As @kathleenbelew.bsky.social and others have pointed out recently, this phenomenon is not a new one. But Sovereign Solutions presents an interesting case because they sought to build an online following - both to sell stolen goods and spread an extremist worldview.
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Excited to have a new piece out in @gnetresearch.bsky.social! I take a look at a recent case that offers some interesting lessons about cross-platform extremist activity and content moderation.

Had the chance to write about an excellent new book by @tmitts.bsky.social, which prompted some broader thoughts about the state of efforts to counter online extremism

Beyond “Leaderless Resistance”? Toward a Typology for White Supremacist Extremist Leadership The specific concept of white supremacist extremist leadership remains understudied, with significant implications for counterterrorism strategies. To bring greater clarity to the varied functions ...

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Unpacking the Role of Leadership in Decentralized Extremist Networks - VOX - Pol By Joseph Stabile The US State Department’s 13 January designation of The Terrorgram Collective and three of its leaders serves as the bookend of the now-departed Biden Administration’s efforts to con...

Excited to share some work with @vox-pol.bsky.social. This piece applies findings from research I published earlier this year (linked in the next post) to recent developments in North America and Europe. voxpol.eu/unpacking-th...

Kash Patel’s Political-Persecution Fantasies How Donald Trump’s presumptive F.B.I. head whitewashed the J6ers’ political violence.

New from me in the @newyorker.com: How Kash Patel hitched his deep state fantasies to the political persecution narrative that was used to rehabilitate January 6ers

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An Unprecedented Trump Action on His First Day Could Haunt America for Years to Come Just weeks ago, J.D. Vance said it "obviously" wouldn't happen. It has.

"This is a transformational day for American national security and American counterterrorism, if not for American democracy writ large."

Honored to speak with Aymann Ismail and @slate.bsky.social about the January 6 pardons. slate.com/news-and-pol...

E-Commerce and Extremism: Dropshipping and the Continued Sale of White Supremacist Merchandise on Amazon - GNET

Increasing attention is being paid to #extremist exploitation of online retail services for merchandise or funding.

In this Insight, Joseph Stabile examines dropshipping and its relationship to the presence of white supremacist merchandise, such as extremist texts and clothing, on #Amazon.

And there it is. The Department of State just designated the Terrorgram Collective, a loose network of neo-Nazi channels on Telegram that encourages infrastructure attacks and violence, and several leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. www.state.gov/office-of-th...

No but there’s a way to organize posts into a feed by replying to posts with the pin emoji (or I guess you can alternatively use the Like function)

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The Order and the Long Arc of White Supremacist Extremism A new film depicts the violent rise of the Order, but it undersells the white nationalist terror group’s enduring legacy.

Review: A new film depicts the violent rise of the Order, but it undersells the white nationalist terror group’s enduring legacy.