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Extremist Content Online: Extreme Right And White Supremacists Celebrate One
Year Anniversary Of U.S. Capitol Attack

(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, members of the extreme
right and white supremacists commemorated the first anniversary of the January
6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol on multiple Telegram and chan imageboards
and in some cases voiced hope for future attacks. 

 

CEP researchers also found a neo-Nazi podcast live-streamed on YouTube. It
featured Australian Thomas Sewell, who promoted the great replacement
conspiracy theory and stated that whites need to “take back living space.” Last
week on the website “Buy Me A Coffee”, a neo-Nazi artist started a campaign
that raised $880 within three days of launching. Neo-Nazis on Telegram also
celebrated Lyndon McLeod, who killed five people in Denver and the surrounding
areas on December 28. Additionally, on Telegram, CEP researchers found a
channel belonging to an online neo-Nazi accelerationist group that had
previously been removed from the communications app.

 

There was also a large amount of white supremacist propaganda and content that
supported violence located on Mega.Nz, who removed the files after CEP reported
them. Neo-Nazis also uploaded content including information on how to make
explosives to the site Anonfiles, who also removed the content after it was
reported. Additionally, a neo-Nazi Telegram channel advocated for using
vehicles to commit terrorist attacks. Finally, CEP researchers found an
Internet Archive account that posted 56 pieces of ISIS content on the site, and
researchers also located a video made by the pro-ISIS group al-Ansar Foundation
which was released on multiple websites.

 

Extreme Right, White Supremacists Commemorate One Year Anniversary of Capitol
Attack

 

On January 6, multiple Telegram and chan imageboard users commemorated the
one-year anniversary of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Numerous posters
on 4chan’s /pol board voiced their hopes that similar attacks in the future
would be successful. Users on the main 8chan successor site falsely claimed
that President Donald Trump’s supporters did not attack the Capitol,
insinuating that either the members of the left or the government committed the
actual assault. A Telegram channel affiliated with the group Nationalist Social
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 reposted photos of an alleged stolen Capitol Police helmet from January 6 with
the neo-Nazi group’s sticker on it. Other Telegram channels celebrated the
anniversary as an “attack on Jewish power,” while many channels used the
occasion to state their opposition to all political parties. Several Proud Boys
affiliated Telegram channels sought to downplay or deny the violence on January
6, however one Proud Boys channel posted an image calling for “vengeance” for
the death of Ashli Babbit.

 

Neo-Nazi Podcast Located on YouTube

 

CEP located a neo-Nazi podcast on YouTube live-streamed on the platform on
December 27. The podcast primarily consisted of an interview with the
Australian neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell, who promoted the great replacement
conspiracy theory and stated that whites need to “take back living space,”
claiming that “the system is absolutely evil, it is run by evil traitors,
globalists, Jews, traitor whites, that are rotting the fabric of our being, our
everything, our soul, or race, and these people are disgusting, evil, wicked
people.” The host of the podcast stated the need to promote the “most radical
faction(s)” to “rise up from the ashes and reclaim lands and territories from
which we were cheated out of.”

 

The podcast had over 3,500 views on January 6, and comments included advice on
creating local white supremacist propaganda groups. The podcast channel had 710
subscribers on January 6 and had been on YouTube since November 2020. The
podcast was still online three days after CEP reported it.

Podcast featuring Australian neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell on YouTube.

 

Neo-Nazi Propagandist Crowdfunding on the Website “Buy Me A Coffee”

 

A prolific neo-Nazi digital artist opened a crowdfunding campaign on the “Buy
Me A Coffee” (BMAC) website on January 2. The propagandist has made content
promoting the white supremacist Rise Above Movement-linked “Active Club,” the
white supremacist group Patriot Front, as well as additional neo-Nazi content.
BMAC’s Terms of use <[link removed]> prohibit users from
using the site to do anything deemed “threatening, abusive, harassing,
defamatory, libelous, tortious, obscene, (or) profane.” As of 12 pm on January
5, the campaign had raised $880 on the website. At least two other white
supremacist fundraising efforts on BMAC in March
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 and October
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 2021 raised money before the site shut them down. CEP contacted BMAC on
January 7, but the fundraising page was still accessible three days later.

 

Neo-Nazi Telegram Channels Celebrate Denver Shooter

 

Neo-Nazi Telegram propagandists celebrated Lyndon McLeod, who killed five
people in shootings in Denver and the surrounding area on December 28. The
gunman was allegedly a member
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 of an online male supremacist extreme right subculture and had previously
written about his desire to kill two of his victims. Approximately 18 white
supremacist channels posted images and statements glorifying McLeod within
three days of the attack, referring to him as a “saint.” One notorious neo-Nazi
channel stated that their role was to promote the gunman and spread his message
to lead to more violence and a feeling of lost safety among “elites.” An 
infamous
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 and sells sunglasses, t-shirts, and other merchandise, called for his
followers to “find inspiration” in the gunman.

 

Telegram Channel Allegedly Belonging to Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Group Located
on Telegram

 

CEP located a Telegram channel purportedly belonging to an online neo-Nazi
accelerationist group, amember
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 was arrested on May 27 for allegedly planning a mass shooting at a Walmart.
The group claims to be a white supremacist alternative substance abuse recovery
program. The channel has called for attacks on electrical infrastructure and
the murder of Jews, law enforcement officers, and others.

 

A Telegram channel previously linked to the group that glorified their member
arrested in May was deleted from Telegram on June 11 for violating the
communication app’s Terms of Service. The current channel was created on
December 17. The group has previously claimed that they were allied with the
online neo-Nazi accelerationist group Feuerkrieg Division
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Mega.Nz Removes Large Quantity of White Supremacist Propaganda, Manifestos,
and Bomb Making Guides

 

On January 3, CEP located and reported a large quantity of white supremacist
propaganda and content supporting violence to Mega.Nz, which promptly removed
it. The content, which was posted by the admin of a white supremacist Telegram
channel, included the Christchurch attack video and the terrorist’s manifesto,
texts made for the neo-Nazi forum Iron March, antisemitic and esoteric Nazi
texts, guerrilla warfare manuals, information on the homemade production of a
wide variety of bombs and explosives, and combat videos originally released as
propaganda by groups including al-Qaeda
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Neo-Nazi Content Including Explosives Guides Removed from Anonfiles

 

On December 29, CEP reported over 8 gigabytes of content, including
information on making explosives, to the download site Anonfiles, which removed
the content. The files were uploaded to the website by a Russian-language
neo-Nazi Telegram channel on December 28. A previous version of the Telegram
channel was removed for violating the platform’s Terms of Service
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channel has not been taken down.

 

Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Advocates for Vehicular Attacks

 

On January 3, a prominent neo-Nazi Telegram channel advocated for committing
terrorist attacks using vehicles
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stated that personal vehicles could be used in lieu of firearms. The channel
had over 385 subscribers on January 6 and routinely celebrates white
supremacist terrorists and mass murders.

 

Pro-ISIS User Located on the Internet Archive

 

CEP researchers located an Internet Archive account that posted 56 pieces of
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between late December and early January. Content included ISIS propaganda
photos, issues of the al-Naba newsletter, Amaq videos, and Amaq news
statements. The user had only uploaded ISIS content and had several pro-ISIS
websites and channels on the communications platform Matrix in their profile
description. 50 out of the 56 pieces of content were geo-restricted in France
by the Internet Archive and required a log-in to view. The user was not removed
from the Internet Archive after CEP reported the account.

 

Pro-ISIS Video Located on Multiple Websites

 

CEP researchers located a video made by the pro-ISIS group al-Ansar
Foundation, released on January 4, titled “Africa is Coming Back.” The video,
over 15 minutes in length, contained combat and propaganda footage allegedly
from the group’s self-proclaimed West Africa and Central Africa provinces.

 

The video was spread on Element and was uploaded to at least 13 other
websites. In approximately 48 hours, the video was still available on seven
websites: Top4top, the Internet Archive, File.Cm, Fromsmash, the distributed
site IPFS, JawCloud, and PeerTube.Co.Uk. The Internet Archive made the video
only viewable to logged in members and geo restricted it after CEP reported it.

 

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