White Supremacists, Neo-Nazis Celebrate One-Year Anniversary Of California
Synagogue Shooting On Telegram And Bitchute Channels
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Extremist Content Online: RocketChat Channel Praises Suspected Vehicular
Terror Attack & Encourages Violence During Ramadan, COVID-19 Crisis
White Supremacists, Neo-Nazis Celebrate One-Year Anniversary Of California
Synagogue Shooting On Telegram And Bitchute Channels
(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. This week, a pro-ISIS RocketChat
chatroom celebrated the recent vehicular attack in France that left three
French police officers injured and encouraged supporters to conduct more
attacks during the holy month of Ramadan and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Additionally, ISIS released a new video titled “To Be Absolved Before Your
Lord” which disparaged al-Qaeda and included several interviews with fighters
from their self-proclaimed province in Yemen.
Meanwhile, white supremacists and neo-Nazis celebrated the one-year
anniversary of the Poway, California synagogue shooting on Telegram and
Bitchute platforms, and a white supremacist accelerationist Telegram channel
created a backup account on the TamTam messenger platform as an alternate
communications platform in the event the Telegram account is removed. In
addition, CEP researchers located five neo-Nazi videos on Google Drive that
feature calls for increased anti-black violence and identified photos on the
Telegram and Gab channels of the white supremacist group, The New Jersey
European Heritage Association (NJEHA), which show group members passing out
recruitment flyers at an anti-lockdown protest in Orlando, Florida. Finally,
white supremacist users of a 4chan board and 8chan successor imageboards shared
a website that endorses doxing, white supremacism, and celebrates violence
against women.
Attack On French Police Officers Celebrated By Pro-ISIS RocketChat Chatroom
A suspected ISIS attack that occurred near Paris, France on Monday, April 27,
was celebrated by a pro-ISIS chatroom on the RocketChat platform. The suspect –
identified
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as Youssef T. – is accused of ramming his car into two police motorcyclists in
the Parisian suburb of Colombes, pinning them against another vehicle. Three
police officers were hospitalized as a result of the attack. The attacker
reportedly had a knife and a letter pledging allegiance to ISIS in his vehicle.
A pro-ISIS RocketChat chatroom that supports terrorist attacks in Europe, the
U.S., and Russia, posted a three second video filmed by a bystander that showed
the injured officers. A chatroom user praised the attack and stated that
individuals should continue attacks during Ramadan and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The RocketChat chatroom had previous versions on Telegram. An English language
pro-ISISmagazine
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released on April 22 encouraged usingvehicles as weapons
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, stating that it is “one of the effective means to inflict the carnage (sic).”
New ISIS Video Released On Multiple Websites
On April 29, ISIS released a new video from their self-proclaimed province in
Yemen titled “To Be Absolved Before Your Lord.” The video, which was 52 minutes
long, accuses al-Qaeda and other groups of straying from the correct path, and
includes several interviews with ISIS fighters in Yemen. The video also
included footage from previously released ISIS videos.
Links to the video were spread on Telegram, RocketChat, Hoop, the Telegra.ph
platform, and a pro-ISIS propaganda website. In addition to being directly
posted on Telegram, the video was posted to at least 13 other websites: Pcloud,
the Microsoft One Drive, Amazon Drive, the Internet Archive, Top4top, Mail.Ru,
File.Fm, Mega.Nz, Ok.Ru, Dropbox, Mediafire, Yadi.Sk, and a cloud storage site
on NextCloud. Approximately 24 hours later, the video was still available on
eight websites: the Internet Archive, Top4top, Mail.Ru, File.Fm, Ok.Ru,
Mediafire, Yadi.Sk, and the cloud storage site on NextCloud. One of the video
links posted on Ok.Ru had almost 1,500 views in approximately 24 hours.
The ISIS video “To Be Absolved Before Your Lord” on Ok.Ru approximately 24
hours after it was uploaded. The video had almost 1,500 views when it was
located.
White Supremacists And Neo-Nazis Celebrate One Year Anniversary Of Poway
Synagogue Shooting
On April 27, white supremacists and neo-Nazis celebrated the one-year
anniversary of the Poway synagogue shooting. John Earnest stands accused of
murdering one person at a synagogue in Poway, California, and the attempted
murder of three others. In addition to the shooting at Poway, Earnest has also
been charged with arson as a hate crime for the March 24, 2019 fire at a mosque
in Escondido, CA. In a manifesto posted on 8chan prior to the synagogue attack,
Earnest is alleged to have stated that he acted out of his hatred for Jews. The
manifesto referenced tropes of “politically incorrect” chan imageboards, white
supremacist rhetoric, and repeatedly praised the Christchurch terroristBrenton
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White supremacist telegram channels celebrated Earnest by calling him a
“saint” and quoting his manifesto. Telegram channels also posted information on
clearing jams in a semi-automatic rifle, alluding to the fact that Earnest’s
rifle jammed during the attack. Artwork praising Earnest and advocating for
additional violence on Telegram had been viewed approximately 400 times within
two hours of being posted, and had been viewed over 4,400 times in over 72
hours. Several songs glorifying Earnest were also released on Telegram and
BitChute. Users of a chan imageboard on the dark web also praised Earnest, with
one user stating that Earnest inspired terror by showing that Tarrant had
followers.
White Supremacist Accelerationist Telegram Channel Launches Tamtam Backup
Account
A white supremacist accelerationist Telegram channel created a backup account
on the TamTam messenger program on April 26. TamTam is a multiplatform chat
program owned by the Russian social network Odnoklassniki. Several neo-Nazi and
white supremacist Telegram chats and channels have stated that they are looking
for communications alternatives in case Telegram removes their accounts.
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to TamTam following a November 2019 joint Telegram-Europol crackdown on ISIS
accounts.
Neo-Nazi Videos Promoting Anti-Black Violence Located On Google Drive
Five neo-Nazi videos that specifically promote violence against African
Americans were located on Google Drive. The files were originally uploaded in
September 2019 and were recently posted on Telegram. The videos feature a
neo-Nazi character who uses a computer-generated voice and encourages mass
violence.
White Supremacist Group Posts Photos Of Recruitment Attempts At Florida
Anti-Lockdown Rally
The New Jersey European Heritage Association (NJEHA) posted photos on their
Gab page and Telegram channel on April 26 that showed group members passing out
flyers at an April 25 anti-lockdown protest in Orlando, Florida. NJEHA is a
racist, xenophobic, and anti-Semitic group whose propaganda focuses on a
claimed “genocide” of whites, staunch anti-immigrant sentiment, and
anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. The group mainly posts flyers and stickers
and holds small demonstrations. Founded in New Jersey, group members have
additionally posted flyers or held rallies in Florida, New York, Pennsylvania,
and New Hampshire.
Chan Boards Publicize White Supremacist Website That Seeks To Dox White Women
Who Date Or Marry Men Of Color
On April 29 and April 30, users of several white supremacist “politically
incorrect” chan imageboards, including 4chan, and two 8chan successor websites,
shared a website that seeks to publicize the identities and dox white women who
enter into interracial relationships, especially with black men. The website
endorses white supremacism and celebrates violence against women. The website,
which operates on the .Ru domain, uses Cloudflare as its name server, and also
maintains an account on the Gab social network. The link was also spread on
white supremacist and neo-Nazi Telegram channels, with one channel with over
1,000 members stating to their subscribers that it would be better “to kill
political activists than ordinary racial traitors.”
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