Subdued But Unbroken: Examining Supporter Interactions and Group Cohesion after Twitter’s Suspension of Proud Boys Accounts

• In Event: The Right, Populism, and the Press

Brief Overview

In 2018, Twitter deplatformed the “Proud Boys.” Analyzing 12M tweets from 9k supporters, we studied cohesion post-deplatforming. Results: Cohesion remained strong, challenging deplatforming's efficacy.

Authors

• Wei Zhong, New York University

• Maggie Mengqing Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign