WASHINGTON -- The social media posts are of a distinct type. They revel in the prospect of a “white boy summer.”White nationalists and supremacists, on accounts often run by young men, are building thriving, macho communities across social media platforms like Instagram, Telegram and TikTok, evading detection with coded hashtags and innuendo. “It seems intuitive that effective social media monitoring might provide clues to help law enforcement prevent attacks," German said. To avoid detection from artificial intelligence-powered moderation, users don’t use obvious terms like “white genocide” or “white power” in conversation. “They’re trying to recruit,” said Bloom, who has researched social media use for both Islamic State terrorists and far-right extremists.

Source: ABC News June 10, 2022 20:45 UTC