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Culture Warlords review: An undercover examination of white supremacy

Talia Lavin went undercover to join white supremacy groups that were abusing her online. Her book, Culture Warlords, makes for difficult reading

Humans 11 November 2020

Culture Warlords: My journey into the dark web of white supremacy

Talia Lavin

Octopus Books

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TALIA LAVIN awoke one day to discover a group of white supremacists using encrypted messaging app Telegram to discuss if she was “too ugly to rape”. A few weeks earlier, unknown to its members, she had joined the group.

The writer and former New Yorker magazine fact checker didn’t feel prominent enough to warrant such vile comments. “I was mostly just a loudmouth on Twitter. Why was I taking up real estate in …


Source: Humans - newscientist.com

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