How a Global Online Network of White Supremacists Groomed a Teen to Kill
March 21, 2025 at 01:55AMIn 1990, Public Enemy took a stand against the Terrordome, an America that was built upon and suffused with anti-Black racism. The internet was barely extant at the time, yet Chuck D likely wouldn’t have been surprised to be told about the ultimate rise of Terrorgram, a Telegram-based white supremacist movement that actively fomented real-world violence. As part of ProPublica and Frontline‘s investigation into Terrorgram, a reporting team reconstructs how one of the movement’s leaders recruited a Slovakian teen, turning him from a standard-issue edgelord into a premeditated murderer.
Beňadik created at least five neo-Nazi channels and two chat groups on Telegram, one of which eventually attracted nearly 5,000 subscribers. He crafted an online persona as a sage leader, offering tips and guidance for carrying out effective attacks. He often posted practical materials, such as files for 3D-printing rifle parts, including auto sears, which transform a semiautomatic gun into a fully automatic weapon. “Read useful literature, get useful skills,” he said in an interview with a podcast. “You are the revolutionary, so act like it.”
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