"According to [cybersecurity firm] CHEQ, a whopping 75.85 percent of traffic from X to its advertising clients' websites during the weekend of the Super Bowl was fake." mashable.com/article/x-tw...

The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests

These numbers are legitimately shocking.

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Pleased to have had the opportunity to contribute to this research with Human Digital and @vox-pol.bsky.social. The ongoing proliferation of illegal content on gore sites is undermining broader efforts to counter terrorism and other harms online. Among the key findings of the research:

UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks https://www.ft.com/content/0fb7a268-1bf6-4faf-ac60-67c53ddf1e62

UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks

Counterterrorism police looking into fires at properties connected to prime minister keep open mind about motive

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Both Bitchute and Gab this week have withdrawn from the UK in response to obligations placed on them under the Online Safety Act

Former neo-Nazi says he was deradicalised by raves and house music

Former Neo-Nazi Hate Group Leader Says He Was "Deradicalized" by Raves and House Music

Arno Michaelis credits the inclusive atmosphere of 1990s Chicago rave culture for his transformation from hate group member to anti-extremism advocate.

edm.com

US man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami

Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami

Victims reportedly posted ‘death to Arabs’ on social media after shooting while suspect held on attempted murder charges

theguardian.com

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A judge has awarded control of Proud Boys' trademark to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, effectively banning the group from selling any merchandise bearing its name or symbols without the church's permission. The church was the victim of vandalism by PB in 2020

Black church in D.C. that was vandalized by the Proud Boys gains control over the group's trademark

D.C. Superior Court granted rights to the trademark of the group’s name to Metropolitan AME Church.

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Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend the UK launch of US climate denial group British arm of Heartland, which has taken oil and Republican funding, which is to be led by ex-Ukip head Lois Perry

Farage and Truss attend UK launch of US climate denial group

British arm of Heartland, which has taken fossil and Republican funding, to be led by ex-Ukip head Lois Perry

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US State Department announces designation of the Terrorgram Collective and three of its leaders (individuals based in Brazil, Croatia and South Africa respectively) as SDGT

Terrorist Designations of The Terrorgram Collective and Three Leaders - United States Department of State

The United States remains deeply concerned about the racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide and committed to countering transnational components of violent white s...

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Meta: "We've never wanted to be arbiters of truth." Also Meta: "We will decide whether your race science claims are 'unsupported' or not." bsky.app/profile/did:...

Io Dodds 🌘🏳️‍⚧️♾️@iododds.bsky.social · 2y ago

On which note, clock this. Old rules banned claims of "inferiority" based on "intellectual capacity" New ones ban "unsupported comparisons between PC groups on the basis of inherent intellectual capacity." Sorry, what does "unsupported" mean? Is race science OK now if you chuck in a dodgy chart?

A less discussed aspect of normalization of the far right is the attacks on anyone using pre-normalization assessments and terminology. This has been going on for over a decade, in Europe and the U.S., where the term “far right” is being squeezed tighter and tighter until it only refers to Nazis.

🚨 New from me 🚨 Andrew McIntyre, the creator of the notorious 'Southport Wake Up' Telegram chat, has now been sentenced to 7 1/2 years for his role in stoking the riots in August. Read on for the full story of how @hopenothate.org.uk brought him to justice: 🧵⬇️

An IDF soldier reportedly sought refuge in Argentina to evade arrest warrant for suspected war crimes in Gaza m.jpost.com/internationa...

Israeli flees Brazil to Argentina to avoid 'war crimes' arrest warrant

The HRF accused the Israeli soldier of "participating in massive demolitions of civilian homes in Gaza during a systematic campaign of destruction."

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Members of Werwolf Division, an Italian neo-Nazi group disrupted by police on 4 December, reportedly attempted to make contact with Hamas as part of an intention to mount anti-Semitic attacks. The group had also discussed assassinating Giorgia Meloni. It had a firearms training camp near Bologna

L'ideologo, il concorrente di Bonolis, il tenore e tutti gli altri. Chi sono i "lupi mannari"

Dalle carte dell'inchiesta bolognese sulla Werwolf Division, la fotografia dell'ultradestra pronta ad attentare alla premier Meloni e a reclutare anche 14enni

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Last Monday, Turkey became the latest country to be targeted by the tidal wave of far-right terrorism, by an attacker seemingly inspired by the Atomwaffen Division and other neo-Nazi predecessors. Excellent summary by @abrad.bsky.social in GNET. gnet-research.org/2024/08/16/d...

“Dead society”: Tracing the Online Dimension of a Militant Accelerationist-Inspired Attack in Turkey

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The fact that the "Barry Stanton" account has been locked by X based on "misleading and deceptive identities" relating to its impersonation of a real person, rather than its neo-Nazism and incitement of violence, says a lot about X's attitude to the extreme right. It's still live, 112k followers...