The authors wrote that tactics employed by right-wing extremist groups, such as the use of memes and codewords to share ideas and organize offline activity, are also being used by extremist groups on the left. Online forums used by leftist extremist groups are growing in subscribers, reaching record participation during the Covid-19 shutdowns and recent social justice protests, researchers wrote. The most concerning evidence of far-left extremist activity came on July 25, Finkelstein said. Activity is happening in plain sight, authors sayThe growth of extremist groups on the left has been rapid, Finkelstein said. "In accordance with this, we have been proactively banning extremist groups devoted to violence across the political spectrum."

Source: CNN September 16, 2020 16:41 UTC