It makes sense to talk about a continuum of ‘collective extreme-right’ violence whereby lone actors imitate a form of political violence based on examples carried out in a different context (Macklin, 2019 Nacos, 2009). The anonymous users (self-defining and hereafter referred to as anons) are scattered geographically, yet interconnected in a transnational leaderless network where their fascist ideology is nurtured.Ī decision to commit a terrorist attack alone does not mean acting outside of social movement frameworks, ideologies and networks. In the past few years, the combination of anonymity with a lack of moderation has made such chan platforms gathering places for an uneasy community of far-right nationalists and white supremacists who rapidly and anonymously produce and spread fascist content online. Since the mass casualty attack, four young, male white supremacists have been directly inspired by Tarrant to carry out deadly attacks in the United States (Poway, California on 27 April and in El-Paso, California on 3 August), Norway (in Bærum, a suburb of Oslo on 18 August) and in Germany (Halle on 9 October).Īll of the terrorists preannounced their attacks on social media, including anonymous imageboards like 8chan, 4chan, Endchan and Kohlchan. On 9 March 2019, the 28-year-old white supremacist Brenton Tarrant massacred 51 people during Friday prayers at the Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, the deadliest mass shooting in the history of New Zealand.
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