Article 5M7HC There’s a new tactic for exposing you to radical content online: the ‘slow red-pill’ | Joshua Citarella

There’s a new tactic for exposing you to radical content online: the ‘slow red-pill’ | Joshua Citarella

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Joshua Citarella
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The far right is trying to funnel people on Instagram to extreme content with a few simple tricks. Here's how they do it

I spend a lot of time on Instagram. Not posting stories, but researching Gen Z online political subcultures. That's how I first stumbled across a content strategy that I've dubbed the slow red-pill".

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