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Opportunities for extremism: a comparative study of German far-right social movement networks on Twitter/X, Telegram, and Gettr

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This paper contributes to platform-comparative research through a case study of Twitter/X, Telegram, and Gettr in the context of German far-right social movements. It introduces the conceptual framework of platform opportunity structures to examine how platforms enable or constrain far-right mobilization. Using community analysis of sharing networks among the same pool of far-right social movement actors, the study explores how technological affordances, governance models, ownership and branding, and user bases and cultures shape platform-specific networking patterns.

Related topic

Online radicalisation, including minors

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Language:

English

Date:

16-07-2026

Proposed by:

IPS 

Source:

Gong, 2025