This Was the Alt-Rights Favorite Chat App. Then Came Charlottesville.

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

They posted swastikas and praised Hitler in chat rooms with names like “National Socialist Army” and “Führer’s Gas Chamber.” They organized last weekend’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., connecting several major white supremacy groups for an intimidating display of force. And when that rally turned deadly, with the killing of a 32-year-old counterdemonstrator, they cheered and discussed holding a gathering at the woman’s funeral.

For two months before the Charlottesville rally, I embedded with a large group of white nationalists on Discord, a group chat app that was popular among far-right activists. I lurked silently and saw these activists organize themselves into a cohesive coalition, and interviewed a number of moderators and members about how they used the service to craft and propagate their messages.

I also asked Discord executives what, if anything, they planned to do about the white nationalists and neo-Nazis who had set up shop on their platform and were using it to spread their ideology. Several said they were aware of the issue, but had no concrete plans to crack down on any extremist groups.

On Monday, Discord finally took action, banning several of the largest alt-right Discord communities and taking away one of the white nationalist movement’s key communication tools.

Read more: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/technology/discord-chat-app-alt-right.html

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,,, but some of them were very nice.

[George II]

1. "good people"......"they had a permit"

[yuiyoshida]

2. "but some of them were very nice"

Didn't Trump say this?

[sandensea]

3. "They were just trying to protect George Washington's monuments..."

"Everyone loves George Washington - almost as good a president as me!"

[Judi Lynn]

5. Doesn't seem possible a human can get so repulsive.

And to think his earlier hobby was owning a beauty contest.

That could make a person swallow his/her tongue.

[sandensea]

6. Smug egomania run amok.

If and when the Joint Chiefs march into the Oval Office to invoke the 25th, I hope someone's there to record his kicking and screaming as they drag him into the paddy wagon.

[RainCaster]

8. Those retire generals have no backbone

If they had one, they would have put Bannon on the street long ago. Kelly is just another limp dick GOP servant.

[cstanleytech]

4. I'm surprised that they didnt use Tor but then again it might be to complicated for most of them to

figure out how to install it let alone use it.

[herding cats]

7. They're being reduced to Tor as we speak.

Just today The Daily Stormer was sent off to the Dark Web after being ousted and shunned by mainstream venues.

Which reduces their mainstream influence.

Most of their potential followers are completely ignorant of Tor, and there's the learning curve for them to master. They'll be someone's victim before they know what hit them in most instances. My personal prediction.

[Egnever]

9. Just for clarity

Discord is not an alt right chat service. It is a communication tool used by lots of people in both business and gaming.

The way the article is written it makes it sound like discord was for just Nazis

It is a great organization tool and should not be tarnished by these clowns using it. They used it because it is a great tool for organizations as do hundreds of thousands of others.

Glad to see they banned the accounts.