Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are impacting the election process.
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Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are impacting the election process.
California's peace officer training commission produced a training video, which remained available to law enforcement until this month, depicting Muslims inside prisons as likely to radicalize into extremist organizations that could attack U.S. targets. Authorities have said they will remove the video following Hatewatch's reporting.
Kanye West – now known as Ye – unleashed a hateful rant last Thursday during a bizarre appearance on Alex Jones’ Infowars. Encompassing Holocaust denial, praise for Adolf Hitler and a request that people “stop dissing the Nazis,” the diatribe was the culmination of months of explicitly antisemitic rhetoric from the musician.
An official in Illinois’ DuPage County GOP who frequently appears in local and national media associates with extremist groups and shares racist posts on social media, Hatewatch has found.
Elmer Stewart Rhodes, founder and leader of the antigovernment Oath Keepers organization, was convicted of seditious conspiracy Tuesday over his role in a plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The verdict followed a historic seven-week trial in Washington, D.C.
The mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, which saw a 22-year-old man charged with hate crimes and murder on Monday, came after years of intensifying anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, acts of violence and intimidation, and discriminatory legislation from far-right individuals and groups, including powerful Republican politicians.
Speakers at this weekend’s American Renaissance conference included a former congressman; a self-described “proud Islamophobe” who once handcuffed herself to Twitter’s headquarters; and a recently retired captain in Boise, Idaho’s Police Department (BPD) whose identification by an antifascist researcher and activist has been corroborated by Hatewatch.
Eight men wearing the colors of the Proud Boys hate group – at least two of whom were armed – initiated a violent confrontation with protesters outside a white nationalist conference near Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday afternoon.
Far-right extremists – many with history as vociferous Donald Trump supporters – exhibited a mixed response to his announcement of a third White House run.
Dozens of extremists on Twitter now sport the “blue check” once reserved for verified accounts, after signing up for the paid Twitter Blue service under policies instituted by the platform’s new proprietor, Elon Musk.
Extremists and far-right Trump supporters reacted to Tuesday’s midterm election results with expressions of disappointment, surprise and anger on podcasts, right-wing websites, social media and “alt-tech” sites.
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