Hacker News with Generative AI: Extremism

A mole infiltrated the highest ranks of American militias (propublica.org)
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
Alleged CEO Shooter Luigi Mangione Was Radicalized by Pain (shatterzone.substack.com)
I’ve spent much of the last ten years reading manifestos and being a fly on the wall in different little online boltholes where extremists plan and seek to incite mass shootings. When Luigi Mangione, the suspected shooter of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was arrested at a McDonald’s, it didn’t take long for digital sleuths to put together a comprehensive record of his online activity.
Subscriptions Drive Views of Extremist Videos on YouTube (home.dartmouth.edu)
Study shows viewership of harmful content concentrated among a small group of users.
Facebook Auto-Generating Militia Pages as Extremists Organize in Plain Sight (wired.com)
Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn’t shutting their groups down and is even auto-generating pages.
Facebook Is Auto-Generating Militia Group Pages as Extremists Organize (wired.com)
Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn’t shutting their groups down and is even auto-generating pages.
Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists (nytimes.com)
He Was an FBI Informant–and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists (wired.com)
Canada's extremist attack on free speech (theatlantic.com)
Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups (wired.com)