White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter - 2020-06-01
White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter June 1, 2020,
A Twitter account claiming to belong to a national "antifa" organization and pushing violent rhetoric related to ongoing protests has been linked to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, according to a Twitter spokesperson.
The spokesperson said the account violated the company's platform manipulation and spam policy, specifically the creation of fake accounts. Twitter suspended the account after a tweet that incited violence.
As protests were taking place in multiple states across the U.S. Sunday night, the newly created account, @ANTIFA_US, tweeted, "Tonight's the night, Comrades," with a brown raised fist emoji and "Tonight we say 'F -- - The City' and we move into the residential areas... the white hoods.... and we take what's ours …"
