While the online bluster of neo-Nazis on Telegram can easily be written off as an example of troll culture, and does not necessarily augur real-world violence, several bonafide terror groups have had active accounts on the site. Both Atomwaffen Division and the Base—two neo-Nazi terror groups that are the subject of a continuing nationwide FBI counterterrorism operation netting dozens of arrests—were known to operate on the website, using it as a recruitment and propaganda tool to reach a wider audience.
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