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Extremist Content Online: Facebook, Instagram Found To Host Violent &
Antisemitic Accounts

 

(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. White supremacist and antisemitic
content was located on Facebook and Instagram, including a storefront page on
Facebook for neo-Nazi gear and another on Instagram that was used for
recruitment and advocated for violent antisemitic attacks.

 

In addition, CEP identified a neo-Nazi Telegram account that released a
Spanish language version of a book that explicitly calls for acts of violence,
as well as another Telegram channel that promotes acts of terrorism and has
been repeatedly deleted and re-uploaded. Additionally, a neo-Nazi Telegram
channel shared information regarding the use of virtual credit cards in
relation to privacy and operations security. Lastly, CEP identified a pro-ISIS
propaganda site using an onion address on the dark web.

 

Neo-Nazi Online Clothing Store Located on Facebook and Instagram

 

CEP researchers located a neo-Nazi online clothing store on Facebook and
Instagram that sells white supremacist flags, skull masks, and t-shirts with
neo-Nazi symbols. The store is either located in Portugal or Spain. The store
created its Facebook page on April 12, 2021, and the Instagram page made its
first post in May 2021. The clothing store was not removed after it was
reported on both social media sites.

Neo-Nazi online clothing store on Facebook. July 1, 2021.

 

Content Located on Instagram Advocating for Violence Against Jews, Recruitment
for Neo-Nazi Group

 

From June 27 to July 3, CEP researchers located content on Instagram that
included recruitment for a small online neo-Nazi group and accounts that
promoted violence against Jews. The account belonging to a small,
accelerationist online group made posts starting on June 26 advertising their
recruitment e-mail address, using neo-Nazi symbols, and advocating for violence
against Jews. CEP also located an account that posted drawings of Jewish
caricatures being shot with firearms, content promoting the great replacement
theory, and the use of neo-Nazi symbols. The accounts were still online four
days after they were reported by CEP.

 

Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Book Translated into Spanish, Released on Telegram

 

On June 30, a Spanish language version of a neo-Nazi accelerationist book
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 was released on Telegram. The PDF files were released on a private
distribution Telegram page on June 30 that was created for the sole purpose of
spreading the text. The files were also forwarded from a private channel, used
as a repository, that did not have a publicly available link to join. While the
private distribution channel was removed by Telegram within 24 hours, the
Spanish language text was shared by at least thirteen different Telegram
channels in the same period. The English language text has been shared by
dozens of white supremacist and neo-Nazi Telegram channels and the message
containing the files has received over
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 6,400 views, including potentially multiple views of the original message by
the same user on different channels.

 

The text, over 130 pages, is heavily inspired by James Mason’s
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“Terrorgram” Telegram channels that promote violence, and other works on
guerilla warfare and terrorism. The book explicitly calls for acts of violence,
including individual acts of white supremacist terrorism in the vein of Brenton
Tarrant, Dylann Roof, and others. The authors also endorse attacks targeting
law enforcement, Jews, people of color and attacks on infrastructure to weaken
the government and social order. The book also included works of fiction and
art and illustrations in several styles meant to appeal to young men on
Telegram, imageboards, and other online forums.

 

Repeatedly Deleted White Supremacist Telegram Channel Creates Private
Repository

 

A white supremacist Telegram channel that promotes violence that has been
deleted at least five times by the platform has returned with both public and
private channels. The private channel serves as a repository, with content
forwarded from the private channel to the public channel. The private channel’s
URL is unknown, making it impossible to report the channel to Telegram through
its in-app report feature. Telegram deleted the first version of the channel in
January during Telegram’s first round
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neo-Nazi channels and chats. Other versions of the channel were removed on May
27, June 3, June 18, and June 21. The private channel made its first post on
June 12. The channel promotes the murder of Jews, Muslims, people of color,
LGBT people, and law enforcement officers. The channel promotes acts of white
supremacist terrorism and violence, and frequently includes visual and textual
homages to Timothy McVeigh, Dylann Roof, and others, in addition to posting
their manifestos. 

 

Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Advises Users on Using Virtual Credit Cards

 

On June 29, a prominent neo-Nazi Telegram channel dedicated to
counter-surveillance and information and operations security shared information
regarding the use of virtual credit cards. The online service, which a
third-party company operates, allows users to create virtual cards to hide
their credit card information or identity from online vendors. The Telegram
channel had over 8,600 subscribers on July 1. The channel has previously
endorsed violence and posted information on disabling and destroying 
surveillance cameras
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Pro-ISIS Website Located on the Dark Web

 

CEP Researchers located a pro-ISIS propaganda site using an onion address on
the dark web. The website contains ISIS propaganda videos, statements from the
group’s leadership, radio broadcasts, and weekly Al-Naba newsletters. The
website also includes links to a large quantity of ISIS propaganda stored on a
NextCloud file-sharing page. An individual shared the link to the site on a
pro-ISIS chatroom. Online ISIS supporters have previously operated a different
ISIS propaganda site on the dark web and a site for the pro-ISIS online tech
and operations security group Electronic Horizons Foundation.

 

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