With an estimated 20,000 members, the Reichsbürger movement brings together strands of disaffected, anti-establishment, right-wingers and others: those either angry at the post-WWII federal republic, or nostalgic for a Germany long gone.
The country’s new government is struggling to assert its authority over the messaging app, which officials believe has been used to organize violent incidents.
Telegram flooded with death threats and calls for violence amid Trump ban
The app s history is causing concern it could be exploited by groups looking to disrupt Joe Biden s inauguration
13 January 2021 • 5:35pm
The explosion in the use of Telegram has prompted fears that right-wing extremists are embracing the platform, which uses sophisticated encryption and in the past has been linked to use by Islamic extremist groups, in growing numbers.
Multiple Neo-Nazi and extreme right groups could be found operating on Telegram on Wednesday. They include the Nationalist Social Club 131, with more than 2,000 subscribers and the Boogaloo Intel Group, with more than 7,000 subscribers.