Hate groups and racist pundits have pushed misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic on mainstream social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube throughout the crisis, despite companies pledging to fight fake news about the virus.
It sounds like something out of fiction: A Texas lawyer allegedly uses a violent group he was once a prominent member of to do surveillance as part of a plot to kill or injure an antagonist.
Anti-immigrant think tanks are pushing for the U.S. to detain immigrants and asylum seekers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, even as prisoners stage hunger strikes and other protests in response to what they describe as deteriorating health conditions in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities.
Facebook continues to provide a safe haven for hate groups and extremists despite the company’s attempts to “stop the most egregious and dangerous groups from using its tools.” Hatewatch staff previously reported several extremist groups and pages currently active on the platform directly to Facebook in 2018.
Michael Hill has no intention of letting a global pandemic cancel plans for the League of the South’s annual conference.
At “Unite the Right” in Charlottesville, Virginia, Azzmador appeared to be everywhere.
Far-right extremists believe the intense uncertainty surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19 will aid their ability to recruit new members into their movement.
A litany of conservative groups and figures, including members of hate and antigovernment extremist groups, have signed a March 17 letter to President Trump asking him to investigate China for its alleged role in spreading the novel coronavirus and hiding its origins.
The Trump administration took steps to block asylum seekers from entering the U.S.-Mexico border amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This nativist policy course has been pushed by anti-immigrant pundits and hate groups from the time the crisis started to unfold.
Robin Hvidston, a longtime anti-immigrant activist, is running as a Republican for a California Assembly seat in District 41.
