The Moonshot Threat Bulletin is designed to inform threat assessments for public safety professionals, analysts and decision-makers alike, who need to hone in on emerging trends faster and understand how developments online may translate to offline risk.
In this series, we provide a glimpse into the Threat Bulletin’s national trends analysis of online DVE spaces across the U.S. Our aim is to give a taste of the critical insights and coverage that the Threat Bulletin provides.
This blog contains a short excerpt from June’s Moonshot Threat Bulletin. If you would like to access a one month free issue of the Threat Bulletin or discuss buying a subscription for your organization, please get in touch: threatbulletin@moonshotteam.com
June 2023
DVE Trends
Key Insights
Federal indictment of former President Donald Trump provokes increase in violent rhetoric and election fraud conspiracy theories. In DVE spaces, the indictment is being framed as the Biden Administration’s attempt to “weaponize” the Department of Justice and U.S. government against Trump. Accerlationist and incendiary language is being widely employed, underscored by calls for civil war.
New Anarchist ‘counter-information’ project may encourage violent action within the movement. The ‘Unravel project’ is compiling nationwide acts of Anarchist vandalism and violence, with the aim of uniting groups and promoting direct action. The attempt is the first observed by the Threat Bulletin to compile such acts of violence in a single source, potentially uniting Anarchist groups nationwide and inspiring further direct action within the movement.
DVE groups distributing flyers to promote white supremacist film ‘Defiant’. White Lives Matter, Active Clubs, Patriot Front, and the Goyim Defense League are all alleged to have participated in a flyering campaign to promote the film during Juneteenth. The film, produced by activist Devon Stack, advances Great Replacement and White Genocide conspiracy theories. The joint campaign also provides evidence of increasing collaboration between extremist groups.
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The Moonshot Threat Bulletin provides an overview of the key events, themes and narratives discussed by audiences within online U.S.-based Domestic Violent Extremist (DVE) spaces, including:
- Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism (REMVE)
- Anti-Government and Anti-Authority Violent Extremism (AGAAVE) (including Militia Violent Extremism, Sovereign Citizen Violent Extremism, and Anarchist Violent Extremism)
- Harmful Conspiracy Theories online.
It also provides an assessment of violent hate, threats, and harassment trends online.
The Threat Bulletin includes comprehensive coverage of both mainstream and niche platforms, including Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Gab, Telegram, 4chan, Stormfront, Gettr, 8kun, TruthSocial, among others.
The Threat Bulletin also monitors and forecasts future trends and events to watch across online DVE spaces. For more detailed insights and analysis, including geo-spatial assessments of DVE threats across the U.S., please get in touch: threatbulletin@moonshotteam.com.
