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A Notorious Sandy Hook Tormentor Is Arrested in Florida | The New York Times
by Elizabeth Williamson
January 28, 2020
WASHINGTON — Sheriff’s deputies in Lake County, Fla., on Monday arrested a notorious tormentor of the parents of Sandy Hook…
Inside the hate factory: how Facebook fuels far-right profit | The Guardian
by Christopher Knaus, Michael McGowan and Nick Evershed in Sydney, and Oliver Holmes
December 5, 2019
The message from Israel arrived on an otherwise unremarkable afternoon for 36-year-old Beau Villereal. At his family’s sprawling 42-acre property…
Far right ‘use Russian-style propaganda to spread misinformation’ | The Guardian
by Alex Hern
November 13, 2019
Misinformation techniques first deployed by Russian agents are now more commonly used in Britain by the far right, as well…
How to Mainstream Neo-Nazis: A Lesson from Ukraine’s New Government | bellingcat
by bellingcat
October 21, 2019
On October 13, photographs started circulating across social media showing a man resembling Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk on stage…
Replatforming Unreality | Journal of Design and Science
by Julie Ebner
September 10, 2019
Beyond the familiar Twitter debates, Facebook invitations and Instagram selfies, an entirely new digital universe has emerged. Extremists have built…
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…