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Extremist Content Online: ISIS And Neo-Nazi Propaganda Spread On Social Media



(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, CEP researchers located
three Facebook accounts that posted ISIS content, including links to a recently
released propaganda video from ISIS’s self-proclaimed West Africa Province
(ISWAP). On a different Meta platform, Instagram, several accounts and posts
were found that posted a variety of neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and
antisemitic content.



In addition, CEP located instructions for making explosives on JustPaste.It
posted by a pro-ISIS group. Last week there were multiple extreme-right and
white supremacist Telegram channels that praised Patriot Front (PF) following
the arrest of 31 members in Idaho. Finally, a private Telegram account posted
content that encouraged acts of white supremacist violence on the 14th day of
each month.



Recently Released ISIS Content Located on Facebook



On June 16, CEP researchers located ISIS
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accounts. The first account, with 140 followers, posted clips and photos from
an ISIS video released on June 14 and links to the video on other websites. The
second account, with almost 600 followers and over 3,200 friends, posted links
to pro-ISIS Telegram channels and the June 14 video on different parts of
Facebook, which Facebook had removed by the time CEP located the links. The
final account, with only one follower, posted various clips from ISIS
propaganda videos and links to the June 14 ISIS video on another website. CEP
reported all three accounts to Facebook, who removed a clip taken from an ISIS
propaganda video posted by one account. The three accounts remained online,
including still images from the same video. It is unclear if further action was
taken, and two of the three accounts remained active and posted additional
content.



Clip from an ISIS propaganda video released on June 14 on Facebook. Screenshot
taken June 16. The video was removed after CEP reported it. The video was
uploaded with a border that partially obscured the ISIS logo on the top right,
in an effort to evade removal.



ISIS Propaganda Video Released on Multiple Websites



On June 14, ISIS released a propaganda video titled “A Book That Guides And A
Sword That Gives Victory” from the group’s self-proclaimedWest Africa Province
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(ISWAP).



The video opens with a list of ISWAP commanders, propagandists, and fighters
who have been killed. The following scenes show combat between ISWAP and a
force identified as the Nigerian army. Footage from three different engagements
are shown in Bula Yobe, Katarko, and Gajiram, including the dead bodies of
Nigerian soldiers and the burning of buildings. Additional footage shows what
is purported to be an ambush on Nigerian special forces soldiers traveling on
the Gajiram-Munguno road in Borno, including depicting individuals killed in
action and footage of a suicide bombing on a Nigerian military convoy near
Mallam Fatori.



The second part of the video proclaims that ISIS has established religious law
in West Africa. Short clips show an individual being whipped and a person
off-screen being stoned. The video declared that ISIS is intensely concerned
with establishing proper religious instruction and that they spend resources on
religious outreach efforts. The video briefly accuses the Taliban of being
apostates and that they have not enforced religious law despite controlling
territory in Afghanistan. The video also shows religious instruction and
morality police destroying forbidden objects. ISIS bureaucrats are shown
distributing currency as charity.



The video concludes with an ISIS fighter calling for Muslims to immigrate to
ISIS-held territory in West Africa and a nasheed played-over combat footage and
footage showing executions.



In addition to Telegram, RocketChat, and Hoop, the video was posted on at
least 16 websites. Approximately 36 hours later, the video was still available
on at least five websites: the Internet Archive, a site on the IPFS distributed
web protocol, Ok.Ru, Pcloud, and Vimeo. Links to the video were also posted on
Facebook. After CEP reported the video, the Internet Archive, Ok.Ru, Pcloud,
and Vimeo removed it.



White Supremacist Content Located on Instagram



CEP researchers located several Instagram accounts and posts promoting white
supremacism and antisemitism.



A French-language account with over 1,775 followers was found that sold
merchandise from the neo-Nazi skinhead networkBlood & Honour
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located an Instagram account connected to Italian white supremacist fascist
skinheads that posted pro-B&H content, with over 1,000 followers. CEP also
found a page alleged to belong to a Finnish white supremacist group that posted
photos of various racist and pro-Hitler graffiti with approximately 125
followers. An account that promoted a regional chapter of the “White Lives
Matter” movement had over 165 followers and advertised demonstrations and
posted photos of banners promoting antisemitism, the great replacement
conspiracy theory, and segregation.



Another white supremacist account with over 320 followers was also found that
posted content supporting the great replacement conspiracy theory. Two posts on
other accounts promoted Holocaust denial and used footage from anAtomwaffen
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video and various Nazi slogans, had 44 likes and 64 views, and were on the
platform for 50 days and 12 days, respectively.



CEP reported the content to Instagram, who removed only one post, a video that
promoted the great replacement theory conspiracy and promoted racism and
anti-Muslim sentiment.



Pro-ISIS Explosives Guide Located on JustPaste.It



On June 17, CEP researchers located a guide for making homemade explosives on
the bulletin board style website JustPaste.It. The instructions were allegedly
posted by The pro-ISIS group al-Saqri Foundation, which has published manuals
over several years on the manufacture and use of explosives, poisons and other
weaponry. The document had been viewed approximately 35 times when it was
located. JustPaste.It removed the guide after CEP reported it.



Extreme-Right and White Supremacist Telegram Channels Praise Patriot Front
Following Arrests



Following the arrest of 31
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members of the neo-Nazi groupPatriot Front
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(PF) in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, on June 11, multiple extreme-right and white
supremacist Telegram channels praised the group. Channels affiliated withRise
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(RAM) inspired active clubs claimed that the arrests were unjust and noted
positively that at least one PF member wore a t-shirt sold by a clothing brand
affiliated with the active club movement. A media group affiliated with RAM and
the active club movement had previously released apropaganda video
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promoting Patriot Front. A Telegram account belonging to a pro-Proud Boys
media group made posts on June 13 praising PF and encouraging the channel’s
16,650 subscribers to contact the Coeur D’Alene police department for
“imprisoning innocent Americans.” Several Telegram channels affiliated with
Proud Boys chapters made posts supporting PF. A Telegram channel affiliated with
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not want to criticize PF but that the arrest showed that the group’s tactics
were ineffective and called for acts of violence instead. A neo-Nazi Telegram
channel that focuses on information and operations security stated that the
arrest of PF members was further evidence that individuals should not join
named groups that maintain membership lists.



Content Promoting White Supremacist Violence on the 14th Day of Each Month
Located on Telegram



CEP researchers located posts by a private Telegram account encouraging acts
of white supremacist violence on the 14th day of each month. The first post was
made on May 14 and included footage of vandalism, arson, and shootings, as
examples of the type of behavior the channel endorses. At least seven Telegram
channels shared the post calling for acts of violence in May and five in June.
On June 15, at least six channels shared a post from the private Telegram
channel of news reports regarding acts of vandalism, arson, and hate crimes
attacks committed on June 14. There is no evidence, nor is it likely, that any
of the criminal acts on June 14 were related to the Telegram channel.



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