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Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Propaganda Group Releases Video

(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, the pro-ISIS
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Agency released a video titled “We Have Not Forgotten You and Will Not Forget
You” on Telegram and multiple other websites that called for the freeing of
ISIS prisoners. Additionally, the twelfth issue of the pro-ISIS web magazine
“Voice of Hind” was released on numerous websites, which featured articles that
encourage violence against the Pakistani Shia population and accused the
Taliban of being mercenaries for the West in Afghanistan
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Meanwhile, in a video on YouTube, Robert Rundo, the Rise Above Movement’s
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defended the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection and urged that if any of his
listeners were present, they should “take the vacation you’ve always dreamed
about.” Also, several accelerationist neo-Nazi and white supremacist Telegram
channels advised their followers to use the platform to communicate with QAnon
adherents and others resentful of the election outcome on the app to try to win
some over or provoke them.

 

Additionally, Neo-Nazi and white supremacist Telegram channels encouraged
their subscribers to improve their operations and information security due to
the app’s removal
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 of several channels starting on January 12 and President Biden's inauguration.
Finally, a neo-Nazi Telegram channel with over 2,000 subscribers made multiple
posts allegedly shared from a project affiliated with a banned Telegram
channel, as part of a series promoting an insurgency in the U.S. and
encouraging white supremacists to join the U.S. armed forces.

 

Pro-ISIS Propaganda Group Releases Video

 

On January 17, the pro-ISIS <[link removed]>
 propaganda group War and Media Agency released a video titled “We Have Not
Forgotten You and Will Not Forget You” on Telegram and multiple websites. The
video calls for the freeing of ISIS prisoners and alleges the mistreatment of
detainees. The video contains footage of ISIS fighters attacking detention
facilities in Syria and Iraq and includes footage from previously released ISIS
videos.

 

The video was posted on pro-ISIS accounts on Telegram, and links were spread
via the Internet Archive, JustPaste.It, PasteThis.To, and Archive.Vn. The video
was additionally posted on 13 websites, which overwhelmingly favored cloud
storage and download websites: Streamable, Ok.Ru, NextCloud, DDownload.Com,
Download.gg, Dropapk.To, File.Fm, Gofile.Io, PixelDrain, UsersDrive.Com,
WorkUpload.Com, MediaFire, and Zippyshare. Three days later, the video was
available on all 13 websites, suggesting that the War and Media Agency videos
are not subject to the same scrutiny as content from ISIS’s official media
groups.

War and Media Agency video on Streamable. January 21, 2021.

 

Pro-ISIS Magazine “Voice of Hind” #12 Released

 

The twelfth issue of the pro-ISIS web magazine “Voice of Hind” was released on
numerous websites on January 18. The magazine is meant to appeal to Muslims in
the Indian subcontinent and beyond. The recent issue featured an article
directed towards people in Pakistan
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government is not Islamic and made up of apostates. The article condemned
democracy and encouraged violence against the Pakistani Shia population.
Another article accused the Taliban of being mercenaries for the West in 
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accused them of betraying their principles for their drug trade involvement.

 

Links to the magazine were spread via RocketChat. The web magazine was
released on at least five websites: the Internet Archive, File.Fm, Mega.Nz,
Tlgur.Com, and Top4top. Approximately 48 hours later, the magazine was still
available on four websites: the Internet Archive, File.Fm, Tlgur.Com (a
Telegram file sharing bot), and Top4top. 

 

RAM Co-Founder Defends Capitol Hill Insurrection in YouTube Videos

 

In a video on YouTube posted on January 17, Robert Rundo, the Rise Above
Movement’s co-founder
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January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection and urged that if any of his listeners were
present, they should “take the vacation you’ve always dreamed about.” In a July
YouTube video
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, Rundo offered advice for leaving the U.S. while on a government watchlist or
No Fly List. In the recently released video, Rundo also decried Twitter doxing
and suggested that members of the extreme right create dummy accounts to
misidentify individuals being doxed by anti-fascist activists. Rundo added that
people should provide false information to journalists and that the extreme
right should learn open-source intelligence practices.

 

After being online for four days, the video had accrued over 900 views. In
total, the account has over 1,500 subscribers and 50,000 views after being
online for seven months. YouTube has refused to take action against the video
channel, which uploads content supporting the Rise Above Movement and links to
an external website for a media project affiliated with the group.

 

Neo-Nazi Telegram Channels Encourage Further Radicalization of QAnon on
Platform

 

The week of January 16 to January 23, several accelerationist neo-Nazi and
white supremacist Telegram channels advised their followers to use the platform
to communicate with QAnon adherents and others resentful of the election
outcome on the app, to try to win some over or provoke them. Links for multiple
Telegram chats were posted with the advice to use conversation and memes to
convince individuals to adopt certain white supremacist and anti-Semitic views
or try to make individuals angrier about the election results. These tactics
are a substantial change in neo-Nazi and extreme right attitudes towards these
groups, who they previously mocked for their conspiratorial and pro-government
beliefs. At least two of the neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram channels
advocating for the change in behavior had previously been removed by Telegram
the week of January 12, however, two alternate accounts were functioning on
January 21.

 

Neo-Nazi Telegram Channels Urge Their Members to Tighten Operations Security
in Light of Telegram Crackdown, Biden Presidential Inauguration

 

Neo-Nazi and white supremacist Telegram channels encouraged their subscribers
to improve their operations and information security due to the app’s removal
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 of several channels starting on January 12 and President Biden's inauguration.
A prominent neo-Nazi channel dedicated to online security with approximately
5,500 subscribers urged their audience to be aware that the change in
administrations had the potential to be a watershed moment for the white
supremacist movement. The channel stated that users should improve their
operational security, delete social media accounts, and offered advice on
covering one’s tracks on the internet and in real life. Another channel with
over 2,000 subscribers stated that now was the time to be quiet and increase
real-world networking.

 

Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Encourages Domestic Insurgency and Infiltration of
U.S. Armed Forces

 

On January 20, a neo-Nazi Telegram channel with over 2,000 subscribers made
multiple posts allegedly shared from a project affiliated with a banned
Telegram channel, as part of a series promoting an insurgency in the U.S. and
encouraging white supremacists to join the U.S. armed forces. The posts offered
advice in joining the military, hiding one’s political views, and networking
and promoting neo-Nazism while serving. The channel gave examples of how
individuals had previously been found out and discharged.

 

The banned channel, one of the most prominent neo-Nazi propaganda outlets on
the platform, had previously endorsed acts of terrorism and had over 4,000
subscribers when it was removed by Telegram on January 13.

 

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