#online-extremism
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Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks agoI'm a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here's how to reach young men like me | Josh Sargent
Young men drawn to harmful online communities seek meaning, status, and certainty; behaviors should be reframed as responses to uncertainty, not innate moral failings.
fromAxios
2 months agoBullet inscriptions test journalism norms around spreading shooters' messages
[T]he highest order of business" for journalists is to try and get to the facts without giving shooters the attention they seek, but that's become more difficult with this new wave of "performative" attacks,Terence Samuel, chair of the National Press Foundation Board of Directors and former editor-in-chief at USA Today, told Axios. Threat level: Theinternet subculture that fosters and spreads extremist communities online isn't going anywhere, and journalists have to learn how to navigate the toxic ideology they put out.
Media industry
UK politics
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months agoUK nationalists won't stop sharing unhinged AI slop: 'British born, English bread'
Generative AI enables English nationalist accounts to mass-produce xenophobic, AI-generated 'patriotic' propaganda that amplifies islamophobic and anti-immigrant messaging across social platforms.
Public health
fromemptywheel
2 months agoTrump's Homeland Security Advisor Denies Victims of Far Right Shooting Equal Protection - emptywheel
Two shootings involved perpetrators influenced by online extremist and gore communities: one targeted Charlie Kirk; another attacked Evergreen High, injuring two before the shooter's suicide.
fromAxios
2 months agoKirk's killing sparks calls for unity - and deepens political divides
But Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican who has become a measured voice of the investigation into Kirk's killing, has urged Americans to resist "rage" in the wake of the shooting. Driving the news: Cox said on CNN's "State of the Union" that the country does not need to "sing Kumbaya and hold hands" - but rather, people must continue to engage with those with whom they disagree.
US politics
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