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: Pro-ISIS And Violent Extreme Right Content Easily
Found On TikTok


(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 located
ten TikTok accounts that posted a variety of pro-ISIS propaganda, including a
clip from a notorious bomb-making video, as well as a dozen other TikTok
accounts that posted content glorifying the perpetrators of white supremacist
mass casualty attacks.



Elsewhere, researchers identified a crypto wallet posted in a pro-ISIS
RocketChat channel and on Telegram that waspreviously
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highlighted inVoice of Khorasan issue 29, released in October. Monero is a
privacy coin that has become popular with pro-ISIS groups due to its extensive
privacy features, such as protecting the identity of the sender and recipient.



CEP also located a new Twitter/X account belonging to Thomas Sewell, leader of
the Australian National Socialist Network. The account’s initial posts
contained anti-Aboriginal and antisemitic content.



Lastly, a Telegram channel affiliated with a neo-Nazi accelerationist website
that supports Atomwaffen Division successor groups encouraged their followers
in Canada to exercise caution following the December 8 arrest of two
individuals in Ottawa.



Pro-ISIS Accounts and Accounts Glorifying White Supremacist Mass Shooters
Located on TikTok



In a sample of content on TikTok located on December 6, CEP researchers found
ten accounts that posted pro-ISIS propaganda. Pro-ISIS content included two
accounts that used images of the 2016 Orlando attacker as profile photos, as
well as TikTok users that uploaded clips from ISIS videos, Amaq statements,
pages from the group’s al-Naba newsletter, and audio files. One account, with
almost 150 followers, posted a clip from a notorious ISIS bomb-making video,
which had been online for two days when CEP found it on December 6. The ten
accounts had an average of 603 followers, ranging from 41 to 1,311.



CEP researchers also found 12 accounts that posted content glorifying white
supremacist and extreme right mass shooters. The accounts posted content
praising or otherwise glorifying the 2011 Oslo attacker, the 2015 Charleston
church shooter, the 2017 Quebec City mosque shooter, the 2018 Pittsburgh
synagogue shooter, the 2019 Christchurch terrorist, and the May 2022 Buffalo
attacker. Content uploaded included modified clips from the Christchurch attack
livestream and the Buffalo attack video, posts encouraging violence against
pro-Palestine demonstrators, and anti-Muslim and antisemitic posts. The 12
accounts had an average of 277 followers, ranging from 16 to 961. A video
posted by an account that praised the Christchurch terrorist, using religious
honorifics to describe him, received over 8,000 views. A video consisting of a
recreation of the 2019 Christchurch attack in the videogame Minecraft posted on
November 18 by an account that used a photo of the Christchurch terrorist as a
profile photo received over 21,000 views by December 7. Comments on the video
included individuals praising the attack, anti-Muslim statements, and
suggestions of where to find the full video.



“CEP continues to find content on TikTok spreading ISIS propaganda or
glorifying white supremacist mass shooters, which should invite further
scrutiny of the platform. Content praising and encouraging violence, especially
using video or photo content that the platform should be able to identify and
remove, is a cause for concern regarding TikTok’s ability to mitigate the
spread of dangerous extremist propaganda,” said CEP researcher Joshua
Fisher-Birch. “TikTok should improve its ability to identify and remove content
that flagrantly violates its terms and conditions.”



CEP reported all accounts to TikTok or relevant national authorities on
December 6 and 7. 18 of the 22 accounts were still available on TikTok on
December 11.



Sped up ISIS bomb-making video on TikTok. Screenshot taken on December 6. The
account that posted the video was removed from TikTok by December 11.



Monero Wallet Address Posted in Pro-ISIS Chat and Channel



On December 7, a pro-ISIS RocketChat channel administrator posted a wallet for
receiving the cryptocurrencyMonero
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. The same wallet address was also found on Telegram on December 8. The image
and wallet were identical to a page appearing inissue 29
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of the pro-ISIS web magazineVoice of Khorasan. Monero is a privacy coin that
does not allow individuals outside of a transaction to view the transfer of the
digital currency, nor does it permit the viewing of wallets. The recipient of
Monero donated to the crypto wallet address is unknown.



Call for Monero donations posted on RocketChat on December 7. Screenshot taken
on December 7.



Australian Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell Creates Twitter/X Account



The Australian neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell created a Twitter/X account the first
week of December. The first post on December 3 declared, “I love Hitler.”
Sewell also made multiple anti-Aboriginal and antisemitic posts, such as
claiming that “Anti-semitism is always a direct and proportionate response to
semite behaviour (sic).”



Sewell is the leader of the Australian neo-Nazi group National Socialist
Network. The X account had over 4,100 followers by December 7 and had verified
status by December 11. CEP reported the account to X on December 5, but it was
still online on December 11.



Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Affiliated With Website That Supports Atomwaffen
Division Successor Group Encourages Canadian Audience to be Careful Following
Arrests



Following the December 8 arrest
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Ottawa men on terrorism charges, a Telegram channel affiliated with an American
neo-Nazi accelerationist website that promotes the work ofJames Mason
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Atomwaffen Division
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(AWD) successor group encouraged their Canadian audience to exercise caution
and encrypt their electronic devices and get rid of items that could
potentially tie them to extremist groups. Canada listed AWD and its successor
groups as a terrorist organization in 2021. The Telegram post claimed that the
two men, who are accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist
group, with one individual charged with multiple other crimes related to the
creation of Terrorgram manuals that promote acts of terrorism, were
unaffiliated with them.



On December 9, a Telegram channel belonging to the publishing wing of the
website stated that they were stopping international orders because of the
potential risk to overseas customers.



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