The mystery at the heart of young Australians joining the far-right
When it comes to the dangers of online recruitment into the extreme far-right movement, the narrative is a sadly familiar one.
Young people are exposed online to "ironic", reaction-baiting memes featuring coded anti-Semitism, racism and white supremacy. A piece in The Atlantic earlier this year, for example, showed how neo-Nazis had infiltrated the majority-male "brony" fandom of the My Little Pony cartoon.
Read more: https://www.9news.com.au/national/online-extreme-right-recruitment-how-it-works-in-australia-what-parents-can-do/74d16ebe-d4bf-4f8f-952f-b768f99a8c86
Young people are exposed online to "ironic", reaction-baiting memes featuring coded anti-Semitism, racism and white supremacy. A piece in The Atlantic earlier this year, for example, showed how neo-Nazis had infiltrated the majority-male "brony" fandom of the My Little Pony cartoon.
Read more: https://www.9news.com.au/national/online-extreme-right-recruitment-how-it-works-in-australia-what-parents-can-do/74d16ebe-d4bf-4f8f-952f-b768f99a8c86
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