Alt-Finance for Alt-Tech: Monetizing the Insurrection Online Before and After January 6

May 05, 2022 | by
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This brief maps the financial tools and techniques employed by alt-tech industry leaders like Gab's CEO Andrew Torba, high-profile members of the Proud Boys, and others implicated in the January 6 Capitol attack and the far-right's assault on American democratic institutions. For many in this milieu, Amazon's decision to pull hosting for Parler following the Capitol attack was a clarion call to the need for a parallel web, and prominent players have since flocked to the task of building it. 

Alt-Finance for Alt-Tech: Monetizing the Insurrection Online Before and After January 6