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                 Far-right groups move online conversations from

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    Far-right groups move online conversations from social media to
    chat apps - and out of view of law enforcement

    Telegram is surging as Parler went offline and the backlash
    against Twitter and Facebook grew.

    Right-wing groups on chat apps like Telegram are swelling with
    new members after Parler disappeared and a backlash against
    Facebook and Twitter, making it harder for law enforcement to
    track where the next attack could come from.

    After the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week, major tech
    companies clamped down on right-wing extremists, kicking
    thousands of conspiracy theory accounts off Twitter and shutting
    down the social network Parler.  But those conversations usually
    took place in the open on well-documented, public-facing
    channels.

    Now, conversations about potential attacks and protests around
    Inauguration Day are taking place on a wide mix of public and
    private feeds and chats on Dubai-based Telegram and other
    services like MeWe, according to law enforcement officials and
    extremism researchers.
    [...]
    https://tinyurl.com/y42r5sbn


    FIDOGAZETTE  Vol 15 No 02    Page  3         January 13th, 2021


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