Analysis: despite action from large platforms and volunteer moderators, communities remain influential online
Despite years of strict moderation from the main social networks, the “incel” community remains as influential as it was in 2014, when an English 22-year-old killed seven people on the streets of Isla Vista,
California, motivated by his hatred of women.
The murders were an eerie parallel of the shootings in Plymouth last week. Both killers were radicalised on
Social Media, where they posted extensively about their hatred of
Women and their feelings of despair over their lack of sexual activity.