The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by
extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit fol
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Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazis On Telegram Post Alleged Dox Of CDC
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(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, a neo-Nazi Telegram
channel posted the alleged address of Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
director Rochelle Walensky after the CDC said children ages 5-11 could get the
Covid-19 vaccine.
Additionally, a day after the Kabul hospital attack, a pro-ISIS online
propaganda group, Al-Murhifat Media, released a video celebrating the ISIS
attack that left at least 25 people dead and many more injured. On Instagram,
nine pro-ISIS and 11 neo-Nazi accounts were located. Also, a fascist
acceleration website was relaunched and had the endorsement of American
neo-Nazi James Mason.
Neo-Nazi Telegram Network Doxes CDC Director, Shares Address of Synagogue
On November 3, a neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram channel posted what it
alleged to be the home address of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) director
Rochelle Walensky and the alleged address of her synagogue. The dox is directly
related to the CDC’s recommendation that children aged 5 to 11 receive the
Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric Covid-19 vaccine. It was shared by at least 10
additional Telegram chats or channels within two hours.
Multiple white supremacist and neo-Nazi Telegram channels have alleged that
Covid vaccines kill the recipients, especially children, and view the vaccines
as part of an anti-white plot perpetrated by Jews. The channel that originally
posted the dox is part of a network of neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram
channels that advocate violence against law enforcement, Jews, Muslims,
immigrants, people of color, LGBT people, and others. The network endorses the
work of James Mason, neo-Nazism, and in some cases, the cultic group the Order
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Pro-ISIS Video Celebrating Kabul Hospital Attack Released on Multiple Websites
On November 3, the pro-ISIS online propaganda group, Al-Murhifat Media,
released a video celebrating ISIS’s November 2 attack on Sardar Mohammad Daud
Khan military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 25 people were killed
and over a dozen were injured in the attack, which included a suicide bombing,
a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, and an armed assault. According to
the Taliban, a senior Taliban commander, Mawlawi Hamdullah Rahmani, was killed
in the attack. The video included publicly available footage of the hospital
assault taken by news crews and celebrated the killing of Rahmani.
Links to the video were spread on Element. Propagandists uploaded the video to
at least 15 websites. Approximately 21 hours later, the video was still
available on 11 websites: the Microsoft One Drive, the Internet Archive,
pCloud, File.Cm, File.Fm, FromSmash.Com, GoFile.Io, Siasky/Skynet, Streamable,
Transfer.Sh, and SolidFiles.Com. Access to the video was limited by the
Internet Archive after the video was reported by CEP.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack via the group’s Amaq news outlet.
Amaq statements were released on Telegram, Hoop, RocketChat, and Element.
Pro-ISIS and White Supremacist Content Located on Instagram
CEP researchers located nine pro-ISIS Instagram accounts the week of October
31 to November 6. The accounts posted various pro-ISIS content, including
official video clips, the ISIS weekly publication al-Naba sections, Amaq news
statements, nasheed videos, and unofficial pro-ISIS graphics. The nine accounts
had an average of 306 followers, with a range between 35 and 860. The first
piece of extremist content on each account was posted between one and 187 days
before CEP located it, with an average of 37 days. Seven of the nine accounts
were still online three days after they were reported by CEP.
CEP also located 11 Instagram accounts that posted neo-Nazi, white
supremacist, or fascist content. Three accounts posted videos or photos
supporting the Atomwaffen Division
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, Rise Above Movement
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active clubs, or Patriot Front
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Other content also included support for the Christchurch terrorist attack,
racist and antisemitic memes, Holocaust denial literature, and white
supremacist videos. The 11 accounts had an average of 178 followers with a
range between 23 and 505. The first piece of extremist content on each account
was posted between nine and 129 days before CEP located it, with an average of
46 days. All 11 accounts were still online three days after they were reported
by CEP and it there was no evidence that any content was removed by Instagram.
ISIS propaganda video clip on Instagram.
Neo-Nazi Website Re-Announced with Endorsement From James Mason
On November 4, a fascist accelerationist website relaunched with an
endorsement from the notorious American neo-Nazi James Mason
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made in October, however, the dates on the articles were changed to November 3
prior to the relaunch. Mason read a short statement endorsing the website on
the blockchain-based video streaming site Odysee. An advertisement for
SimpliSafe Home Security played on Odysee before the Mason video. The website
claims to promote skill development and seeks to turn their readership into
fascist “revolutionaries.”
The site is linked to a second, older website that spreads Mason’s work and
contains writings by several former members of the Atomwaffen Division
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and current National Socialist Order (NSO) members. Both websites list AWD
members, one member of the neo-Nazi group The Base
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imprisoned for a mail bombing as “prisoners of war.” The site was created on
September 20 and uses Enom as its registrar and VanwaTech
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as its name server.
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