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1. Subjective observation but in 2019, I noticed that a # of accounts joining far right & white supremacist TG groups didn’t seem to be very aware of OPSEC. It seemed like a lot of them were trying to figure it all out & the current newbies will soon learn as well. https://twitter.com/milleridriss/status/1349191917842657283
2. That same year in November 2019, a Europol campaign marked the beginning of an ongoing anti-ISIS campaign against ISIS supporters on the platform. See this article by @AmarAmarasingam @ShirazMaher & @charliewinter for more on TG disruption of jihadists.
https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/how-telegram-disruption-impacts-jihadist-platform-migration/
https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/how-telegram-disruption-impacts-jihadist-platform-migration/
3. ISIS is a designated FTO and an internat. coalition has been fighting the group for many years now. While some white supremacist/militia/far right formal groups do have channels & groups on the platform, there’s a lot of content that’s generated by randos.
4. Given that all of these groups & channels aren’t created by a single entity (or an FTO), there isn’t the same level of pressure on Telegram to remove this type of content from their platform. Content has been removed by TG before but I wonder if there’d ever be a mass takedown
5. This is a multi-layered complex discussion & there aren’t easy solutions when you get to the level of encrypted apps. It seems that, for now, they will find a stable home on TG (as opposed to Parler) during the ongoing platform migration to Telegram.
6. On a final note, despite calls for Apple to remove TG from the Apple store, it’s important to keep this point in mind: https://twitter.com/iwriteok/status/1348708358484684800
7. Also see this excellent thread for more on deplatforming https://twitter.com/amaramarasingam/status/1348147867739975681
