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Plandemic

“Plandemic” is a popular conspiratorial term used by some conspiracy theorists, extremists and anti-vaccine activists to describe their belief that the COVID-19 pandemic was deliberately “planned” and “orchestrated” by global elites and the government as a ruse... Read more

Conspiracy Theories Non-extremist

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Black Swan Event

A black swan event refers to an unforeseen event that results in severe and widespread negative consequences that seems avoidable in hindsight. The term is commonly used in the finance world and was popularized by former Wall... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Non-extremist

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Save the/our Children

"Save the children" is a QAnon rallying cry often used as a hashtag on social media. QAnon borrowed this hashtag from a legitimate human-trafficking campaign to spread the baseless claim that pedophiles are kidnapping children off the... Read more

Slogans / Code words Right-wing

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Sealed indictments

"Sealed indictments" is a reference to a much-anticipated future event central to QAnon lore: that the Justice Department is holding hundreds of thousands of sealed indictments against Democratic politicians and other members of the elite, enumerating their... Read more

Conspiracy Theories Right-wing

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Sharia4 Network

The Sharia4 network is a radical Islamist recruitment network based out of Europe and was most active in the early 2010s. The network was largely informal, though there were active branches in Belgium, the United Kingdom and... Read more

Publications Islamist

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Steam

Steam, which launched in 2003 and is owned by Valve, is the largest and most important online store for PC gamers. It gained popularity among white supremacists because of lax user agreements allowing individuals to promote extremism... Read more

Platforms / Sites White supremacist

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Stormfront

Stormfront is the oldest and largest white supremacist website on the Internet, created in 1995 by white supremacist Don Black. Its logo is a widely popular symbol, consisting of a squarish Celtic Cross encircled by the phrase... Read more

Platforms / Sites White supremacist

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Telegram is an encrypted social networking app that has become popular among white supremacists and other extremists who have been banned from more popular sites or seek out less content moderation.

Platforms / Sites White supremacist

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Ten Days of Darkness

"Ten Days of Darkness" refers to QAnon's prophesized period of unrest that will correspond with The Storm, which has led to vivid speculation about any news story or event referencing 10 days. When former President Donald Trump... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Right-wing

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The "Antifa Manual"

The so-called "Antifa Manual," which has circulated online for years, is not authentic. Debunked by Snopes in 2017, images labeled as an "antifa manual" accompany language designed to sow division and feature many statements that do not... Read more

Conspiracy Theories White supremacist