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Our research found that far-left online activity doesn’t promote violence as a core strategy, with far-right calls for violence against opponents and minorities seen in far greater numbers.
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Available now: the final policy brief on the reciprocal dynamics of far-right and far-left groups in Australia produced by
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Over 2 years, researchers studied Facebook, Twitter and Gab to determine the most important narratives promoted by Australian political fringes, the dynamics that drive them, and their potential for escalation to violence.
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Further findings include observable spikes in activity around world events. The BLM movement caused a 126% increase in far-right activity and a 7.5% for far left. Social media monitoring and moderation, therefore, must be dynamic and demand-focused.
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In October 2021, the Australian Federal Police said that its counter-terrorism team’s caseload of ideologically motivated violent extremists, such as racist and nationalist violent extremists, had increased by 750% in 18 months.
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The threat posed by each group is different. One of our policy recommendations is digital interventions that target individuals who are receptive to extreme right-wing activity online in Australia.
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Prior to this briefing, researchers examined reciprocal dynamics on Facebook, focusing on how narratives about the other side of the political spectrum shape the online activity of these groups.
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The team also turned to Twitter, looking at patterns of far-right and far-left mobilisation and how they interacted with each other, the differences and commonalities in their online behaviours and key topics of mobilisation:
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The third report analysed the far-right's take on the far-left on Gab, the alternative platform known for providing a safe haven for right-wing extremists banned from other social media platforms.
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Pro tip:
- International socialism (Marxism/Communism etc.)
Just as bad as national-socialism (Nazi's/Fascism)
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