Australia's most prominent neo-Nazis, including National Socialist Network leaders Thomas Sewell and Blair Cottrell, have been banned from X (formerly Twitter) in a move to combat homegrown extremism. The bans come after a surge in white supremacist content on the platform, with millions of views on posts vilifying minority groups and advocating for a white Australia. Sixteen members of the National Socialist Network were recently arrested in Adelaide during a controversial Australia Day march. While it's unclear if Australian agencies requested the bans, the move coincides with warnings from ASIO about a potential terror attack fueled by a mix of ideologies, including neo-Nazism, anti-government conspiracy theories, and racism.
Australia’s most prominent neo-Nazis have been banished from Elon Musk’s X platform in an apparent crackdown on homegrown extremism.
Australian white supremacists were thriving on the platform and generating millions of views on posts often vilifying minority groups and calling for a white Australia. The eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, who along with the Coalition raised the alarm about the neo-Nazi rise inJoel Davis, an Australian neo-Nazi whose account was not suspended, reacted with fury to the news on Tuesday, while other far-right accounts complained about the apparent clamp instituted by Musk’s anti-censorship platform.
“No doubt you don’t agree with many of our views, but these are political figures of serious notoriety in Australia. Unelected bureaucrats shouldn’t have the right to sabotage the voice of its own citizens on ideological grounds.”White supremacists and leaders of the National Socialist Network were previously banned or censored on X before returning as the platform reduced moderation, removed all staff in Australia and reinstated thousands of banned accounts.
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