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Alt-tech is a collection of social networking services and Internet service providers popular among the alt-right, far-right, and others who espouse extremism or fringe theories, typically because they employ looser content moderation than mainstream platforms.
The interactive nature of social media allows far-right groups to reach wider and younger audiences, often using subtle messaging and popular social media tactics. Social media has become a crucial [according to whom?] medium for how news and political information are consumed and shared, influencing public perception and civic engagement. [2]
Rumble's video platform is popular among conservatives [42] and far-right users [46] and has been described as part of "alt-tech" by various observers. [47]Using data from February 2021, researchers noted that several content creators have gained a receptive audience on Rumble after their content was pulled from YouTube or Facebook.
AWS removed far-right social media space Parler from its services, causing it to go temporarily offline. Since then, many of these far-right groups have jumped to online spaces like Gab.
LGBTQ advocacy groups in north Texas are alarmed by the recent harassment and disinformation campaigns of far-right social media influencers during Pride Month that are also attracting white ...
Joe Mulhall of the UK anti-racism group Hope Not Hate has categorized Parler among the "bespoke platforms" for the far-right, which he defines as platforms which were created by people who themselves have "far-right leanings". He distinguishes these from "co-opted platforms" such as DLive and Telegram, which were adopted by the far-right due to ...
For years, it felt like the social media landscape didn’t change much. New apps came, new apps went, and the last one to really make a dent in the market was TikTok back in 2020.
Unlike other social media companies, Gab did not publish the count of its active users in 2018 and only reported registered accounts. Social media intelligence company Storyful found 19,526 unique usernames had posted content during a seven-day period between January 9 and 16, 2019, far lower than Gab's claimed 850,000 registered users. Users ...