Whilst extremism and terrorism researchers have always engaged with distressing subject matter, now more than ever, they are encountering and collecting high volumes of such material online. This work is often done via the routine, manual trawling of extremist and terrorist online forums, chats, and content repositories and can entail collection of material such as beheading videos, extreme right music, and misogynist incel memes. Rarely are researchers anonymous. Academic employment necessitates being the named author of articles and books, marketing those publications, and commenting publicly on areas of expertise as part of dissemination, outreach, and impact‐related activities. Research, but also visibility associated with research, particularly an active online presence, can increase the possibility of experiencing harms in the course of one’s work, as well as anxieties about potential harms