Extremism

Since taking the helm as WIRED’s global editorial director last August, I’ve heard from plenty of avid audience members—some with enthusiastic feedback about WIRED stories or coverage areas, and others with a consistent message that goes…

The prominent far-right social network Gab has launched almost 100 chatbots—ranging from AI versions of Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump to the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski—several of which question the reality of the Holocaust.Gab launched a…

Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and the late senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign running mate, introduced musician Ted Nugent, who called President Joe Biden a “piece of shit.”Elected officials were also present:…

Investigators have not mentioned a motive for the alleged decapitation, but Mohn was formally charged early Wednesday morning with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and possession of an instrument of crime with intent. Police said…

Finally, after a prayer from a pastor linked to the Church Militant, a far-right religious website, the convoy rolled out an hour later than scheduled and headed down I-95. It was spearheaded by a bus covered in MAGA slogans.Almost…

Can you imagine what a digital white ethnostate or a cyber caliphate might look like? Having spent most of my career on the inside of online extremist movements, I certainly can. The year 2024 might be the one in which neo-Nazis,…

The Department of Defense’s (DOD) efforts to crack down on extremist ideologies in the military may have caused greater feelings of alienation and hostility within the military, according to a Pentagon-commissioned study released in…

The White House clearly does not care what you think. At a news briefing on Tuesday, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about President Joe Biden’s promiscuous use of the word “extremism” and…

The PBS NewsHour attacked Donald Trump’s weekend speech in Waco, Texas, with host Amna Nawaz repeating the word “extremist” in her introduction before tossing to White House correspondent Laura Barron-Lopez. "Extremism" is…

A long New York Times Christmas Day editorial, pompously titled “How Americans Can Stand Against Extremism,” made a mountain of right-wing intolerance out of one or perhaps two molehills of ideologically motivated vandalism.…