A recent analysis has revealed that Telegram is not banning extremist channels but instead restricting them, allowing their content to spread to public channels. The analysis also found that Substack has been hosting newsletters with white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi rhetoric, with over 16 using Nazi symbols. These revelations highlight the challenges platforms face in curbing extremist content and the spread of harmful ideologies.
"An informal search of the Substack website and of extremist Telegram channels that circulate Substack posts turns up scores of white-supremacist, neo-Confederate, and explicitly Nazi newsletters on Substack—many of them apparently started in the past year" At least 16…
Survey of Substack and Telegram finds "scores" of white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi newsletters among Substack's ~17K total; over 16 use Nazi symbols (Jonathan M. Katz / The Atlantic) https://t.co/yVySJvNDkO https://t.co/0bHQsJUCVe
"Substack has not only been hosting writers who post overtly Nazi rhetoric on the platform; it profits from many of them," Jonathan M. Katz writes: https://t.co/TiyHVeW1ZW
An analysis of over 100 restricted extremist Telegram channels finds many of them remain active, and their content can often spread to public channels (@telliotter / Wired) https://t.co/F9mL7sVYph đź“« Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/ZRhKon7PNX
SCOOP: Telegram is not banning or deleting extremist channels, instead they are being “restricted.” While Telegram makes some of its most violative communities difficult to find, the people in restricted channels are still able to spread their messages. https://t.co/iPVeYYz8Mj
Telegram’s Bans on Extremist Channels Aren't Really Bans https://t.co/rNXs4WgJOi
A WIRED analysis of more than 100 restricted channels shows these communities remain active, and content shared within them often spreads to channels accessible to the public. https://t.co/L8IKykG30y
Telegram’s Bans on Extremist Channels Aren't Really Bans https://t.co/prd5qqe04G
Audiences are one-to-many. Most communities are like this. The best communities are built on many-to-many connections. https://t.co/byZy82qnS6