Atomwaffen Division, in particular, wanted members inside the military - specifically for the purposes of training in things like explosives (among others), and stealing arms and equipment.
I know some of you trying to knock down Telegram’s Neo Nazi channels mean well, but...
You’re not helping.
“Deplatforming works.” Well, yes.
But not sloppily applied, whole-scale, to minuscule platforms where content was followed basically only by already active extremists and ... the people fighting them.
Then all you’re do is hurt your own “side” in a misguided vanity campaign.
Anyway, crazy hectic day, on and in between deadlines, took a five minute break and found that a big pile of data with valuable, time-sensitive Intel had... evaporated because of a ban.
For organizations with employees targeted or threatened by neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other potpourri baskets filled with related and assorted violent extremists
[speaking from experience]
1) If you hire a person who works on neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other assorted violent extremists, here's the thing:
They WILL be targeted and threatened with violence - unless they're terrible at the job you hired them for.
If you won't support them, don't hire them.
2) If you want the "good PR" that comes with high-profile experts on neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and assorted violent extremists, you need to realize:
Your institution asked them to risk their lives.
That implies you will provide support and security - not penalties.