Different Instagram accounts sharing the message advertising the pro-ISIS phone number Telegram account using the Instagram stories feature. Screenshots taken on September 27 and September 28.
Neo-Nazi Group Announces Rules, Including Leadership Structure, Dues, and Fines
In a video and audio message released on September 21, Christopher Pohlhaus, the leader of the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe announced a series of organizational rules, which was spread on Telegram. Stating that white people were ruled over by “racial aliens” and would eventually become extinct, Pohlhaus claimed that creating a hierarchical white leadership structure was necessary to ensure eventual victory.
Pohlhaus announced a system of local, regional, and overall chapters consisting of Blood Tribe groups in the U.S. and Canada, with a leadership structure inspired by motorcycle gangs. Regarding joining the group, Pohlhaus announced rules for probationary and supporter status, membership, and a mandatory DNA test, which must show an individual to have a minimum of 93 percent European ancestry. A system of membership dues and fines for infractions, also inspired by motorcycle gangs, was announced, as well as rules about uniforms, leadership succession, the taxing of merchandise and businesses operated by Blood Tribe members, annual charity events, and a schedule of national and regional neo-Nazi rallies.
While Pohlhaus claimed that all Blood Tribe activities must be legal, he also stated that group leadership could never “write a bylaw or issue an order to protect any hostile (non-white, Jewish, or LGBTQ) entity or individual,” which leaves open the question whether group leadership could prevent a member from committing an act of harm or violence.
Dark Web White Supremacist Imageboard Praises Accused London, Ontario Killer
Users of a white supremacist imageboard on the dark web glorified the man currently on trial for murdering four members of an Ontario Muslim family in June 2021. The imageboard endorses acts of terrorism and routinely shares memes and other content glorifying white supremacist murderers.
Extreme Right and White Supremacist Content Located on Twitter/X
In a sample of Twitter/X content located on September 28, CEP researchers found 11 accounts that posted antisemitic, racist, or anti-LGBTQ content, glorified mass shooters, or shared propaganda from white supremacist groups. Content included images and videos praising the 2015 Charleston Church shooter, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, and the extreme-right individual who killed German politician Walter Lübcke, noting the importance of killing “high profile enemies.” Other accounts encouraged acts of violence against transgender people, posted videos of violence committed against people of color, and posted neo-Nazi and Order of Nine Angles propaganda.
Four accounts posted content, including propaganda videos and photos from Patriot Front, the Nationalist Social Club, the Goyim Defense League, and a regional Active Club chapter. The Active Club account was created in September 2023 after Twitter deleted its previous chapter account. Nine of the 13 Active Club accounts mentioned in a September 12 CEP blog were still on Twitter on September 28.
Regarding the accounts located on September 28, eight accounts were created in 2023, two in 2022, and one in 2020. The Twitter profiles had an average of 435 followers, ranging between 18 for an account created in September 2023 and 3,045, which belonged to an account created in November 2022 and posted a variety of white supremacist and antisemitic content.
CEP reported the eleven accounts to Twitter/X on September 28. Three accounts were removed by the social media website by October 2, including two accounts that posted Patriot Front propaganda and one account that posted various neo-Nazi and antisemitic content.
