Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads

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“Instagram has also failed to adequately moderate many aspects of its platform, with users easily sidestepping moderation with story features, the “link-in-bio loophole,” commerce functions, and comments sections. Right-wing figure ALX said Threads is an “Instagram comments section” — and right-wing users are already treating it in a similar way. Several accounts on Threads, including that of virulent antisemite Andrew Torba and others seemingly affiliated with the Groyper movement (led by white nationalist [politicalresearch.org] Nick Fuentes), have already employed the practice of replying letters to one another’s comments in order to spell out a slur together.”

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