Neo-Nazis, alt-Right and white supremacists march through the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., the night before the ‘Unite the Right’ rally, on Aug 11, 2017. In states that have had local stay-at-home orders in place for 10 or more days, there has been a 21% average increase in engagement with violent extremist content, Moonshot CVE said in a report released last week. — Zuma Press/TNS
As Americans are staying home to stem the spread of the coronavirus, online searches for white supremacist content have increased, according to a London-based company that uses technology to disrupt violent extremism.
In states that have had local stay-at-home orders in place for 10 or more days, there has been a 21% average increase in engagement with violent extremist content, Moonshot CVE said in a report released last week. In states with local stay-at-home directives in place for less than 10 days, the average increase in engagement was 1%.
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