How To Counter Radical Right Narratives Head On
For years we have seen huge investment in the development of counter-narratives as a means of combatting the Radical Right. Generally, this has taken the form of government donors and…
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Under lockdown, Germany’s PEGIDA goes to YouTube
Germany’s far-right group PEGIDA is mobilizing weekly ‘virtual marches’ livestreamed on YouTube. On a Monday evening in early April 2020, around 1,000 users are waiting for a YouTube livestream, hosted…
How Fake News Can Lead To Online Islamophobia
An analysis of YouTube comments and tweets finds that anonymity online leads to the spread of fake news, conspiracy theories, and hate. In 2019, I was asked by the Commission…
Alt-Tech & the Radical Right, Part 2: Inside the Radical Right’s Video Addiction
The world is watching over a billion hours of video content per day on YouTube, and easy-to-use recording and streaming tools can turn anyone with a smartphone into a broadcaster.…
Analyzing YouTube “Rekt” Videos as a Vector for Radicalization
As media platforms evolve and mature, they give birth to new expressive forms shaped by the exigencies of their technological and political-economic regimes. The dramatic and affective flows of American…
Reintroducing Dugin to the alt-right: Lauren Southern and Brittany Pettibone’s recent interview
Earlier this week, Lauren Southern and Brittany Pettibone, two North American YouTubers popular with the alt-right met, with Aleksandr Dugin, a well-known Russian geopolitical theorist on the radical right. Dugin’s…