Extremist hate threatens pluralistic democracy
The distribution of flyers remained a common tactic employed by groups on the radical right in 2019. The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ recorded more than 1,500 flyering incidents during the year.
Extremists across the United States and the world continued to launch attacks during 2019. But the worst carnage came in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15, when a white nationalist gunman attacked two mosques, killing 51 people and injuring 49.
Even as research documented a link between online speech and offline violence, internet companies struggled in 2019 to prioritize public safety over the freedom of their users to post extremist content.
We tracked 1,430 hate and extremist groups in 2023. Hate has no place in our country.