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, on the anniversary of Kristallnacht,
the Barnes & Noble website started selling a neo-Nazi publisher’s version of
Henry Ford’s notorious antisemitic book The International Jew.
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Extremist Content Online: Barnes & Noble Website Selling Antisemitic Book
Released By Neo-Nazi Publisher
(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, on the anniversary of
Kristallnacht, the Barnes & Noble website started selling a neo-Nazi
publisher’s version of Henry Ford’s notorious antisemitic bookThe International
Jew. Separately and on the same day, the successor organization to the National
Socialist Order (NSO), released a propaganda and recruitment video. A videogame
mod made by white supremacists was released for the indie game Project Zomboid
that allows users to kill African Americans.
Additionally, on multiple websites, ISIS released a new propaganda video from
the group’s self-proclaimed Central Africa province. CEP researchers located a
pro-ISIS explosives guide on JustPaste.It and MediaFire. Finally, on Instagram,
CEP researchers found a total of 20 accounts that posted a variety of pro-ISIS,
white supremacist, antisemitic, anti-Muslim, and anti-LGBTQ content.
Notorious Antisemitic Book Released by Neo-Nazi Publisher on Barnes & Noble
Website
On November 9, the anniversary of the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch and
Kristallnacht, the Barnes & Noble website and a white supremacist website made
a neo-Nazi publisher’s four-volume version of Henry Ford’s notoriousantisemitic
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bookThe International Jew available for sale. The International Jew is an
infamous antisemitic work alleging a secret Jewish conspiracy to take over the
United States. The text references the hoaxThe Protocols of the Learned Elders
of Zion. This earlier antisemitic work is one of the modern era’s most
well-known pieces of antisemitism.
Promoting antisemitism in the Barnes & Noble book description, the publisher
wrote that “Henry Ford legitimized ideas that are still true today.” The books
contained artwork by a white supremacist illustrator who has made antisemitic,
racist and anti-LGBT propaganda and content for several groups, including
Patriot Front
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Rise Above Movement
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active clubs and theNationalist Social Club
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The publisher, named for a term referring to the Ku Klux Klan, states on their
Telegram account that they endorse national socialism.
CEP reported the four volumes to Barnes & Noble on November 10 for violating
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that prohibits material for “content that encourages intolerance, terrorism,
hate, racism or violence.” The four volumes were still available on the Barnes
& Noble website four days later.
Neo-Nazi Group Releases Propaganda Video
The successor organization to the National Socialist Order
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(NSO) released a propaganda video on November 9, the anniversary of the 1923
Beer Hall Putsch and the anniversary of Kristallnacht, that shows their members
firing rifles and advertises the group’s recruitment contact. The group was
announced
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in September after their leader accused adherents of theOrder of Nine Angles
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over the NSO. The group has called for the “elimination” of Jews, people of
color, and LGBT people.
Racist Video Game Mod Released for Project Zomboid
On November 7, a group released a white supremacist mod for the indie
videogame Project Zomboid that allows the user to kill African Americans. The
mod, made by an unknown group, is unaffiliated with the game’s creators. The
mod’s Telegram channel, which has over 120 followers, includes racist and
antisemitic content and a video of a police officer shooting and killing an
African American man in Baltimore. The mod’s creators stated on Telegram that
it was important to spread their ideology through games. An account claiming to
be Nathan Damigo, the founder of the white supremacist groupIdentity Evropa
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, promoted the mod online.
ISIS Video Released on Multiple Websites
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video on November 5 from the group’s self-proclaimed Central Africa province.
The video shows ISIS fighters performing drills and includes a history of
recent ISIS-claimed attacks in Congo. The video also includes extensive photos
of casualties among security forces fighting against ISIS in the region and the
destruction of villages by ISIS forces. The video concludes with the execution
of a man accused of spying on behalf of Congolese troops in Beni.
In addition to Telegram and RocketChat, the video was released on at least 16
other websites. Approximately 72 hours later, the video was available on six
websites: the Internet Archive, Pomf.Lain.La, Novatics.Com, Jirafeau.devol.It,
Leboulanger.Org, and Thefileditch.ch. The Internet Archive removed the video
after it was reported by CEP.
ISIS video released November 5, 2022, on the Internet Archive
Russian Language Pro-ISIS Explosives Guide Removed from JustPaste.It and
MediaFire
On November 8, CEP researchers located a pro-ISIS explosives guide on
JustPaste.It and MediaFire. The instructions, written in Russian, were a
translation of content previously found on JustPaste.It inMay
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, for the homemade synthesis of TNT. The pro-ISIS al-Saqri Foundation created
the guide, which has published manuals over several years on the manufacture
and use of explosives, poisons, and other weaponry. Both JustPaste.It and
MediaFire removed the file after CEP reported it.
Pro-ISIS and Extreme Right Content Located on Instagram
In a sample of content located on Meta-owned Instagram on November 8, CEP
located 10 accounts that posted a variety of pro-ISIS content including clips
and photos from official ISIS videos and pro-ISIS posts. In addition, 10
extreme right accounts that posted various white supremacist, antisemitic,
Holocaust denial, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQ content were also located. Among
the extreme right profiles, one account was for a regional chapter of a Rise
Above Movement (RAM) inspiredactive club
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over 120 followers. Three other accounts also promoted the active club movement
and a clothing brand operated by RAM’s co-founder. The pro-ISIS accounts had
between 46 and 919 followers, with an average of 342 followers. The extreme
right accounts had between 44 and 534 followers, with an average of 205.
CEP researchers reported all 20 accounts to Instagram on November 8.
Approximately 48 hours later, seven pro-ISIS accounts and eight extreme right
accounts were still online. Two specific propaganda videos were reported to
Instagram for violating the website’s policy on “Dangerous Organizations or
Individuals,” but they were still online on November 14.
Among the pro-ISIS content, CEP located a clip from the ISIS video “Al-Ramadi:
The Epic Battles of Jihad,” originally released in October 2015.
Clip from the ISIS video “Al-Ramadi: The Epic Battles of Jihad,” on Instagram.
Screenshot taken on November 8, 2022
The footage features a statement from the British ISIS fighter, Fatlum Shakalu
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, a.k.a Abu Musa al-Britani, about the importance of fighting before detonating
a vehicle rigged with explosives during ISIS’s assault on Ramadi. The video was
uploaded to Instagram on October 27, 2022 and had 64 likes 12 days later. An
ISIS logo on the top right of the video was obscured in the video upload to
evade removal.
An extreme right account with 76 followers posted an infamous propaganda video
from the British neo-Nazi groupNational Action
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uploaded to Instagram on September 29, 2022 and had 20 likes when it was found
on November 8. In 2018, the British Home Affairs Committeecriticized
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prevent uploads of the same propaganda video.
National Action propaganda video on Instagram. Screenshot taken on November 8,
2022.
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