For this research, ISD’s digital analysis unit have been monitoring a network of 208 channels distributing white supremacist content on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram. In an analysis of over a million posts, this briefing unpacks how the platform is being used to glorify terrorism, call for violence, spread extremist ideological material and demonise minority groups.
This briefing reveals that, while military activity is often framed within the broader context of anti-government and antisemitic ideology, white supremacist groups actively draw inspiration from the military in their preparations for violence.
This policy paper considers the paradigm shift in prevention approaches required to respond to today's extremism challenges, focusing on a human rights based approach.
»Wegweiser« liefert Hintergründe zu den Publikationen des vom Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (BMJV) geförderten Projektes »Radikalisierung in rechtsextremen Onlinesubkulturen entgegentreten«.
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) have published a new study which shows how 17 known German far-right groups and actors alleged use online funding services to fund their activities. These services include companies like Mastercard, Paypal, Giropay and WooCommerce). More than half of these online funding services have Terms of Service (ToS) that should prohibit their use by such sites.
Das Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) und der Global Disinformation Index (GDI) haben in ihrer neusten Studie 17 bekannte deutsche extremistische Gruppen und Akteure identifiziert, die Online-Finanzdienste nutzen, um ihre Aktivitäten zu finanzieren. Zu diesen Diensten gehören Unternehmen wie American Express, Mastercard und Visa, Paypal, Square und Klarna, aber auch Online-Shopping Unternehmen wie WooCommerce und Spendendienste wie Patreon.
Regelmäßig werden Politiker:innen zu Zielscheiben von systematischen Desinformationskampagnen, erhalten Hassnachrichten, Bedrohungen und Beleidigungen in sozialen Netzwerken. Ziel dieser Analyse war es indessen, Umfang und Formen von digitaler Gewalt sowie der Verbreitung von Desinformationen gegen Spitzenkanidat:innen der drei populärsten Parteien in Deutschland - CDU, SPD und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) - vor der Bundestagswahl zu untersuchen.
This analysis by ISD shows how extremist websites rely on open source tools and services to evade moderation for hate speech, incitements to violence or other content policy violations. While this presents a challenge, it also creates an opportunity to move beyond simplistic models of content moderation to responses driven by open source communities themselves.
ISD discovered that content which expresses support for extreme right wing ideologies can be discovered on Twitch with relative ease, for example, through the practice of “Omegle Redpilling.” However, these videos are probably better considered as sporadic examples rather than representative of the systemic use of Twitch by the extreme right for radicalisation and coordination.
This research examined how TikTok is used to promote white supremacist conspiracy theories, produce weapons manufacturing advice, glorify extremists, terrorists, fascists and dictators, direct targeted harassment against minorities and produce content that denies that violent events like genocides ever happened. Furthermore, the report includes analysis of how users seek to evade takedowns by TikTok.
