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The ] researchers Hampton Stall, David Foran, and Hari Prasad have described StoneToss as a "] cartoonist"<ref>{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web |last1=Stall |first1=Hampton |last2=Prasad |first2=Hari |last3=Foran |first3=David |title=What’s in a Meme? The Rise of “Saint Kyle” |url=https://gnet-research.org/2020/10/29/whats-in-a-meme-the-rise-of-saint-kyle/ |website=] |access-date=17 March 2024 |date=29 October 2020}}|{{cite journal |last1=Stall |first1=Hampton |last2=Foran |first2=David |last3=Prasad |first3=Hari |title=Kyle Rittenhouse and the Shared Meme Networks of the Armed American Far-Right: An Analysis of the Content Creation Formula, right-wing Injection of Politics, and Normalization of Violence |journal=Terrorism and Political Violence |date=17 November 2023 |volume=35 |issue=8 |pages=1625–1649 |doi=10.1080/09546553.2022.2074293}}<!--citebundle end-->}}</ref> and a "a comic creator pulls from neo-Nazi views and makes them more palatable for a broader audience".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stall |first1=Hampton |last2=Prasad |first2=Hari |last3=Foran |first3=David |url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/184677234/Encrypted_GNET_Report_A_Comparative_Analysis_Of_Three_Online_Reactionary_Meme_Subcultures.pdf |title=Can the Right Meme? (And How?): A Comparative Analysis of Three Online Reactionary Meme Subcultures |date=2021-12-13 |work=] |publisher=International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation |via=King's College London Research Portal}}</ref> In 2021, the ] described StoneToss as a "] illustrator", one of whose comics was a presentation of the antisemitic idea of ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/gab-ceo-andrew-torba-broadcasts-his-antisemitism-across-social-media-platforms |title=Gab CEO Andrew Torba Broadcasts His Antisemitism Across Social Media Platforms |website=ADL |date=2021-12-15}}</ref> In a 2022 '']'' article titled "DIY Cruelty: The Global Political Micro-Practices of Hateful Memes", political scientist ] and researcher Susan T Jackson studied a pair of politically polar-opposite subreddits and identified StoneToss as an "extreme rightwing cartoonist known for his bigoted work", whose cartoons are prominently featured in the right-wing subreddit.<ref name="Jackson">{{cite journal |url=https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksac002/6524948 |last=Marlin-Bennett |first=Renée |last2=Jackson |first2=Susan T |date=2022-02-09 |title=DIY Cruelty: The Global Political Micro-Practices of Hateful Memes |website=Global Studies Quarterly |volume=2 |issue=2 |doi=10.1093/isagsq/ksac002 |issn=2634-3797}}</ref> According to them, his cartoons were not posted "as memes but as non-meme posts that the community agrees with and is entertained by." They further wrote that "meme creators take his simple line drawings and edit them to make new memes, often called "stonetossedit" or "stonetoss is a nazi"", and that both Reddit communities have adapted StoneToss' work for their own purposes, thereby increasing the visibility of the cartoons.<ref name="Jackson" /> The ] researchers Hampton Stall, David Foran, and Hari Prasad have described StoneToss as a "] cartoonist"<ref>{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web |last1=Stall |first1=Hampton |last2=Prasad |first2=Hari |last3=Foran |first3=David |title=What’s in a Meme? The Rise of “Saint Kyle” |url=https://gnet-research.org/2020/10/29/whats-in-a-meme-the-rise-of-saint-kyle/ |website=] |access-date=17 March 2024 |date=29 October 2020}}|{{cite journal |last1=Stall |first1=Hampton |last2=Foran |first2=David |last3=Prasad |first3=Hari |title=Kyle Rittenhouse and the Shared Meme Networks of the Armed American Far-Right: An Analysis of the Content Creation Formula, right-wing Injection of Politics, and Normalization of Violence |journal=Terrorism and Political Violence |date=17 November 2023 |volume=35 |issue=8 |pages=1625–1649 |doi=10.1080/09546553.2022.2074293}}<!--citebundle end-->}}</ref> and a "a comic creator pulls from neo-Nazi views and makes them more palatable for a broader audience".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stall |first1=Hampton |last2=Prasad |first2=Hari |last3=Foran |first3=David |url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/184677234/Encrypted_GNET_Report_A_Comparative_Analysis_Of_Three_Online_Reactionary_Meme_Subcultures.pdf |title=Can the Right Meme? (And How?): A Comparative Analysis of Three Online Reactionary Meme Subcultures |date=2021-12-13 |work=] |publisher=International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation |via=King's College London Research Portal}}</ref> In 2021, the ] described StoneToss as a "] illustrator", one of whose comics was a presentation of the antisemitic idea of ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/gab-ceo-andrew-torba-broadcasts-his-antisemitism-across-social-media-platforms |title=Gab CEO Andrew Torba Broadcasts His Antisemitism Across Social Media Platforms |website=ADL |date=2021-12-15}}</ref> In a 2022 '']'' article titled "DIY Cruelty: The Global Political Micro-Practices of Hateful Memes", political scientist ] and researcher Susan T Jackson studied a pair of politically polar-opposite subreddits and identified StoneToss as an "extreme rightwing cartoonist known for his bigoted work", whose cartoons are prominently featured in the right-wing subreddit.<ref name="Jackson">{{cite journal |url=https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksac002/6524948 |last=Marlin-Bennett |first=Renée |last2=Jackson |first2=Susan T |date=2022-02-09 |title=DIY Cruelty: The Global Political Micro-Practices of Hateful Memes |website=Global Studies Quarterly |volume=2 |issue=2 |doi=10.1093/isagsq/ksac002 |issn=2634-3797}}</ref> According to them, his cartoons were not posted "as memes but as non-meme posts that the community agrees with and is entertained by." They further wrote that "meme creators take his simple line drawings and edit them to make new memes, often called "stonetossedit" or "stonetoss is a nazi"", and that both Reddit communities have adapted StoneToss' work for their own purposes, thereby increasing the visibility of the cartoons.<ref name="Jackson" />


In March 2024, ] ]s claimed to have successfully ] StoneToss using leaked information from ], a social media website with a far-right userbase.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crimmins |first1=Tricia |title=Author of far-right comic StoneToss allegedly doxed by left-wing reporting collective |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/stonetoss-comics-identity-doxxed/ |access-date=17 March 2024 |work=] |date=13 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="Beschizza">{{cite news |last1=Beschizza |first1=Rob |title=Nazi cartoonist meets the Streisand Effect after Twitter censors discussion of his identity |url=https://boingboing.net/2024/03/16/nazi-cartoonist-meets-the-streisand-effect-after-twitter-censors-discussion-of-his-identity.html |access-date=17 March 2024 |work=] |date=16 March 2024}}</ref> According to the material they published, the author is a Texan former security guard and IT professional.<ref name="Wiggins">{{cite web |last1=Wiggins |first1=Christopher |title=Alejandra Caraballo banned from Elon Musk’s X platform |url=https://www.advocate.com/media/alejandra-caraballo-banned-x |website=] |access-date=19 March 2024 |language=en |date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> LGBT magazine '']'' reported on March 19, that there is a "lack of independent verification of identity".<ref name="Wiggins" /> The doxers said that the same author was the author of the ''RedPanels'' webcomic,<ref name="Beschizza" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilbert |first1=David |title=X Blocked Journalists and Researchers Who Identified a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-x-blocked-journalists-researchers-neo-nazi-cartoonist/ |website=Wired |access-date=20 March 2024 |date=20 March 2024}}</ref> described by the ] as a neo-Nazi comic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ward |first1=Justin |title=Day of the trope: White nationalist memes thrive on Reddit's r/The_Donald |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/19/day-trope-white-nationalist-memes-thrive-reddits-rthedonald |website=] |access-date=19 March 2024 |language=en |date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> Controversy ensued when Twitter ] multiple users who posted the alleged author's name, with media taking special note of civil rights attorney and transgender rights activist ]'s permanent suspension.<ref name="Wiggins" /><ref name="Beschizza" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sprayregen |first1=Molly |title=Elon Musk shamed for protecting an alt-right cartoonist while letting transphobia flourish on X |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/elon-musk-shamed-for-protecting-an-alt-right-cartoonist-while-letting-transphobia-flourish-on-x/ |website=] |access-date=19 March 2024 |date=18 March 2024}}</ref> In a piece titled "Nazi cartoonist meets the Streisand Effect after Twitter censors discussion of his identity", ] of '']'' commented that, while "no-one outside of ] spaces cares", the controversy was intensified via a ].<ref name="Beschizza" /> The episode was followed by renewed concerns about content moderation on ], especially regarding content that promotes far-right ideas.<ref name="Wiggins" /> In March 2024, ] ]s claimed to have successfully ] StoneToss using leaked information from ], a social media website with a far-right userbase.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crimmins |first1=Tricia |title=Author of far-right comic StoneToss allegedly doxed by left-wing reporting collective |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/stonetoss-comics-identity-doxxed/ |access-date=17 March 2024 |work=] |date=13 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="Beschizza">{{cite news |last1=Beschizza |first1=Rob |title=Nazi cartoonist meets the Streisand Effect after Twitter censors discussion of his identity |url=https://boingboing.net/2024/03/16/nazi-cartoonist-meets-the-streisand-effect-after-twitter-censors-discussion-of-his-identity.html |access-date=17 March 2024 |work=] |date=16 March 2024}}</ref> According to the material they published, the author is a Texan former security guard and IT professional.<ref name="Wiggins">{{cite web |last1=Wiggins |first1=Christopher |title=Alejandra Caraballo banned from Elon Musk’s X platform |url=https://www.advocate.com/media/alejandra-caraballo-banned-x |website=] |access-date=19 March 2024 |language=en |date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> LGBT magazine '']'' reported on March 19, that there is a "lack of independent verification of identity".<ref name="Wiggins" /> The doxers said that the same author was the author of the ''RedPanels'' webcomic,<ref name="Beschizza" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilbert |first1=David |title=X Blocked Journalists and Researchers Who Identified a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-x-blocked-journalists-researchers-neo-nazi-cartoonist/ |website=Wired |access-date=20 March 2024 |date=20 March 2024}}</ref> described by the ] as a neo-Nazi comic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ward |first1=Justin |title=Day of the trope: White nationalist memes thrive on Reddit's r/The_Donald |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/19/day-trope-white-nationalist-memes-thrive-reddits-rthedonald |website=] |access-date=19 March 2024 |language=en |date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> Controversy ensued when Twitter ] multiple users who posted the alleged author's name, with media taking special note of civil rights attorney and transgender rights activist ]'s suspension.<ref name="Wiggins" /><ref name="Beschizza" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sprayregen |first1=Molly |title=Elon Musk shamed for protecting an alt-right cartoonist while letting transphobia flourish on X |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/elon-musk-shamed-for-protecting-an-alt-right-cartoonist-while-letting-transphobia-flourish-on-x/ |website=] |access-date=19 March 2024 |date=18 March 2024}}</ref> In a piece titled "Nazi cartoonist meets the Streisand Effect after Twitter censors discussion of his identity", ] of '']'' commented that, while "no-one outside of ] spaces cares", the controversy was intensified via a ].<ref name="Beschizza" /> The episode was followed by renewed concerns about content moderation on ], especially regarding content that promotes far-right ideas.<ref name="Wiggins" />


== References == == References ==

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StoneToss
Websitestonetoss.com
Launch dateJuly 18, 2017 (2017-07-18)

StoneToss is an American far-right political cartoonist who publishes a webcomic of the same name. His comics have gained notoriety for "mocking left-wing politics" and "promoting Holocaust denial, racism, homophobia, sexism and anti-Semitism", according to The Daily Dot.

The Global Network on Extremism and Technology researchers Hampton Stall, David Foran, and Hari Prasad have described StoneToss as a "crypto-Nazi cartoonist" and a "a comic creator pulls from neo-Nazi views and makes them more palatable for a broader audience". In 2021, the Anti Defamation League described StoneToss as a "far-right illustrator", one of whose comics was a presentation of the antisemitic idea of Jewish deicide. In a 2022 Global Studies Quarterly article titled "DIY Cruelty: The Global Political Micro-Practices of Hateful Memes", political scientist Renee Marlin-Bennett and researcher Susan T Jackson studied a pair of politically polar-opposite subreddits and identified StoneToss as an "extreme rightwing cartoonist known for his bigoted work", whose cartoons are prominently featured in the right-wing subreddit. According to them, his cartoons were not posted "as memes but as non-meme posts that the community agrees with and is entertained by." They further wrote that "meme creators take his simple line drawings and edit them to make new memes, often called "stonetossedit" or "stonetoss is a nazi"", and that both Reddit communities have adapted StoneToss' work for their own purposes, thereby increasing the visibility of the cartoons.

In March 2024, anti-fascist internet vigilantes claimed to have successfully doxed StoneToss using leaked information from Gab, a social media website with a far-right userbase. According to the material they published, the author is a Texan former security guard and IT professional. LGBT magazine The Advocate reported on March 19, that there is a "lack of independent verification of identity". The doxers said that the same author was the author of the RedPanels webcomic, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a neo-Nazi comic. Controversy ensued when Twitter suspended multiple users who posted the alleged author's name, with media taking special note of civil rights attorney and transgender rights activist Alejandra Caraballo's suspension. In a piece titled "Nazi cartoonist meets the Streisand Effect after Twitter censors discussion of his identity", Rob Beschizza of Boing Boing commented that, while "no-one outside of extremely online spaces cares", the controversy was intensified via a Streisand effect. The episode was followed by renewed concerns about content moderation on Twitter under Elon Musk, especially regarding content that promotes far-right ideas.

References

  1. "The Swirl – StoneToss". stonetoss.com. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. Gilmour, David (31 May 2019). "Antifa redditors are repurposing anti-Semitic comics for good". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. Stall, Hampton; Prasad, Hari; Foran, David (2021-12-13). "Can the Right Meme? (And How?): A Comparative Analysis of Three Online Reactionary Meme Subcultures" (PDF). Global Network on Extremism and Technology. International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation – via King's College London Research Portal.
  5. "Gab CEO Andrew Torba Broadcasts His Antisemitism Across Social Media Platforms". ADL. 2021-12-15.
  6. ^ Marlin-Bennett, Renée; Jackson, Susan T (2022-02-09). "DIY Cruelty: The Global Political Micro-Practices of Hateful Memes". Global Studies Quarterly. 2 (2). doi:10.1093/isagsq/ksac002. ISSN 2634-3797.
  7. Crimmins, Tricia (13 March 2024). "Author of far-right comic StoneToss allegedly doxed by left-wing reporting collective". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  8. ^ Beschizza, Rob (16 March 2024). "Nazi cartoonist meets the Streisand Effect after Twitter censors discussion of his identity". Boing Boing. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  9. ^ Wiggins, Christopher (March 19, 2024). "Alejandra Caraballo banned from Elon Musk's X platform". The Advocate. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  10. Gilbert, David (20 March 2024). "X Blocked Journalists and Researchers Who Identified a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist". Wired. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  11. Ward, Justin (April 19, 2018). "Day of the trope: White nationalist memes thrive on Reddit's r/The_Donald". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  12. Sprayregen, Molly (18 March 2024). "Elon Musk shamed for protecting an alt-right cartoonist while letting transphobia flourish on X". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved 19 March 2024.