Literal Nazis Flock Back To Twitter Under “Amnesty”

December 2, 2022 Extremists, Social Media

A “general amnesty” has restored hundreds of accounts of right-wing activists and QAnon adherents, according to data reviewed by NBC News. The reinstatement of far-right accounts has coincided with a series of bans of left-wing accounts, leaving users unsure of how the company is now applying its rules. Patrick Casey, a white nationalist, and Andrew Anglin, a neo-Nazi, have both had their accounts restored.

Chad Loder is an independent journalist with more than 137,000 followers whose reporting on the Jan. 6 riot has been cited in DOJ charging documents. Loder said their account was banned soon after being put on a right-wing “target list” of accounts to report for violations of Twitter rules. The account for the antifascist publishing group CrimethInc was suspended after right-wing activist Andy Ngo tweeted at Musk requesting he ban it.

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Andrew Anglin (photo), about whom I’ve reported many times, has been a fugitive for years after getting hit with a $14 million judgment in 2019 for harassing a Jewish family in Montana.

NEW: Twitter has restored the accounts of hundreds of right-wing activists and QAnon adherents, data shows. The reinstatement coincides with a series of bans of left-wing accounts, leaving users unsure of how the company is applying its rules. https://t.co/X6WV8drQBi

— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 2, 2022

Twitter has reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, editor of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer. His account was suspended nearly a decade ago. pic.twitter.com/jd8fdCgPeV

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) December 2, 2022

Saying you love Hitler is not even a big deal. No one cares about that. The man died 80 years ago.

Tim Puddle is another DeSantis shill. https://t.co/pdM0wswIjB

— Andrew Anglin (@WorldWarWang) December 2, 2022