![]() ![]() ![]() These ideas can come from YouTube, but it can also come from plays on traditional social media, such as the Alternative Influence Network and Hatreon (a play on Patreon).ĭespite YouTube’s influence, Lavin states that the process of radicalization is more than YouTube, “It is a social and media process where influential broadcasters build trust with their audiences and introduce them to more extremist content over time” (p. ![]() Radicalization to the right is “a process of being exposed to and absorbing far-right ideas,” which then brings out racism, misogyny, and antisemitism (p. From this, one can see that radicalization doesn’t start with overt Nazism. YouTube’s algorithm is perfect for taking someone from a video about conservative news to a video about how Jews are secretly communists trying to take over the world. Eventually, people she interviewed began to target her and she was literally chased out of the casino the event was held in. She would meet people as Talia Lavin, introduce herself as a journalist, and live tweet the things people told her. ![]() The conference was allegedly about open dialogue and invited leftist speakers, but no one Lavin met in attendance identified as a leftist. Lavin had attended the Minds IRL Conference, which was a conference held in a casino for members of the far-right to come to see their favorite YouTubers (e.g., Blair White, Carl Benjamin). Summary, part 3 Chapter 7: Tween Racists, Bad Beanies, and the Great Casino Chase ![]()
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