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Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier

  • Written by Michelle Lynn Kahn, Associate Professor of History, University of Richmond
Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontierNeo-Nazis, like these in Orlando, Fla., organize on social media today but were early adopters of precursors to the internet in the 1980s.Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

How can society police the global spread of online far-right extremism while still protecting free speech? That’s a question policymakers and watchdog organizations confronted...

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