Extremists move to secret online channels to plan for Inauguration Day in D.C.

January 12, 2021

A post explaining how to radicalize Trump supporters to neo-Nazism has also circulated on the channel as well as other far right extremist channels. Extremists are aware that they are under scrutiny, however, and in the fallout of the riot have been using online platforms to recalibrate their movements. After Jan. 6, far-right extremists starting posting calls to arms for "round 2" on Inauguration Day in Washington. There are multiple Telegram channels for the right-wing group called the Proud Boys, and the largest of them have more than 28,000 members. Telegram users posted about it on Monday, saying there is no hope of retroactively deleting posts or identifying information.