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(Same author links to POTUS Pepe as "hateful" ironic meme)
The far right have a safe haven online. We cannot let their lies take root
Julia Ebner
Jailing members of white supremacist groups has done little to stem the spread of propaganda and incitements to violence
Wed 14 Nov 2018 12.18 EST
…At the Institute for Strategic Dialogue we have worked with governments and tech firms to track incitements to violence and explicitly racist content on the internet and accelerate their removal. The echo that National Action created across the internet shows that online extremism needs to be seen as a cross-platform threat that will require a holistic approach and close cooperation between policymakers, the tech sector and researchers.
But ultimately, banning extremist groups and forcing platforms to remove harmful content can only be one dimension of the solution. It is much more important to immunise young people against extremist attempts to instrumentalise their fears, twist their perceptions and hijack their desires. Media literacy and digital citizenship training could be a first step to help them to brace themselves against the manipulative tactics used by extremist movements.
• Julia Ebner, an Austrian journalist, is a researcher at the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/14/far-right-safe-haven-online-white-supremacist-groups