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.
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Extremist Content Online: Gumroad Fundraiser For Antisemitic Propaganda
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(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
a fundraising campaign on the e-commerce platform Gumroad to cover expenses for
a website featuring a multi-part revisionist propaganda video blaming Jews for
both world wars and vindicating the Third Reich, which the platform removed
within one hour of reporting. On Telegram, a neo-Nazi channel celebrated a
brick being thrown through the window of a North Florida Jewish center. White
supremacists and neo-Nazis groups also used Telegram, 4chan and other platforms
to celebrate the twelfth anniversary of the 2011 Oslo terrorist attack that
left 77 dead and over 300 injured and encouraged members to engage in
additional acts of “lone actor” violence.
James Mason – the author of the neo-Nazi accelerationist text, Siege –
uploaded a video to a website in an attempt to clarify his view towards
violence. Additionally, CEP located a neo-Nazi Telegram channel praising the
use of homemade firearms by the 2019 Halle attacker and lauded his attempt to
start a “revolution.”
CEP researchers also identified another five profiles on TikTok spreading ISIS
propaganda. The accounts used the platform to post memes, video clips and
official ISIS statements, with some clips gaining tens of thousands of views.
Fundraising Campaign for Antisemitic Website Removed from Gumroad, Campaigners
Encourage Leaving Positive Reviews on IMDB to Drive Traffic
On July 26, CEP researchers located a fundraising campaign on the e-commerce
platform Gumroad allegedly being used to pay for services for a website that
promotes an antisemitic propaganda video. The video is a multipart revisionist
film that promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial,
justifies the crimes of the Third Reich, and blames Jews for causing both world
wars. White supremacist groups frequently spread the video to use as an
introduction to antisemitism. The website that promotes the video contains
language denying the severity of the Holocaust, calling Jews “the world
parasite,” and includes links to contact information for several white
supremacist and neo-Nazi groups in Europe, Australia, and North America.
Gumroad removed the fundraising campaign approximately one hour after CEP
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Removed page on Gumroad. Screenshot taken on July 27, 2023.
The campaign on Gumroad had 10 monthly subscribers when it was removed. The
fundraiser admin said they hoped to have a minimum of 30 funders to pay for
expected website traffic costs.
A Telegram account with over 5,000 subscribers promoting the video also
requested that followers leave positive reviews on IMDB to help drive views.
The video has 7.2 stars (out of 10), with over 1,700 reviews. A Twitter account
recently posted a clippromoting
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the full antisemitic video with almost 900,000 views less than two weeks later.
Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Celebrates Antisemitic Vandalism
On July 25, a Telegram channel affiliated with a neo-Nazi group celebrated a
brick
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being thrown through the window of a North Florida Jewish center the previous
day. Photos of graffiti posted on the Telegram channel are similar to writing
on the thrown projectile. The channel did not officially claim credit for the
act of vandalism. The channel references various white supremacist entities,
including the active club and white lives matter movements.
White Supremacists and Neo-Nazis Celebrate Anniversary of Oslo Terrorist Attack
Between July 22 and July 24, white supremacists and neo-Nazis celebrated the
twelfth anniversary of the 2011 Oslo terrorist attacks on Telegram, 4chan, and
an imageboard on the dark web. The perpetrator of the July 22 terrorist attack
detonated an explosive device in the government district of Oslo, killing eight
people before murdering 69 others on the island of Utøya. Over 300 people were
also injured in the attack.
Online members of the extreme right posted memes and praised the attacker,
advocating reading and sharing his manifesto and calling for additional acts of
lone actor violence. A Telegram channel connected to a website that promotes
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and Atomwaffen Division successor group glorified the attacker on the
anniversary. Five daysearlier
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, the same channel praised the perpetrator of the El Paso shooting.
James Mason Defends Views In Video, Subtly Advocates Violence
In a video posted on an open-source platform, the neo-Nazi ideologue James
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criticism from the “internal enemy” in the extreme right that he is against
accelerationism. Praising Joseph Tommasi and the domestic terrorist
organization The Order, Mason repeated previous arguments that he does not
advocate illegal acts but that if an individual were to commit a violent crime
and risk prison or death that, “You might as well go all the way with it.”
Mason’s bookSiege
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advocates violence and has been required reading for several accelerationist
groups, including theAtomwaffen Division
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with a larger group of his adherents in October 2022, his recent work is still
promoted by a breakaway group on their website.
James Mason Video. Screenshot taken on July 27.
Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Praises 2019 Halle Attack for Use of Homemade
Firearms
On July 26, a neo-Nazi Telegram channel praised the October 9, 2019, Halle
attacker, noting that he tried to start a “revolution” and proved that attacks
with homemade firearms were possible.
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members of the extreme right promoting 3D-printed firearms or homemade weapons
on Telegram, the surface web, and imageboards on the dark web.
Pro-ISIS Content Located on TikTok
In a sample of accounts located on July 27, CEP researchers found five
profiles on TikTok that posted ISIS or pro-ISIS propaganda. Two of the accounts
shared a URL for an ISIS propaganda website. Accounts additionally posted clips
from ISIS propaganda videos, pro-ISIS video clips, memes, and ISIS official
audio statements. One account posted a clip advertising an ISIS video the same
day it was released onJune 25
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. The clip had over 33,000 views on TikTok approximately a month later. A
different clip taken from an ISIS propaganda video that used emojis to cover
part of the screen had over 100,000 views a month after it was posted.
CEP reported all accounts to TikTok on July 27, they were still on the site on
July 31.
Clip with over 100,000 views from ISIS video located on TikTok. The video was
originally released in May, 2018. Screenshot taken on July 27, 2023.
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