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In the media: Antoine Baudon on the impact of Taylor Swift attack in Vienna

August 16, 2024

On Thursday, 15th of August, Austrian Newspaper Der Standard interviewed Antoine Baudon in an article investigating the work of terrorists attempting to orchestrate an attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. 

"One thing is clear: the Swifties' reaction with their many spontaneous concerts was perhaps marked by heartache and sadness over the missed opportunity, but not really by the fear for individual and collective security that the terrorist in the name of the so-called Islamic State (IS) would like. This "sense of togetherness" is a strong response", Baudon says.

Read the full article (in German):

Teilerfolge des Terroristen, Fehler der Medien und Kampf gegen Radikalisierung