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Extremist Memes and Calls for Violence Surge on Far-Left Social Media: Report

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Extremist Memes and Calls for Violence Surge on Far-Left Social Media: Report
A masked individual spray-paints the words "Kill Cops" on a business sign during protests in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 5, 2020. Allison Dinner/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
By Tom Ozimek
9/15/2020Updated: 9/22/2020

Far-left groups are increasingly using memes and other online propaganda to instigate violence against members of the general public and the police, according to a new report by a nonprofit that studies the way hate-charged messages spread across social media.

The Sept. 14 report by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) found that anarcho-socialist and violent anarchist online communities have had a growing influence in recent years, thanks to the widespread use of memes as propaganda, spread by means of sophisticated communication networks, and used to organize militias and inspire violence (pdf).
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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