The present state of the extreme-right online and what the future might look like

Published: March 10, 2021, 11 p.m.

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Recent events like the storming of the US capitol on the 6th of January involved several far-right groups that used social media to organise, and the spread of various viral conspiracy theories online indicate that the extreme right is particularly agile in the online ecosystem. In this 5th episode of the Counter extremism podcast series, Lucinda Creighton interviewed CEP research analyst Joshua Fisher Birch on the rise of the extreme right online. Together they discussed the latest trends and developments in the US and beyond and outlined how the extreme right online could operate in the future.

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