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    Kicked off Facebook and Twitter, far-right groups lose online clout

    In the year since the January 6th Capitol attack, far-right influencers and extremists are taking new approaches to organizing online.
    by Shannon Bond Jan 06, 2022 2 minutes
    In the year since the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, a crackdown by big tech platforms has sent the attack's organizers and far-right groups scrambling for new homes on the internet.

    It's been called the Great Deplatforming. In the hours and days after the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube kicked off then-President Donald Trump as well as many involved in planning the attack.

    Since then, far-right groups that had used the big tech platforms to spread lies about the 2020 U.S. presidential election, stoke and call for violence have been

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