Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education, & Security
David Riedman, PhD, Colin Woodard, Dana Grueser, Allizandra Herberhold, LMSWAnalyzing and preventing school shootings, mass shootings, extremism, terrorism, and systemic gun violence are not separate domains. They all sit at the intersection of understanding risk, security, education, and technology/artificial intelligence (AI).
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Hollywood keeps romanticizing the school shooter
I really didn’t want to watch The Drama because I heard a spoiler about the plot. When it appeared in my HBO suggestions this week, I clicked it anyway and I’m still regretting my decision.
Here’s my summary (with many spoilers to save you...
5 dead, 20 injured at Thailand's prestigious Debsirin Nonthaburi School
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Missing school shootings in the FBI's 2025 Active Shooter report
According to the FBI, there were only four active shooters at schools in 2025. Two were at high schools and two were on college campuses. Using the FBI’s definition of an active shooter, I recorded eight attacks at just k-12 schools.
For...
Are school shooter drones breaking federal law?
Three days before Christmas, the FCC made the surprise and unprecedented announcement that Chinese drones and drone components made in China had been added to the List of Equipment and Services Covered By Section 2 of The Secure Networks Ac...
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Data scientist (PhD in AI/LLMs) and creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database. Interviewed by more than 1,000 media outlets including Freakonomics Radio, New England Journal of Medicine, New York Times, and Washington Post.
NYT bestselling historian and scholar of US regionalism, the sociology of US nationhood, and how our colonial past shapes and explains the present. Author of American Nations, Union, American Character, Nations Apart and other books.
After my son nearly lost his life to algorithm-driven Nihilistic Violent Extremism, I write about social media harm, online safety advocacy, and helping families reclaim real-world connection.
Directly working with radicalized, at-risk, and violent teens and young adults to prevent mass shootings and counter violent extremism - Deradicalization mentor - True Crime Community (TCC) & Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE) educator and expert
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