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White Nationalists Use Twitter with ‘Relative Impunity’: Report

ILLUSTRATION: Diana Quach/Vocative

By Dustin Volz | 1 September 2016

REUTERS — White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter with “relative impunity” and often have far more followers than militant Islamists, a study being released on Thursday found.

Eighteen prominent white nationalist accounts examined in the study, including the American Nazi Party, have seen a sharp increase in Twitter followers to a total of more than 25,000, up from about 3,500 in 2012, according to the study by George Washington University’s Program on Extremism that was seen by Reuters.

The study’s findings contrast with declining influence on Twitter Inc’s (TWTR.N) service for Islamic State, also known as ISIS, amid crackdowns that have targeted the militant group, according to earlier research by report author J.M. Berger and the findings of other counter-extremism experts and government officials.

“White nationalists and Nazis outperformed ISIS in average friend and follower counts by a substantial margin,” the report said. “Nazis had a median follower count almost eight times greater than ISIS supporters, and a mean count more than 22 times greater.” []

3 Comments on White Nationalists Use Twitter with ‘Relative Impunity’: Report

  1. What an absurd premise. First they lump “white nationalists” in with “Nazi sympathizers”. And then they use guilt by association to compare against fictitious, bogus, fake “ISIS” accounts. Some how they throw Trump supporters into the mix. What sick, twisted dishonesty. I wonder who funded this nonsense? The bottom line is far simpler: nationalism is growing and there is no way to deceive your way around it.

    • FA Hayek: The counter revolution of science. (you may have already read it)
      Also check out articles and authors on epistemological anarchism (science anarchy). Because real invention comes from a man, not a government grant.

  2. That illustration is very offensive. No well meaning real National Socialist would have anything to do with ZOG puppet Trump.

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