Radical Trump supporters are gathering on Telegram calling for the use of violence on the day of the presidential inauguration
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In the 2020 US presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump, but some Trump supporters continue to protest without acknowledging the election results. So, many online platforms are taking steps to eliminate radical Trump supporters, but 'on the day Biden becomes president as radicals gather on the highly anonymous messaging app Telegram. We are calling on you to use violence. '
Extremists move to secret online channels to plan for Inauguration Day in DC
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/extremists-move-secret-line-channels-plan-inauguration-day-dc-n1253876
Some Trump supporters who don't admit that Biden won the 2020 US presidential election claim that 'Democrats should stop voting fraud' and 'the right election results have been stolen.' In response to this situation, major IT companies such asFacebook and YouTube have takenmeasures such as closing groups that spread false information and prohibiting posting. Still, the movements of Trump supporters did not subside, and on January 6, 2021 local time, radical Trump supporters broke into the Capitol. Eventually, four people were killed after being shot by security forces, and 52 people were detained by the police .
A movie of the scene where Trump's supporters invaded the US Capitol and one woman was shot and died --GIGAZINE
Trump supporters who wanted to avoid content moderation used Parler, an SNS that professed to 'do not moderate content.' However, in the wake of the Capitol case, Parler was removed from the App Store and Google Play , and Amazon also removed Parler from its web hosting service, Amazon Web Services (AWS) . In response, Parler is accusing Amazon of 'Amazon has cut off our relationship with us to prevent Parler from competing with Twitter.'
SNS application 'Parler' where Trump supporters gather sues Amazon --GIGAZINE
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NBC News , an American news production company, reports that Trump supporters locked out of many online platforms are gathering in Dubai-based messaging app Telegram. Telegram is a highly confidential messaging app that encrypts messages, and there are chat rooms where white supremacist content is shared for several months.
NBC News said some of Telegram's chat rooms, where militants gathered, called for the use of violence against senior government officials on January 20, when Biden became the 46th president. Messages such as 'shoot politicians' and 'encourage armed struggle' and files such as 'US Army Explosives and Destruction Manual' and 'US Army Engineer Course' are also shared, as well as the Capitol on January 6th. Ashley Babbit, who died in the Capitol attack, is said to be praised as a 'martyr.'
Chris Sampson, director of research at the defense research institute Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy, Tactics and Radical Ideologies (TAPSTRI) , said, 'When they start calling for assassination, they call for action rather than sharing information. When I started, I flagged them higher. Some channels that were exchanging information later evolved into conversations about'where are', 'he warned the FBI. Stated. In response to this situation, the FBI is calling for caution against further riots by Trump supporters.
U.S. FBI warns of armed protests before presidential inauguration Capital Washington security strengthened | Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/article/usa-biden-inauguration-idJPL4N2JM379
Meanwhile, Trump-backed militants also understand that they are on the alert, saying on Telegram, 'Avoid attending local rallies for the next few days and Biden becomes president in January. Let's meet in Washington, DC, the capital on the 20th. ' At the time NBC News investigated the post on Telegram, it said it had no concrete plans in place.
Since the Capitol was attacked, many militants have lost their place due to the elimination of Parler, etc., and the number of posts and users is rapidly increasing in Telegram's chat room where the right wing gathers. The largest chat room where the right wing gathers has more than 28,000 users, and it seems that nearly 16,000 users have flowed in after Parler was eliminated.
Frank Figliuzzi, a former FBI assistant director, said closing the platform is a 'double-edged sword,' although it has been pointed out that closing the platform gives the militants an 'opportunity to reflect on their actions.' Claimed. Figliuzzi said removing the existing platform could move extremists to more difficult places to find and deprive law enforcement agencies of their ability to monitor dangerous behavior.
In addition, crowdfunding platform
GoFundMe is banning fundraising for travel expenses used for potentially violent political events --CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/11/business/gofundme-ban-trump-travel-trnd/
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