Researchers tracked campaigns across 10 crowdfunding sites. “I would consider this to be the heyday of extremist funding,” one says.
Author: Will Carless and Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY
Twitter banned the Proud Boys, but they’re still there. Under Elon Musk, there could be more
Twitter permanently banned the Proud Boys, but accounts are still on the social media platform, USA TODAY found. Will Elon Musk reverse the ban?
Will free speech mean more hate speech on Twitter under Elon Musk?
Musk, who struck a $44-billion deal to buy Twitter, is a self-described “free speech absolutist.” Will he let hatemongers and extremists come back?
Republicans are backing Ukraine in the war. So why is there support for Russia on America’s far right?
Russia invasion of Ukraine was condemned by the GOP. So why is the political far right, including QAnon, spreading Kremlin propaganda on social media?
YouTube continues to push dangerous videos to users susceptible to extremism, white supremacy, report finds
Google’s YouTube is still recommending extremist and white supremacist videos to viewers already susceptible to racial hatred, a new report found.
Google think tank’s report on white supremacy says little about YouTube’s role in driving people to extremism
A new report from Google’s Jigsaw on online extremism has again drawn attention to the role YouTube plays in radicalizing Americans.