First and foremost, however, he thinks that Telegram is attractive to antisemites because of its “general lack of moderation.” It allows for the easy crossposting of a vast array of media content: videos, pictures, text files, and voice notes are all supported on Telegram, and individual texts can be shared from one chat group to another like social media posts. Telegram’s press office did not respond to a request for comment.Īccording to Hermansson, the factors that have made Telegram the ideal platform for antisemitism range from the anonymity it grants its users to its structure. Telegram has taken no action against that content. Hope Not Hate also found that at least 120 Telegram groups and channels have shared the racist, anti-semitic manifesto penned by the terrorist who attacked two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March 2019, killing 51. Dismantling The Cabal, a channel trafficking in the New World Order conspiracy theory that launched in February 2021 has to date raked in over 90,000 followers another channel, run by an anti-semitic QAnon advocate dubbed GhostEzra has garnered a following of 333,000.
The report points out that several channels devoted to antisemitic conspiracism, or to straight-up violent antisemitic content, have grown dramatically – and unimpeded by Telegram’s moderation – over the course of 2021. This notably includes believers and peddlers of QAnon, the antisemitism-suffused conspiracy theory linked to the January 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol.
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And the problem is growing worse by the day.Ī new report from Hope Not Hate, focused on the spread of antisemitism online and due to be published in full tomorrow, has found that Telegram is foremost among major internet platforms for providing a “safe haven” for antisemites and extremists who have been booted from other social networks. But Telegram’s libertarian ethos has a darker side, says anti-racism advocacy group Hope Not Hate: the app is one of the vilest cesspits of antisemitism you can find on the internet.
Amid a wave of government-mandated internet shutdowns washing over the world, the app has also been praised for its resistance to censorship and its role in helping protesters from Belarus to Myanmar organise. In the past few months, Telegram has been skyrocketing in popularity, hitting 550 million monthly active users in July 2021, which makes it the fifth most-used messaging app in the world.
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