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Protection of the Constitution warns of extreme right-wing influence in social networks

Hans-Werner Wargel (Image: Protection of the Constitution of Lower Saxony) The Constitution of Lower Saxony protection warns of increased activities of the NPD and other right-wing groups in social networks like Facebook or SchülerVZ. “Young people are sharing in the forums brought up to the increasingly right-wing extremist scene and recruited,” said Hans Wargel, president of the Lower Saxony State Office for Constitutional Protection, told the newspaper “Die Welt”.

The right extremists emerged in the social networks as a wolf in sheep’s clothing, so Wargel further. Instead, they used a swastika graffiti or symbols from the Jungendszene so that propaganda and indoctrination were not evident at first glance. “You express yourself quite harmless at first an attempt to reduce the confidence of network participants surreptitiously. This is a new strategy.”

According to the Protection of the Constitution calls the NPD members and their sympathizers to help to romp in the networks. In their party newspaper, she gave tips on how to infiltrate the social networks. It should be “not so openly operate under NPD,” but could “represent goals and beliefs,” his. Ultimately, the portals were for self-representation in election campaigns, to become known and to recruit new allies effectively.

In most networks, the operator can point users to right-wing extremism. Compared to the FT newspaper said spokesman Dirk Hensen, reported that right-wing extremist content, profiles or groups would be reviewed and deleted immediately. Same time, although he conceded that the existing filtering mechanisms do not right-wing extremist ideology could completely banish from the networks.

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