Essentials No. 3 published: Cash for Incitement
How are far-right actors and conspiracy theorists leveraging digital activism to gain money? This question has emerged against the backdrop of a rising number of actors who are securing lucrative sources of income by spreading inflammatory content. Influencers, alternative media channels and organisations are making use of different online platforms to solicit purchases and donations. This policy brief investigates the digital platforms that are being used as well as the role that cryptocurrency is playing in these transactions.
How are far-right actors and conspiracy theorists leveraging digital activism to gain money? This question has emerged against the backdrop of a rising number of actors who are securing lucrative sources of income by spreading inflammatory content. Influencers, alternative media channels and organisations are making use of different online platforms to solicit purchases and donations. This policy brief investigates the digital platforms that are being used as well as the role that cryptocurrency is playing in these transactions.
The Essentials summarize on four pages which points of our scientific analyses from the Trendreport – only available in German – are important for politics. This article is an abridged version of the topic focus from Machine Against the Rage, no. 3, which can be found in the »Focus« section.