replicating notorious Western attackers encountered through digital platforms.
gnet-research.org/2025/12/22/c...
gnet-research.org/2025/12/22/c...
Amigos, lançamos o nosso mais recente projeto, o "Glossário Analítico de Subculturas Violentas e Linguagens Digitais-
Núcleo de Prevenção à Violência Extrema (NUPVE) – Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul"
O Glossário é uma iniciativa pioneira desenvolvida pelo NUPVE-MPRS, +
Núcleo de Prevenção à Violência Extrema (NUPVE) – Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul"
O Glossário é uma iniciativa pioneira desenvolvida pelo NUPVE-MPRS, +
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Amigos, lançamos o nosso mais recente projeto, o "Glossário Analítico de Subculturas Violentas e Linguagens Digitais-
Núcleo de Prevenção à Violência Extrema (NUPVE) – Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul"
O Glossário é uma iniciativa pioneira desenvolvida pelo NUPVE-MPRS, +
Núcleo de Prevenção à Violência Extrema (NUPVE) – Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul"
O Glossário é uma iniciativa pioneira desenvolvida pelo NUPVE-MPRS, +
Amigos, estou imensamente feliz em anunciar que nosso Projeto Sin@is, Precisamos Falar sobre Violência Extrema, do Núcleo de Prevenção à Violência Extrema (NUPVE) do Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul VENCEU o Prêmio Innovare 2025 na categoria Ministério Público ❤️❤️❤️
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Amigos, estou imensamente feliz em anunciar que nosso Projeto Sin@is, Precisamos Falar sobre Violência Extrema, do Núcleo de Prevenção à Violência Extrema (NUPVE) do Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul VENCEU o Prêmio Innovare 2025 na categoria Ministério Público ❤️❤️❤️
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For the UK and the US, you obviously have to follow @hanrahan.tv , @popularfront.co , @awinston.bsky.social and @ckd.sh as well as @jennefer.bsky.social and @decoherence.media , for Germany @affeu.bsky.social and @thilom.bsky.social , for Brazil @micheleprado.bsky.social and Romania Diana Mesesan
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
For the UK and the US, you obviously have to follow @hanrahan.tv , @popularfront.co , @awinston.bsky.social and @ckd.sh as well as @jennefer.bsky.social and @decoherence.media , for Germany @affeu.bsky.social and @thilom.bsky.social , for Brazil @micheleprado.bsky.social and Romania Diana Mesesan
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A lot has happened between 2021 and today: In 2023, @linaverschwele.bsky.social, Diana Mesesan, @awinston.bsky.social and I started looking into the sadistic cybergooming scene. @washingtonpost.com, @wired.com and @recorder.ro.web.brid.gy joined us and we published together 03/24. shorturl.at/XM0ou
(S+) Cybergrooming: Wie sich Sadisten weltweit in Chatgruppen zu Straftaten verabreden
Sie zwingen Minderjährige zu Nacktfotos, Selbstverletzungen und sogar Suizid – Recherchen enthüllen, wie sich Sadisten weltweit in Chatgruppen zu solchen Taten verabreden. Und wie sie aufgespürt werde...
www.spiegel.de
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A lot has happened between 2021 and today: In 2023, @linaverschwele.bsky.social, Diana Mesesan, @awinston.bsky.social and I started looking into the sadistic cybergooming scene. @washingtonpost.com, @wired.com and @recorder.ro.web.brid.gy joined us and we published together 03/24. shorturl.at/XM0ou
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Four years have passed since then and @maxhoppenstedt.bsky.social & I have just published our newest piece about the German member White Tiger and how he allegedly pushed Jay Taylor, a 13-year-old from the US, into hanging himself. It's the cover story of @spiegel.de print magazine this week.
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Four years have passed since then and @maxhoppenstedt.bsky.social & I have just published our newest piece about the German member White Tiger and how he allegedly pushed Jay Taylor, a 13-year-old from the US, into hanging himself. It's the cover story of @spiegel.de print magazine this week.
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New piece about Com/764! But beforehand – credit where credit is due: The first time I heard about 764 was from @hanrahan.tv in November of 2021. Jake had just learned that Angel Almeida might have been a member of a group with that name and that their members "get young girls to cut themselves"
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
New piece about Com/764! But beforehand – credit where credit is due: The first time I heard about 764 was from @hanrahan.tv in November of 2021. Jake had just learned that Angel Almeida might have been a member of a group with that name and that their members "get young girls to cut themselves"
No Zero Hora de hoje entrevista exclusiva com o pesquisador canadanense Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com que esteve no 🇧🇷 em dois seminários sobre ameaças híbridas emergentes (como o Extremismo Violento Niilista) no campo P/CVE, um na IEA-USP e outro conosco do NUPVE-MPRS.
Fundamental
Fundamental
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
No Zero Hora de hoje entrevista exclusiva com o pesquisador canadanense Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com que esteve no 🇧🇷 em dois seminários sobre ameaças híbridas emergentes (como o Extremismo Violento Niilista) no campo P/CVE, um na IEA-USP e outro conosco do NUPVE-MPRS.
Fundamental
Fundamental
The Sin@is Project of our Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio Grande do Sul has won 1st place in the Public Prosecutor’s Office Best Practices Award.
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Sin@is Project of our Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio Grande do Sul has won 1st place in the Public Prosecutor’s Office Best Practices Award.
✨ Palestra incrível do projeto Sin@is - NUPVE-MPRS- na linda cidade de Santa Rosa/RS, no dia 11/11, durante o XVIII Simpósio de Direito Contemporâneo, coordenado pela Dra. Bianca Diehl, com apoio da FEMA e das Faculdades Integradas Machado de Assis.
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
✨ Palestra incrível do projeto Sin@is - NUPVE-MPRS- na linda cidade de Santa Rosa/RS, no dia 11/11, durante o XVIII Simpósio de Direito Contemporâneo, coordenado pela Dra. Bianca Diehl, com apoio da FEMA e das Faculdades Integradas Machado de Assis.
And I got the newest (and fantastic) book, which I had already started reading as an e-book, edited by @maargentino.com and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
And I got the newest (and fantastic) book, which I had already started reading as an e-book, edited by @maargentino.com and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
Amazing days full of exchange and learning for the P/CVE (Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism) and CT (Counterterrorism) fields in 🇧🇷 with the brilliant Canadian researcher @maargentino.com
Today was the International Seminar of the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence- MPRS
Today was the International Seminar of the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence- MPRS
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Amazing days full of exchange and learning for the P/CVE (Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism) and CT (Counterterrorism) fields in 🇧🇷 with the brilliant Canadian researcher @maargentino.com
Today was the International Seminar of the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence- MPRS
Today was the International Seminar of the Center for the Prevention of Extreme Violence- MPRS
The 1st International Seminar on the Prevention and Combating of Violent Extremism and Online Terrorism in 🇧🇷 was incredible.
A full day of learning and exchanging experiences with colleagues who, like me, work on the front lines.
The lecture by Canadian brilliant researcher @maargentino.com
A full day of learning and exchanging experiences with colleagues who, like me, work on the front lines.
The lecture by Canadian brilliant researcher @maargentino.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The 1st International Seminar on the Prevention and Combating of Violent Extremism and Online Terrorism in 🇧🇷 was incredible.
A full day of learning and exchanging experiences with colleagues who, like me, work on the front lines.
The lecture by Canadian brilliant researcher @maargentino.com
A full day of learning and exchanging experiences with colleagues who, like me, work on the front lines.
The lecture by Canadian brilliant researcher @maargentino.com
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Very much looking forward to giving the key note tomorrow at the University of Sao Paulo.
Thank you so much to @micheleprado.bsky.social and Pablo Ortellado for their invitation. Special shoutout to Michele for her collaboration in researching and sharing deep insights into Brazilian NVE networks.
Thank you so much to @micheleprado.bsky.social and Pablo Ortellado for their invitation. Special shoutout to Michele for her collaboration in researching and sharing deep insights into Brazilian NVE networks.
Thrilled to welcome my dear friend and brilliant researcher Dr. Marc-André Argentino 🍁 to Brazil 🇧🇷 for two interdisciplinary seminars focused on understanding the dynamics of violent extremism online and emerging hybrid threats, +
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Very much looking forward to giving the key note tomorrow at the University of Sao Paulo.
Thank you so much to @micheleprado.bsky.social and Pablo Ortellado for their invitation. Special shoutout to Michele for her collaboration in researching and sharing deep insights into Brazilian NVE networks.
Thank you so much to @micheleprado.bsky.social and Pablo Ortellado for their invitation. Special shoutout to Michele for her collaboration in researching and sharing deep insights into Brazilian NVE networks.
Muito feliz em receber no Brasil o querido amigo e brilhante pesquisador Dr. Marc-André Argentino para dois seminários interdisciplinares dedicados à compreensão das dinâmicas de propagação do extremismo violento online e das ameaças híbridas emergentes,
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Muito feliz em receber no Brasil o querido amigo e brilhante pesquisador Dr. Marc-André Argentino para dois seminários interdisciplinares dedicados à compreensão das dinâmicas de propagação do extremismo violento online e das ameaças híbridas emergentes,
Thrilled to welcome my dear friend and brilliant researcher Dr. Marc-André Argentino 🍁 to Brazil 🇧🇷 for two interdisciplinary seminars focused on understanding the dynamics of violent extremism online and emerging hybrid threats, +
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thrilled to welcome my dear friend and brilliant researcher Dr. Marc-André Argentino 🍁 to Brazil 🇧🇷 for two interdisciplinary seminars focused on understanding the dynamics of violent extremism online and emerging hybrid threats, +
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October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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It is striking to think that most people have no idea how much he has already helped our country, nor how much we have worked and studied together with other friends, quietly, day and night, to prevent tragedies.
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It is striking to think that most people have no idea how much he has already helped our country, nor how much we have worked and studied together with other friends, quietly, day and night, to prevent tragedies.
In November, we will have the honour of welcoming to 🇧🇷 (IEA-USP and NUPVE-MPRS) one of the world’s foremost and most brilliant researchers in the field of radicalisation prevention and the Countering violent extremism (P/CVE).
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In November, we will have the honour of welcoming to 🇧🇷 (IEA-USP and NUPVE-MPRS) one of the world’s foremost and most brilliant researchers in the field of radicalisation prevention and the Countering violent extremism (P/CVE).
Em Novembro, teremos a honra de receber no 🇧🇷 (IEA-USP e NUPVE-MPRS) um dos maiores e mais brilhantes pesquisadores do mundo no campo da prevenção da radicalização e combate ao extremismo violento (P/CVE).
Uma pessoa incrível, generosa e q tenho o privilégio de chamar de amigo
Uma pessoa incrível, generosa e q tenho o privilégio de chamar de amigo
October 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Em Novembro, teremos a honra de receber no 🇧🇷 (IEA-USP e NUPVE-MPRS) um dos maiores e mais brilhantes pesquisadores do mundo no campo da prevenção da radicalização e combate ao extremismo violento (P/CVE).
Uma pessoa incrível, generosa e q tenho o privilégio de chamar de amigo
Uma pessoa incrível, generosa e q tenho o privilégio de chamar de amigo