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The Best Discord Bots (and How to Use Them)
If you’ve ever played a video game online, you’ve probably heard of Discord, the free voice, video, and text chat platform that many gamers use to talk. The platform is divided into separate servers with their own members, rules, topics, and channels, but one underused feature is the ability to create and code unique AI-powered…
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7 Trends in Online Extremism to Look Out for in 2022
It’s now been well over a year since a horde of pro-Donald Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, trying and failing to return the former president to office. Slowly but surely, the nation has settled into a new normal. So too have the perpetrators’ ideological allies, ranging from the street-brawling Proud Boys to QAnon conspiracy…
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Authorities Claim They Accessed Encrypted Signal Chats to Charge Oath Keepers
While many of the groups that took part in last year’s siege on the U.S. Capitol turned to Facebook and Telegram groups to plan their part in the attack, the Oath Keepers — a far-right org that’s best described as somewhere between a militia and a rag-tag group of wannabe vigilantes — are alleged to…
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Fascists Are Already Weaponizing Twitter’s New ‘Private Media’ Rule
Twitter’s new rule against posting “private media,” such as photographs and videos, depicting other people without their consent is already being exploited by fascists and white supremacists who are taking the opportunity to target anti-extremism researchers and activists.