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Podcast: Hotep Jesus
Episode: Homeland Security Targets the Manosphere, BX Joins the Show - 2/26/24
Description: The US Dept of Homeland Security allocated $700,000 to a counter-terrorism NGO to redirect Twitter/X traffic from specific manosphere individuals like @RationalMale, @Cobratate, @FreshandFitPod. The grant aimed to suppress manosphere content by steering audiences to counter-messaging sites curated by the McCain Institute. The US government labels the manosphere a significant terror threat, linking it to isolated incel violence. This trend of broadening terrorism definitions poses risks to constitutional rights, with tech giants and NGOs collaborating on censorship tools. Top threats per the McCain Institute: white supremacy, anti-government views, foreign terror orgs, and the manosphere.
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