The ISD analyzed more than 1 million individual posts on Telegram among dozens of White supremacist channels. They suggest using a combination of "ethnographic monitoring and machine-learning technologies" to detect White supremacist mobilization. However, in April, the White supremacist Russian Imperial Movement was designated as an FTO. "While non-governmental organizations maintain lists of White supremacist groups, tech companies must decide to work with a non-governmental entity and accept their recommendations. But White supremacist Telegram channels often traffic in memes, in-jokes and racist messages embedded in photos, making them more difficult to detect.

Source: CNN June 26, 2020 06:00 UTC