The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by
extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit
followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers identified numerous
pieces of extremist content on social media and video-sharing websites,
including encouragement of violence against African Americans and videos
containing footage from the Christchurch terrorist attack.





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Extremist Content Online: Instagram Accounts Used To Advertise White
Supremacist Merchandise



(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the
methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms
to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers identified
numerous pieces of extremist content on social media and video-sharing
websites, including encouragement of violence against African Americans and
videos containing footage from the Christchurch terrorist attack.



Among the extremist content CEP discovered were accounts publicly advertising
white supremacist t-shirts and white power music on Meta-owned Instagram. CEP
researchers also located a live-streamed podcast on Google-owned YouTube, where
the guest promoted the great replacement conspiracy theory and lamented that
schools no longer taught white supremacy.



Additionally, CEP researchers located almost three dozen videos on an
alternative video platform that included footage from the 2019 Christchurch
attack or glorified the perpetrator. Several videos showed recreations of the
attack in modified versions of the games Doom and Half-Life. CEP also located
files for modifying both games to recreate the attack on two file download
sites. Two short videos containing footage from the terrorist attack were also
found on Twitter.



A video from the Tennessee active club was located on Telegram advocating for
violence against African Americans, and a guide to circumvent the app's ban in
Brazil was found on another channel. A neo-Nazi website encouraged users to
invest in precious metals, and finally, a propaganda video released by a
pro-ISIS-K group encouraged terrorist attacks in Pakistan.



Accounts for White Supremacist Clothing Labels Located on Instagram



CEP located three accounts on Meta-owned Instagram promoting web stores
selling white supremacist clothing and other items.



The first account, for a Greek store, advertised shirts with white supremacist
symbols, including the black sun and white power Celtic Cross. The account
included links to items for sale on other websites. The second account, for a
Russian business, advertised various t-shirts and pins with neo-Nazi themes,
including a shirt for a Russian white power band. All items had prices in
rubles listed. Another account, with over 950 followers, was for a French music
distributor that promoted CDs, records, and t-shirts for many white supremacist
bands, including well-known white power skinhead bands such as Skrewdriver,
Brutal Attack, and Bound for Glory.



CEP reported the three accounts to Instagram on April 27, but they were still
online four days later.



White Supremacist YouTube Podcast Promotes Antisemitism and Racism



CEP researchers located a white supremacist podcast on Google-owned YouTube
that was live-streamed on the platform on April 22. In this episode, the
podcast guest lamented that the educational system no longer taught eugenics
and overt white supremacy. The guest stated that studying the “predominantly
Jewish elite” was necessary because they promoted pro-LGBTQ issues and “racial
equality.” He additionally promoted the great replacement conspiracy theory,
stating that white people were directly “under attack.”



Five days after the livestream, the YouTube video had over 850 views. The
podcast channel has over 750 subscribers and has posted videos for
approximately one year, garnering over 15,150 total views. The same podcaster
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interviewedRise Above Movement
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founder and leaderRob Rundo
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At least one prior YouTube account for the podcast was removed from the
platform.



CEP reported the live-streamed podcast to YouTube on April 26 but it was still
available on May 1.



Christchurch Terrorist Attack Video, Data for Recreating Attack Video on
Videogame Platforms Located



On April 27, CEP researchers located multiple videos of the Christchurch
terrorist attack video on a video-sharing website hosted by the Russian company
Kolyma Network. Content included three full-length copies of the attack video,
one of which had almost 1,000 views. Twenty-four videos included footage taken
from the attack video and were paired with music or additional footage or
images glorifying the attacker. Several videos also specifically encouraged
further acts of violence. Four videos were uploaded to the site in 2022, and 28
were uploaded in 2023, including 14 in April.



Five videos on the site included recreations of the Christchurch attack video
in the first-person shooter video games Doom, Half-Life, and Half-Life mods.
CEP has previously found footage of similar videogame recreations inRoblox
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and Minecraft.



CEP also located files for recreating the attack video using Doom and a
Half-Life mod on two file-hosting websites. Files contained maps and other
files necessary to mimic the attack video.



Additionally, a Twitter account was found on April 27 that glorified the
Christchurch terrorist and encouraged acts of white supremacist and anti-Muslim
violence. The account uploaded two videos on April 9 and April 23, 19 and 36
seconds long, each containing violent footage from the Christchurch attack
video. The videos had approximately 350 and 100 views, respectively. The
individual who created the account had at least two previous accounts suspended
from Twitter for violating the site’s Terms of Service.



CEP forwarded all content to relevant national authorities.



Tennessee Active Club Releases Video Encouraging Violence Against African
Americans



On April 26, the Tennessee active club chapter released a video encouraging
violence against African Americans. The approximately two-and-a-half-minute
video contained footage of fights between white people and African Americans,
with the phrase “bite back” repeatedly appearing on the screen. The last minute
of the video consisted of footage of white people attacking and, in some cases
incapacitating African Americans or committing violent attacks against people
who were on the ground and unable to defend themselves. The video concluded
with the image of a noose in a Nazi SS divisional shield and a logo for the
active club movement.



The video was spread among several active club chapter Telegram channels and
chats. The original post had over 700 views approximately 28 hours after it was
posted. Rob Rundo, the founder of the active club movement, and several other
of the group’s propagandists and leaders have encouraged members to train in
mixed martial arts and other combat sports, claiming that these skills would
eventually be necessary for street fights.



Active club logo used in the video (modified by researcher). Screenshot taken
on April 27, 2023.



Telegram Channel and White Supremacist Chat Posts Instructions for
Circumventing Brazil Telegram Ban



A Telegram channel and a prominent white supremacist Telegram chat dedicated
to information and operations security posted instructions for using proxies to
circumvent a regional ban on the Telegram app. The posts were in response to a
Brazilian courtordering
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a temporary ban on the messaging app after they did not share information
regarding neo-Nazi groups using the service with Brazilian authorities. The
court ordered the levying of fines of $197,600 per day until Telegram obeys the
court order. On April 29 the courtrevised
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the ruling, reversing the ban of the app, but keeping the fine in place.



Neo-Nazi Website Advises Purchasing Precious Metals



On April 24, a neo-Nazi website that supports the Atomwaffen Division
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group National Socialist Resistance Front advised their readers to purchase
silver and gold bullion. The post stated that precious metals were not only
good investments due to inflation but that groups should have a hidden reserve
of bullion if they were sued and had their bank accounts seized by the federal
government.



Pro-ISIS-K Video Released Encouraging Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan



On April 24, the pro-ISIS-K media group al-Azaim Media released an
approximately 21-minute video advocating for terrorist attacks in Pakistan. The
video mirrored rhetoric from arecent
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issue of the Voice of Khorasan web magazine and accused the Pakistani
government of selling out the country to China and the West. The video warned
that Chinese loans for projects in Baluchistan, including the port at Gwadar,
would result in “mass subjugation to China.” It noted the Chinese government’s
human rights abuses against the Uyghurs. The video stated that China would
eventually offer similar predatory loans to Afghanistan. The video also
condemned alleged predatory lending practices of the West through the IMF.



The video also condemned the government of Pakistan for human rights abuses
and the killing of civilians in Waziristan. The video also criticized the
Pakistani people for “abandoning religion.” The video warned the Pakistani
government that development projects paid for with foreign loans were
vulnerable to attack and concluded with footage of a police facility and the
Serena Hotel in Islamabad before a montage of attack and execution footage.



Gwadar Sea Port in the pro-ISIS al-Azaim video released on April 24.



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