MilitiaWatch
Another brief weekly update, spanning some of the following:
Another Monday, another weekly update. Here’s a glimpse at what’s covered in this brief piece:
This article follows up a previous MilitiaWatch article on the use of Zello, a free walkie-talkie app, by the US-based armed far-right, including aggressive activists working in support of former president Donald Trump. That article with visualizations is available here:
Since that article, further investigation of right-wing militant groups’ use of Zello resulted in the direct recording of it being used at the 6 January storming of the US Capitol Building. This was then published in The Guardian. As references in that article, a list of over 800 channels was sent to Zello with a request for comment. Zello subsequently announced that they had banned 2000 militia-related channels, though they described groups’ use of the platform as “social media vanity messaging”. An On the media podcast covering this can be listened to at this link.
After a hiatus last week, we catch up with two weeks’ worth of weekly updates, including the following:
Chag sameach to those observing and happy Holi to those celebrating! Here’s a weekly round-up that’s a bit shorter than the last few weeks. This one covers the following:
MilitiaWatch would like to extend our deepest condolences to the friends, family, and communities impacted by the brutal attacks on Atlanta-area spas this past week. It’s an absolute tragedy and our hearts ache for those impacted.
This week, the update features the following and more:
Beware the Ides of March! This week, we dive into some of the news about the following:
This week’s update features some of the following:
Happy March, here’s another weekly update. This week, the following is covered:
Another Monday, another weekly update. Shorter than last few weeks. Covered here includes the following: