The following article by Katie Zavadski was posted on the Daily Beast website November 3, 2017:
Kicked off the U.S. social-media giants, white supremacists are finding a home on Russia’s VKontakte, where they are finding fellow travelers and fewer restrictions.
After a series of purges on Facebook and Twitter, white supremacists are seeking refuge on Russian social media.
The migration began as early as 2016, when groups like the United Aryan Front flocked to VKontakte, the Russian equivalent of Facebook. But it has amplified in recent months after the white-supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, said Keegan Hankes, an analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Many white nationalists and organizations found themselves banned from U.S. social-media sites after the rallies, which climaxed when a white supremacist killed counterprotester Heather Heyer with his car. Continue reading “American Alt-Right Leaves Facebook for Russian Site VKontakte”