| Revision as of 16:10, 20 March 2024 view sourceAlalch E. (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers, Rollbackers30,456 editsm Reverted edit by ShownDownl (talk) to last version by Alalch E.Tags: Removed redirect Rollback Reverted← Previous edit | Revision as of 16:14, 20 March 2024 view source ShownDownl (talk | contribs)11 edits Article and its citations falsely doxxes an uninvolved individual who was misidentified as StoneToss. A discussion is already under way through info-en-q@wikipedia.org.Tags: New redirect Undo RevertedNext edit → | ||
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| '''''StoneToss''''' is a ] series in the form of a ], launched in 2017 by an anonymous American ]<ref name="Gilbert" /> cartoonist (using "StoneToss" as a pseudonym). The webcomic espouses ], ] and ] views, including promotion of ],<ref name="Beschizza" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilmour |first1=David |title=Antifa redditors are repurposing anti-Semitic comics for good |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/antifa-redditors-subvert-stonetoss/ |access-date=March 17, 2024 |work=] |date=May 31, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306230121/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/antifa-redditors-subvert-stonetoss/ |url-status=live }}</ref> using "simple and colorful imagery".<ref name="Gilbert" /> | |||
| == Content and reception == | |||
| 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=March 17, 2024 |date=October 29, 2020 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628063313/https://gnet-research.org/2020/10/29/whats-in-a-meme-the-rise-of-saint-kyle/ |url-status=live }}|{{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=November 17, 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=December 13, 2021 |work=] |publisher=International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation |via=King's College London Research Portal |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317221521/https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/184677234/Encrypted_GNET_Report_A_Comparative_Analysis_Of_Three_Online_Reactionary_Meme_Subcultures.pdf |url-status=live }}</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=December 15, 2021 |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-date=January 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113064703/https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/gab-ceo-andrew-torba-broadcasts-his-antisemitism-across-social-media-platforms |url-status=live }}</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=February 9, 2022 |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" /> | |||
| == Alleged revelation of the author's identity == | |||
| 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=March 17, 2024 |work=] |date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317014552/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/stonetoss-comics-identity-doxxed/ |url-status=live }}</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=March 17, 2024 |work=] |date=March 16, 2024 |archive-date=March 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316214251/https://boingboing.net/2024/03/16/nazi-cartoonist-meets-the-streisand-effect-after-twitter-censors-discussion-of-his-identity.html |url-status=live }}</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=March 19, 2024 |language=en |date=March 19, 2024 |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319215846/https://www.advocate.com/media/alejandra-caraballo-banned-x |url-status=live }}</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 name="Gilbert">{{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=March 20, 2024 |date=March 20, 2024 |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320143810/https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-x-blocked-journalists-researchers-neo-nazi-cartoonist/ |url-status=live }}</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=March 19, 2024 |language=en |date=April 19, 2018 |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201162606/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/19/day-trope-white-nationalist-memes-thrive-reddits-rthedonald |url-status=live }}</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=March 19, 2024 |date=March 18, 2024 |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319013419/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/elon-musk-shamed-for-protecting-an-alt-right-cartoonist-while-letting-transphobia-flourish-on-x/ |url-status=live }}</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" /> | |||
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