‘Alt-Right’ Websites Under Attack From Hackers in Battle to Take White Supremacist Propaganda Offline
Anonymous hackers shut down or defaced at least three websites affiliated with far-right politics this weekend, part of an ongoing effort to disrupt the recruitment tactics of white supremacists who have been emboldened since the election of Donald Trump.
Altright.com, a site affiliated with white supremacist Richard Spencer, klukluxklan.bz, and the homepage for Act for America, a self-described “national security organization” frequently accused of promoting Islamophobic propaganda, were all targeted by hackers over the last few days. MORE…
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.