Eviane Leidig // @evianeleidig@sciences.social’s Tweets

Nov 15

Featuring great work by

Nov 15

Thanks for inviting me to lecture on influencers and digital culture within the far-right ✨ We discussed concepts like networked publics / networked intimacy / microcelebrity / attention economy / reactionary digital cultures

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Ico Maly

@IcoMaly

Nov 15

@evianeleidig on a roll yesterday in my Digital media & politics class! Great talk !

Nov 14

The fashion of fascism: From boots to blazers 🪡

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Jelena Subotic

@suboticjelena

Nov 14

This is the article in The New York Times, the paper of record, about how a fascist is rocking Armani suits. We have learned absolutely nothing. nytimes.com/2022/11/09/sty

Nov 11

This is the end goal according to far right women ⤵�? Vote per household and per husband’s demands

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The Recount

@therecount

Official

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Fox's Jesse Watters: "... But single women and voters under 40 have been captured by Democrats. So we need these ladies to get married. And it's time to fall in love and just settle down. Guys, go put a ring on it."

How the biggest decentralized social network is dealing with its Nazi problem

Nov 11

A friendly reminder that in 2019 a large influx of Gab users migrated to

@joinmastodon

. How did Mastodon deal with its Nazi problem? ☑�? Responses from individual servers ☑�? Users holding other users to account ☑�? Blocking creates isolation

theverge.com

Mastodon is figuring out how to address Gab joining its platform

Mastodon ≠ Twitter Different missions, business models & resources ➡�? Different platform regulation Everyone should read

@robyncaplan

’s work on community-reliant content moderation models �? datasociety.net/library/conten

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Thomas Hegghammer

@Hegghammer

I really hope Twitter survives, bc Mastodon cannot replace it as a global forum. You need centralized curation to deal with things like disinformation & deceptive mimicry. Mastodon may be nice & cozy now, but only because the seriously bad guys haven't started operating there yet

Looking forward to moderating a panel at

@UN_OCT

event on 'Safeguarding the Metaverse from Terrorism and Violent Extremism' 🗓�? 28 November, 9:00-11:00 EST // register by tomorrow!

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*To be clear* I’m NOT labeling this guy an incel. My point is that violent misogyny and male supremacism are normalized in mainstream society, not something exceptional to the manosphere.

The instigator of the “white baby challenge�? who promotes the Great Replacement is praising Elon Musk for his “sympathetic�? views. She hopes to be allowed back on Twitter after getting banned post-Unite the Right

And yet people still believe that violent misogyny and male supremacism (aka incels) only exists in the extremist fringe smh ⤵�?

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AskAubry

@ask_aubry

Nov 7

Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them. Margaret Atwood He thought he could stalk her straight.

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Urging fellow Americans abroad to vote overseas 🗳✉�?📮 #Ivoted #ElectionDay

Nov 7

Not planning to leave this bird app any time soon, but I'm on Mastodon at evianeleidig@sciences.social for folks who want to connect 📱

Nov 3

Really enjoyed presenting my new

@MSCActions

postdoc project at

@CrexUiO

today on how far-right online communities respond to policy regulations on extremism and terrorism by tech companies. Lots of great feedback & input for moving forward 💫

I’m by far not the only scholar who has written on Hindutva. But what’s included here are not just facts, they’re arguments.

Dear

@guardian

, This “explainer�? on Hindu nationalism looks an awful like my work is being summarized & paraphrased w/out proper attribution. Even more suspicious 🚩 is there are no hyperlinks included within the background on Hindutva Original source: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10

Thanks to

for having me on to discuss how women are transforming the modern far-right In 🇫🇷 arte.tv/fr/videos/1073 In 🇩🇪 arte.tv/de/videos/1073

Nov 1

@GNET_research

must read on content moderation evasion techniques by extremists📱 While ISIS focused, this is *exactly* what I'm exploring in my postdoc project on far-right users & how platforms respond

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Broderick McDonald

@brodymcdonald_

Oct 31

Extremists are making a comeback on mainstream social media — but there's lots that can be done to stop it These tactics are being used across the spectrum, from #ISIS supporters to #FarRight groups Here's how its happening

gnet-research.org/2022/10/31/ext #AcademicTwitter

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Eviane Leidig // @evianeleidig@sciences.social Retweeted

Oct 30

This ⤵�? ties directly into the deplatforming argument It’s not about free speech. It’s about amplification and exposure for a mainstreaming effect. #TwitterTakeover

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Cas Mudde

@CasMudde

Oct 30

That group of 100 neo-Nazis must be so happy to see people with hundreds of thousands of followers spread their message over and over again.

Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss

@milleridriss

Oct 28

My favorite conversation of this year- great questions from

@marclamonthill

, & learned so much from the dialogue with

@sararfarris

@mayanthileilani

- i also gave a shoutout to

’s forthcoming book which is 🔥🔥🔥

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UpFront

@AJUpFront

Oct 28

"There has been a kind of idea that if women win elections, if women gain prominent roles within political formations, somehow these are gains for feminism," @sararfarris tells @marclamonthill with @mayanthileilani, and @milleridriss. Full Episode: youtu.be/iUAx3XVkoRQ

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This approach is creating standards for young and upcoming researchers in this field who assume that this line of thinking is the status quo. The reality is that sharing and analyzing research presents ethical challenges but is not equivalent to reproduction.

Another argument is that researchers say that we could be leading people towards more radicalizing content. 🚨 Newsflash 🚨 Those folks are already searching for, or have seen, that content. We as researchers are likely to have very little impact in promoting that visibility.

Sometimes we need to link to content directly, esp in publications. This is not the same as reproducing material. As responsible researchers, we're not actually amplifying content. We're providing ✨analysis and context with evidence✨ There's a key difference.

Extremism & terrorism researchers: Don't share the images/names/manifestos of extremists. It gives them more visibility. Also extremism & terrorism researchers: Check out my thread analyzing the images and manifestos of extremists. This is gatekeeping 101 🧵

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Dr. Yannick Veilleux-Lepage

@YVeilleuxLepage

Oct 20

Today

@SLCarthy

and I had the pleasure of welcoming

in our 'Social Movements and Political Violence' course at

@ISGA_Hague

@fggaleiden

@UniLeiden

. Dr. Leidig spoke about gender and extremism, and her fascinating work on far-right female social media influencers.

Oct 19

Let’s be clear ⤵�? Incels believe they’re **�?��?��?�?�?��?�?�?��?��?��** to sexual and romantic relationships with women. We start by acknowledging how mainstream gender norms affect this sense of entitlement. See

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Exploding number of male incels *IS* a feminist issue. Not because women owe men sex, but because these lonely, maladjusted men cause damage to every part of society. There are no easy answers. But it’s clear we need to invest in social institutions and guidance for young men.

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🥚🥩🥛 By

and I for

on the raw food & anti-seed oils movement and the Great Reset gnet-research.org/2022/10/10/the

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Oct 18

We’re writing a paper about trad/far-right and cottagecore and honestly so excited about wholesome 🌸 🧺 🧶 �?� content

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Cat Tebaldi

@cat_tebaldi

Oct 10

And of course the great talk by @evianeleidig and me about cottagecore & granola Nazis. Thanks for inviting me!

Oct 18

Actually, misogyny is the connective glue for all forms of extremism. That's the subtweet.

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Oct 17

Hindutva has been global since its founding (w/links to Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany). But through the diaspora it spread internationally. The first RSS cell outside of India was set up in 1947. Excerpt from my PhD thesis at

@CrexUiO

urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-808

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Kunal Purohit

@kunalpurohit

Oct 17

A thread on how Hindutva has gone global: In 2014, months after the Modi gov. came to power, I met a 70+ year-old man from London--retired, prosperous Indian-origin British citizen. His wife told me he operated several Twitter accounts, spent his entire day on it.

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Thanks to

for the opportunity to speak on the impact of far-right influencer culture and gender blind spots in content moderation & regulation as part of the annual conference on right-wing extremism online

Oct 13

To be clear this is about the Christian Girl Autumn meme as an aesthetic more generally

Oct 13

Summer 🌸 to Fall �?? glow up ✨

Exclusive: If BJP’s Amit Malviya Reports Your Post, Instagram Will Take it Down – No Questions Asked

Oct 12

The Wire vs Meta is a major story of the far right & content moderation in India that's being overlooked Tldr BJP's IT cell head reports posts for removal that get taken down w/out scrutiny The catch? This story may or may not be fake

thewire.in

The Wire has formally retracted this article.

Oct 10

Pleased to have co-authored this piece with

@joshmolloy101

on the raw food/anti-seed oils movement (raw eggs, milk, dairy, honey) and the Great Reset

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GNET

@GNET_research

Oct 10

In today's Insight, @joshmolloy101 and @evianeleidig outline the historic and symbolic role of food in far-right digital subcultures, and explore the 'Great Reset' conspiracy theory and raw food movement promoted by right-wing influencers. gnet-research.org/2022/10/10/the

Oct 5

Perception vs. Reality

Sep 26

And it continues in Canada and Germany

Sep 26

Conservative and far-right women in France, Netherlands and US reacting to Giorgia Meloni’s election victory with absolute delight #ElezioniPolitiche2022