QAnon believers seek to adapt their extremist ideology for a new era: ‘Things have just started’
With Q having vanished and Trump out of office, far-right extremist groups are targeting disillusioned believers online in hopes of further radicalizing them to a new cause. https://wapo.st/2NppFo9
Here’s what parents and caregivers really need to look out for -- and how to talk to their kids about the potential harms lurking in their direct messages. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/07/social-media-safety/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The takeover of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday underscored the potent, interactive role between the online and offline worlds. Violent talk on far-right forums fomented violent real-world action, which was then captured by smartphones, uploaded and celebrated on the same forums. The boundaries between the digital and analog all but disappeared as rage, provocation and gloating bounced back and forth, again and again. https://wapo.st/2JYiphQ