Name: Far right online: the rise of extremist gamers | The Economist
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...is now considered a greater domestic threat...

...a growing number of “lone actors”...

...with no traditional links to terrorist organisations...

I started to build this hateful mindset of just going out there and...

What's causing this spread of extremist ideology?

...right-wing extremism has mutated in unpredictable ways

We have seen some of the extremist channels...

And what can be done to stop hateful words...

When the Christchurch attacker walked into the Al Noor Mosque...

He was also equipped with far-right extremism's latest weapon...

Nearly 200 watched his murderous attack live...

...with many quickly replicating and sharing the footage...

...an attacker live-streamed their actions

The terrorist of Christchurch really had...

Unfortunately, his methods were really effective because...

...it was recycled in these online far-right communities...

...as propaganda materials to recruit from young audiences...

Because they made video-game versions of it...

...they made glorifying memes and visuals...

...from his materials that he had posted online

And that was then used to inspire future attacks

...revealed just how much the far right has evolved...

Rather than having formal ties to a specific localised group or party...

...the Christchurch attacker was part of a loose global community…

One of the most difficult types of terrorist...

...to disguise their internet connection...

...get themselves some kind of a weapon and...

You know it's one actor with no obvious connection...

...to any particular group you're monitoring

A report by the New Zealand Royal Commission...

…was radicalised by content on YouTube...

But it's not just social-media channels...

...that provide a platform for far-right extremists

They've also used online gaming forums...

...to promote transnational racial ideas...

...a conspiracy theory that states that whites are being supplanted...

...feel that they're fighting what is essentially a defensive war...

...a grand multicultural race or some other dominant race

A recent study from Cybersecurity for Democracy...

...found that far-right accounts are more successful...

...than other kinds of accounts at getting likes, shares...

What attracts us most or what captivates our attention...

...has still not changed from a few hundred years ago...

...when we liked to watch bloody fights between gladiators or...

And that means that radical groups have a much easier time...

...to spread their messages online than moderate groups

Social-media algorithms have so far worked in the favour...

...far-right extremists have been responsible...

...for around 700 terrorist attacks worldwide

...the number of far-right attacks has grown to over 60 every year

And the number of younger extremists has been growing

...referred to the government's counter-terrorism programme...

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Far right online: the rise of extremist gamers | The Economist

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