{"id":269251,"date":"2016-11-17T05:58:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T05:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=269251"},"modified":"2016-11-17T05:58:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T05:58:51","slug":"twitter-suspends-alt-right-figureheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/twitter-suspends-alt-right-figureheads\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads"},"content":{"rendered":"
Members of the alt-right movement differ on many points, but are generally outspoken in their attacks on multiculturalism, globalisation and immigration.<\/p>\n
Their targets include political correctness and feminism, and they have typically characterised themselves as being anti-establishment.<\/p>\n
The election of Donald Trump – a presidential candidate supported by much of the alt-right – could change that.<\/p>\n
He has appointed Steve Bannon as his chief strategist. Mr Bannon was formerly executive chairman of Breitbart News, a news site that specialises in coverage of the alt-right, but does not identify itself as part of it.<\/p>\n
That has led some to speculate about whether certain alt-right views could soon become official US policy.<\/p>\n
‘Cuck’ attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n USA Today was one of the first mainstream news sites to report the suspensions.<\/p>\n Among them was Richard Spencer, the president of the National Policy Institute, which describes itself as being dedicated to the “identity and future of people of European descent in the United States”.<\/p>\n