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Why are there so many Neo-Nazis on tiktok? (lemmygrad.ml)
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It could just be an algorithm thing, and I'm sure it is a factor, but I swear the comment sections of so many posts are INFESTED with neo-nazis. Unrelated posts, anything that could be vaguely construed as against their ideology, posts of a POC asking "what are some cool things to do while visiting Australia", small posts, large posts, if they have someone not-white in it, the comments are filled with disgusting filth spouting their racist nonsense. Not even like a few, I'm saying filled. Not just Australian Neo-nazis but most white countries. I gotta delete my acc like jfc I just wanted to watch stupid videos while shitting.

Has anyone else noticed this?

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Neo-nazis have a long history of promoting online. I think it's the case especially since it's hard for them to do regular propaganda IRL without getting beaten up, and it gives them easy access to alienated young people (this is not a new development). I don't use TikTok so I don't know if there's anything special about that platform beyond being hip and widely-used.

I also think an aspect is that the online world is (still) a refuge for those unable to express themselves in public. It's no secret that even among the right-wing, neo-Nazis are controversial, I saw a video posted on Lemmy today of an Australian antifascist YouTuber talking about how neo-Nazis organized a cryptofascist nationalist march and still faced some resistance from attendees once their mask-off speakers took stage, using plainclothes plants to try and get others to cheer and still getting shut down in their own rally in one of the cities. So online is really the only place they can freely express themselves without having to invite a whole violent crew to protect them.

I gotta delete my acc like jfc I just wanted to watch stupid videos while shitting.

Good move. Social media is bad enough (yes, even the online left) but mainstream social media is an addictive-by-design clown show.