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Open-source intelligence analysts reported that Crooks didn’t appear to use mainstream social media channels such as Facebook or Instagram and had an almost negligible internet footprint, which is highly unusual for a 20-year-old. Instead, analysts said that Crooks corresponded with friends and associates on a Discord server that they were now trying to access.

Discord servers are restricted ring-fenced sections of the internet. They are often used by gaming groups and communities as secure chat rooms but are also used by fringe organisations to push their ideologies and discuss wild conspiracy theories and plots.

  • SoyViking [he/him]English
    74•2 months ago

    First it was the nefarious CCP using TikTok to indoctrinate the naive youth into not liking genocide.

    Now it’s the dangerous shady Discord servers allowing extremists (from both sides) to plot against Our Democracy™.

    I would not be surprised to see some sort of police state crackdown on Discord and other non-public parts of the internet resulting from this.

    • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]OPEnglish
      77•2 months ago

      Discord will have his data served up on a platter in no time. I don’t see anything changing because they already cooperate with the state heavily.

      • @SSJMarx@lemm.eeEnglish
        18•2 months ago

        Yeah cracking down on Discord will just open up room for a foreign-hosted and privacy-conscious competitor to take over. As long as it’s an American company the NSA and Co have access to everything they need as if they were running the app as a honeypot.

    • BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]English
      43•2 months ago

      Isn’t 4chan basically supervised by Feds at this point? The NSA already have access to Facebook and Google so it goes without saying that Discord is next. They want to ban TikTok because they can’t gain that level of access to their user data.

      Why don’t zoomers rediscover Usenet and IRC? Can’t rely on corporate platforms at all.

      • Big_Bob [any]English
        42•2 months ago

        I’m pretty sure I remember moot himself saying that he cooperated with law enforcement when they demanded IP adresses every time some 4channer broke the law.

        It was from a court transcript somewhere, but you’re absolutely correct in assuming 4chan is heavily monitored and participated in by law enforcers, government officials and far right recruiters.