Online extremism is an ugly symptom of the internet age. The internet has become the perfect environment for recruiting and indoctrinating new people into extreme and radical groups, and spreading their hateful rhetoric across the globe. Many terrorist attacks have been found to be fueled by radical content found online. Why and how do extremism and extremist groups work on the internet? I profiled three different movements and groups that have been functional online: ISIL, the White Supremacy/Alt-right movement, and Japanese online nationalists (netto-uyoku). I looked at their online behavior, their history, their demographics, and more to find connection and patterns within how they use the internet.
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E367: Writing and Diversity 