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"Far Right Extremist" Study

Mike

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The Department of Justice is concentrating on “far-right” groups in a new study of social media usage aimed at combatting violent extremism.

The Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded Michigan State University $585,719 for the study, which was praised by Eric Holder, the former attorney general, earlier this year.

“There is currently limited knowledge of the role of technology and computer mediated communications (CMCs), such as Facebook and Twitter, in the dissemination of messages that promote extremist agendas and radicalize individuals to violence,” according to the NIJ grant. “The proposed study will address this gap through a series of qualitative and quantitative analyses of posts from various forms of CMC used by members of both the far-right and Islamic extremist movements.”

The study draws more upon right-wing forums than upon the corners of the web inhabited by Islamist extremists.

“We will collect posts made in four active forums used by members of the far-right and three from the Islamic Extremist community, as well as posts made in Facebook, LiveJournal, Twitter, YouTube, and Pastebin accounts used by members of each movement,” the grant said.

“The findings will be used to document both the prevalence and variation in the ideological content of posts from members of each movement,” the grant continued. “In addition, we will assess the value of these messages in the social status of the individual posting the message and the function of radical messages in the larger on-line identity of participants in extremist communities generally.”

The project will also “identify the hidden networks of individuals who engage in extremist movements based on geographic location and ideological similarities.”

The results will be used for a public webinar, and for presentations for counterterrorism experts in the United States.

Holder highlighted the study in remarks this February at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, as an example of the new methods the Justice Department is using to combat terrorist threats.
 

Brad S

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Intimidation and censure are not the tactics of a free society. Listing all the rightwing violence? You have to lie about mcvey to find one, btw nazi is socialist.
 

loomixguy

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Remember there's an abortion loving, Obozo voting, really quite conservative, voted out of office LEO knew all about McVeigh and the OKC bombing before the dust even settled from the explosion...more than the FBI even.
 

Steve

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there is only one relevant finding... and that is counted in body bags of the innocent..

talk is cheap and free,.. but for those sick -------- that go out and kill someone that is what they should be focused on


other them islamic terrorists , I would bet rap music is the number one "inciter" of violence..
 

Mike

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smalltime said:
When we talk about extremist,are we talking political extremism,constitutional extremism or religious extremism ?

That all depends on whether the "talker" is a Left Winger or a Right Winger. Left Wingers tend to use a broad brush when painting the oppositions beliefs.
 

Mike

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An "extremist" Muslim wants to cut off your head. A "moderate" Muslim wants an extremist Muslim to cut off your head.
 

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