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El Paso and Dayton shootings put focus on social media’s handling of white supremacist content | Vox
by Shirin Ghaffary, Rani Molla, & Emily Stewart
August 6, 2019
In less than 24 hours on Saturday and Sunday, two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, have…
Cloudflare Ditches 8chan. What Happens Now? | WIRED
by Lily Hay Newman
August 6, 2019
The internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare said it would cut service on Sunday evening to 8chan, the infamous online forum that…
Search Warrant Issued to Alt-Right Discussion Board 8chan | The Daily Dot
by Ignacio Martinez
June 18, 2019
A search warrant has been issued to 8chan, an alt-right online message board. The warrant is in connection to the…
YouTube Says It’ll Have No More Videos from Nazis, Sandy Hook Truthers, Holocaust Deniers, and White Supremacists | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Joshua Benton
June 11, 2019
YouTube has a post up on its official blog today entitled “Our ongoing work to tackle hate,” and “ongoing” is…
How White Supremacists Evade Facebook Bans | The Verge
by Casey Newton
May 31, 2019
Yesterday Twitter, in response to years of complaints about letting white nationalists use the platform even though they had already…
The British Army’s Guide For Spotting “Extreme Right Wing” Soldiers Has Leaked Online | Buzzfeed News
by Mark Di Stefano
May 30, 2019
An internal guide for British army officers to help them spot "extreme right wing" attitudes among soldiers — including naming…
From Fortnite to Alt-Right | The New York Times
by Megan Condis
March 28, 2019
Let’s get one thing out of the way: No, the shooter who live-streamed himself killing 50 worshipers in two mosques…