Extremist Content Online: White Supremacists Encourage Violence Against Immigrants on Telegram; Spread Footage of Neo-Nazi Rally on X
(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. In this week’s issue:
- ISIS Activity Roundup
- ISIS Al-Naba Editorial Condemns the United Nations
- Neo-Nazi Group Shares Video of Demonstration in Springfield, Ohio, Proclaiming “Racism Works”
- Northeast Neo-Nazi Group and Under-18 Youth Clubs Share Online Fundraiser for Man Charged with Crimes Related to Vandalism and White Supremacist Graffiti
- Alleged Texas White Supremacist Telegram Channel Encourages Violence Against Immigrants
- Swiss Active Club Continues to Post on Substack Amid Removal of Blogs
- Advertisements Located on 86 Neo-Nazi, White Supremacist, and Antisemitic Telegram Channels in September
ISIS Activity Roundup
Between September 27 and October 3, ISIS claimed credit for 22 attacks. ISIS claimed responsibility for seven attacks in Nigeria, five in Mozambique, four in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, three in Niger, two in Pakistan, and one attack in Cameroon.
On September 28, ISIS claimed responsibility for killing 39 Nigerien soldiers and destroying two vehicles in two attacks in Tillabéri and Tahoua regions. The Amaq statement noted injuries among Nigerien soldiers and ISIS’s capture of small arms and light weapons.
ISIS Al-Naba Editorial Condemns the United Nations
The editorial in issue 567 of ISIS’s weekly al-Naba newsletter, released on October 1, condemned the United Nations. The 81st session of the UN General Assembly concluded on September 28. The editorial denounced the UN, the UN Charter, and international law, and accused the intergovernmental organization of speaking endlessly about Palestine while doing nothing to help Palestinians. The authors claimed that this was an attempt to fool people into passivity. The editorial criticized unnamed groups, implying the Syrian transitional government, which previously fought against the U.S. and the West, for currently seeking international legitimacy at the UN. The article concluded with a call for the reader to migrate to ISIS-held territory and engage in fighting.
Image from ISIS editorial in issue 567 of al-Naba, released on October 1.
Neo-Nazi Group Shares Video of Demonstration in Springfield, Ohio, Proclaiming “Racism Works”
On September 29, the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe shared footage on X and Telegram from a September 26 demonstration held in Springfield, Ohio. In the video, Christopher Pohlhaus, a.k.a. Hammer, the group’s founder and leader, claimed responsibility for creating the context that led to the revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians in the U.S. and the deportation of Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio. Blood Tribe previously held a demonstration in Springfield in 2024.
The September 29 video shows approximately 18 members of Blood Tribe marching, chanting white supremacist slogans, and waving a banner proclaiming “racism works.” The video received about 1,200 views on Telegram six days after it was posted, but over 130,000 views and over 275 shares on X in the same period. The X post included a recruitment message for the group.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly detained dozens of Haitians living in Springfield over the summer. The Trump administration terminated TPS for Haitians on July 29.
In February 2025, the city of Springfield sued Blood Tribe for acts of intimidation against city residents that began in 2024, including bomb threats, sending threatening letters, and doxing. As of October 5, the case is currently active. On August 29, Polhaus appeared with white supremacist internet personality Paul Miller, a.k.a. Gypsy Crusader, during the latter’s mixed martial arts (MMA) fight in Orlando, Florida.
Northeast Neo-Nazi Group and Under-18 Youth Clubs Share Online Fundraiser for Man Charged with Crimes Related to Vandalism and White Supremacist Graffiti
On September 29 and 30, Telegram channels connected to the neo-Nazi group Northeast Action and at least six channels linked to the under-18 white supremacist United Youth Clubs (UYC) shared an online fundraiser for Tyler Inman, who was arrested on September 24 and charged with criminal mischief and falsifying evidence for allegedly breaking windows at a New Hampshire coffee shop and spray-painting swastikas on September 16. The fundraiser on the GiveSendGo platform included minimal information, noting that Inman is a U.S. Army veteran who was arrested on “state charges.” Northwest Action celebrated the vandalism on September 17, claiming it was justified because the coffee shop hosted “Communist book readings.” It is unknown whether Inman has connections to any groups.
In August, members of Northeast Action participated in a demonstration in Princeton, New Jersey, with individuals from UYC. On September 13, Northeast Action requested donations to the group in Bitcoin or Monero.
Alleged Texas White Supremacist Telegram Channel Encourages Violence Against Immigrants
On September 25 and 26, a Telegram channel with approximately 200 subscribers that promotes white supremacism in Texas encouraged acts of violence against immigrants. On September 25, the channel admin posted a meme encouraging violence against immigrants who do not “self-deport.” The September 26 post stated, “you had your chance to go back,” and claimed that white Americans were “entitled” to “justice.” Both posts had approximately 400 views each on October 1. The channel posted a photo of an anti-South Asian propaganda sticker on September 28, and routinely posts racist and antisemitic content.
A chat connected to the channel contains accounts belonging to three individuals claiming affiliations with Active Clubs in Texas, New England, and Alaska, as well as two members of a neo-Nazi propaganda group that spreads flyers and stickers, and the founder and leader of a Christian neo-Nazi group who lives in New Hampshire.
Swiss Active Club Continues to Post on Substack Amid Removal of Blogs
A Substack account affiliated with a Swiss Active Club chapter has continued to post amid the removal of other profiles affiliated with the white supremacist movement. A post by the Swiss chapter on September 23 denied that Active Clubs were a front for militia organizing or activity, dismissing the claim as a smear, and alleging that their opponents seek to portray any “nationalist” group that promotes physical training as emulating the Nazis. The authors also claimed they had no weapons, no command structure, and “no violent ambitions against the state.” The post noted the existence of multiple armed left-wing factions in Weimar-era Germany, in an attempt to deflect attention from the Freikorps and later the Sturmabteilung (SA), and noted that, in the present, it was necessary to defend against “far-left street terror.”
On August 24, the main Swiss Active Club Telegram channel noted that the group participated in a combat sports training event with members of the neo-Nazi skinhead network, Blood and Honour (B&H). Photos showed the Swiss Active Club flag and a B&H flag containing the logo of the neo-Nazi terrorist group Combat 18.
The main Active Club Substack was removed in late August, momentarily reinstated, and then removed again in September. An alternative Substack account, affiliated with the movement as a whole, was announced on September 8 but was removed in early October. Substack also likely removed an account connected to an Active Club chapter in North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota, in late August.
Various white supremacist accounts are still available on Substack as of October 5, including at least three blogs connected to the under-18 white supremacist United Youth Club (UYC) movement, an Ohio-based neo-Nazi group, and accounts that promote militant accelerationism and the Order of Nine Angles and affiliated movements.
Advertisements Located on 86 Neo-Nazi, White Supremacist, and Antisemitic Telegram Channels in September
In September 2026, CEP researchers located ads on 86 Telegram channels that promote white supremacist, neo-fascist, anti-Muslim, or antisemitic propaganda. 21 channels were affiliated with the Active Club movement, including chapters in Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, France, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Poland, and the U.S. states of Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Michigan, and a channel representing the five states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota. Active Club channels with ads also included a clothing brand, two main propaganda and messaging channels, and a movement-affiliated entity in Sweden.
Ads were also found on the main Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) Telegram channel. In 2024, the NRM was declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) by the U.S. government. The SDGT label blocks the group’s assets in the U.S. and bars U.S. persons and commercial entities from doing business with the group. Ads were additionally found on a Swedish Telegram channel that supports the NRM and sells neo-Nazi merchandise, including patches, pins, keychains, lighters, jewelry, and other assorted items.
Ads were additionally found on multiple channels connected to other groups or movements, including four channels connected to the neo-fascist group Patriot Front, the Forest Fights promotion group, a main channel for the under-18 United Youth Clubs, a channel connected to a Hammerskins venue in Finland, the main Proud Boys channel, the British groups Patriotic Alternative and White Vanguard, and the main White Lives Matter movement channel.
At least three channels with ads had previously indicated direct support for violence, including a channel whose members post white supremacist propaganda and information regarding 3D-printed firearms and have promoted antisemitic and anti-Muslim violence in an associated chat; a channel that has encouraged doxing judges and expressed support for violence against politicians; and a Russian neo-Nazi video propaganda channel that previously noted support for militant accelerationist groups and posted violent footage, including from the March 15, 2019 Christchurch attack.
Other channels with ads included those that upload white supremacist, neo-Nazi, antisemitic, and anti-Muslim propaganda, meme channels, and purported news channels.
Telegram allows advertisements on channels with over 1,000 subscribers, with payments received in the company’s TON (Telegram Open Network) cryptocurrency. Channel administrators collect half of the ad placement revenue.
The September count of 86 Telegram channels with ads is the highest since CEP began tracking advertisements on the platform in 2025. CEP researchers found 65 channels with ads in August, 50 in July, 47 in June, 40 in May, and 43 in April.
Advertisement on a white supremacist and antisemitic Telegram channel. Screenshot taken on September 17.