‘A blatant attempt to deplatform the left’: List of 5,000-plus ‘Antifa’ Twitter accounts is circulating on Telegram

Right Side News, a Telegram channel with 699 subscribers on the popular messaging application, published a list of online accounts they claim have ties to antifa. The post containing the 5,000-plus Twitter accounts states: “A list of over 5000 antifa accounts and antifa follower accounts on Twitter. Let’s get to work and let the purge …

QAnon influencer sued, forced to apologize for falsely branding man as ‘antifa’

A QAnon influencer has settled a defamation case brought by the man she falsely accused of being antifa and bringing a weapon to an event. She even had to issue an apology on her podcast. Last year, the Daily Dot reported on Matthew McDaniel’s lawsuit against Tracy “Beanz” Diaz, the local Republican party, and several …

Twisted Tea and far-right vloggers: How San Diego is waging an absurd war against antifa

A grand jury in San Diego indicted 11 individuals for protest-related acts of violence committed against supporters of former President Donald Trump. It’s a case, brought against antifascist protesters, that’s thorough in its absurdity. Recently, a prosecutor in San Diego attempted to strip the people charged of their constitutional rights, all because they purchased cans …

An article bashing antifa fell flat after everyone realized the author was an old cop

An article claiming anti-fascists have become no different than fascists has inspired intense backlash online. People are especially incensed that the piece was published by the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right. The center’s stated mission is to study and counter radical right-wing extremism. People have unearthed tweets and previous comments by the article’s …