Quassim Cassam

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Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University. FBA. Latest book: How to Think About Terrorism. Seven previous books including Extremism and Vices of the Mind.

Coventry, England quassimcassam.com Joined January 2015

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Quassim Cassam @QCassam Oct 30

Worth reading if only to confirm that he does indeed call for violence to further his political ends and writes about greeting the October 7 genocide with 'cries of jubilation'. A truly appalling and dangerous individual who idolizes terrorists.

Verso Books @VersoBooks Oct 30

The Marxist Writer the British Government Doesn’t Want You to Read.

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Quassim Cassam @QCassam Oct 26

Such a pleasure being interviewed by @hugorifkind on @TimesRadio. Proper questions designed to cast light on a difficult topic - terrorism. A million miles from the juvenile gotcha style of the Today programme on Radio 4.

Quassim Cassam @QCassam Oct 20

This is important - and staggering

Independent Reviewer Verified account @terrorwatchdog Oct 17

Mis and Disinformation and AI. I downloaded a Qwen LLM (local model) and asking about Tiananmen Square events of 4 June 1989 was just bizarre - see photo below.

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Quassim Cassam @QCassam Jun 28

Delighted to be cited in this superb speech by @Fox_Claire on misuses of the idea of misinformation.

Claire Fox Verified account @Fox_Claire Jun 27

This week I spoke in the Lib Dem debate in the Lords on foreign interference and dis/misinformation. Not sure they were too happy when I traced back the weaponisation of these concepts to 2016, when they were used to explain away and discredit Brexit voters. The elite war on misinformation is now being turbo-charged as panic sets in to contain a turbulent public who won't just acquiesce to PR versions of policies or be bullied by name-calling.

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Quassim Cassam @QCassam May 19

A whole new vocabulary is needed for this level of depravity. Calling Hamas ‘terrorists’ doesn’t even begin to capture the horrors described here. Ghastly but essential reading share.google/Aqq3Khg7jzf4Nl…

www.civilc.org The Civil Commission’s Report on Oct 7th Sexual Violence - Silenced NO More The most comprehensive investigation to date into the sexual atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7 and during hostage captivity. Based on a uniquely constructed war crimes archive and a two-year...