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Far-right pro trump movement went through a very recent period of radicalization around the results of the 2020 election. it was not just the cyber ninjas forensic audit fiasco. there was the armed protest around maricopa county center -- there was another armed protests at the state capital on january six at the same time that the u.s. capitol was being attacked. this year, people with guns, armed vigilantes, stalked ballot drop boxes in arizona. now law enforcement officials have erected barri...

Canadian researchers have shed light on the psychological features that define this dangerous internet subculture.

>> does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? >> for me yes. >> in the philippines a press badge is no defense per particular lien the south of the country where marco wallace lives and works. >> for the last comedy years of radicalization of recent years this growing specter of isis, it is fertile ground for that. >> traditionally you argue against journalist arming themselves, have journalist always been able to portray themselves as non- combatives? >> yes. >> there were some ...

That is more than two anti pollution ads permanent. joining me now is nbc news -- radicalization and disinformation, brandy zadrozny. randi, good to see you, my friend. you and i have been talking about this for years, but i dont know if we talked about, if we know the situation would be substantially worse, maybe you did, i thought maybe having a handle on, reporting on, that we would get smarter about it. in fact, it has gotten worse. we have more disinformation out there the [interpreter] -- ...

That thats where we are right now. weve become numb to theen violent radicalization thats being incitet radid and were becoming duped into thinking i guess thats free speech. hinking,its not what a dope fre speech isnt something you can be duped into. cat is i mean, tha this is shocking, actually , even for people like him. >> you know, i keep tryingt to say thaant this is not an issue where people disagree with democrats about free speech democ. they really have regarded sense of come to regard...

Not specifically about the beliefs or the sort of radicalization if wi can call it that of the man who is the alleged assailant here. i want to ask you about how the country is discussing this matter in the wake of it. and whether we are essentially jumping into another disinformation spiral on this story, or whether there is some links to the fact-based world. >> i would hope there are some links but there was a perfect storm of lies over the weekend. this is something you used to see with disi...

The hunter biden laptop story on twenty twenty . now, one of the more remarkable findings from investigative journalist lee fang, who uncovered this was that facebook and twitter created special portals for the government to rapidly request takedowns of content and how to justify all of this. while they argued that, of course, false information is a source of radicalization and violence, in other words, its license to censor other their political opponents. joining me now w is mirandlicea devine...

Today released a lot of new information about that attack and what led this alleged assailant to the pelosis door. joining us now is ben collins, he is the senior reporter covering disinformation, extremism, and the internet for nbc news. ben has to work in a very dark place in order to help us understand this stuff better. for that, were always grateful. ben, its nice to see you. >> good to see you, rachel. >> i want to ask you first sort of a meta question. not specifically about the beliefs o...

Figures, the protection of our political process is extremely important. were going to see how it unfolds over the next week or so. but i hope that everyone who is watching is taking a serious cue. words have meaning. they have consequences. just because its a laugh line or a punch line for some politician, there is somebody out there who is very, very sick, thats watching that and wants to take action upon that. were looking at the growth now of individuals mobilizing from radicalization to vio...

Paul Pelosis alleged attacker is an example of a trend known as "ungrouping" where people are influenced by fringe ideas without joining an organized group.