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Inside the US Capitol Riots

Since the January 6th attack on the US Capitol building, one question has been looming on public minds: how didn’t anyone see this coming? One of the answers to that question lies in alternative social networks. Driven by heavy moderation on mainstream social networks, alternative networks have grown from niche platforms serving only the extreme far right too highly popular, effective means of spreading extremist messaging. Users who have been blocked or banned from popular social networks often turn to there.

Here, we dive into these alternative networks to understand the narratives spreading leading up to the US Capitol riots.

Liron Hakim Bobrov

Liron is the Director of Content at ActiveFence and specializes in producing research-based, data-driven content. Liron joined the company in 2020, where she has focused on establishing ActiveFence’s content strategy and creating intelligence-based content for Trust & Safety professionals. Liron holds a BSW from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.