Meaning of alt-tech | Babel Free

Definitions

Social media and other Internet platforms with a large alt-right userbase.

Internet, uncountable

Examples

“This is a book on all things alt-tech and the like⟳. People who are shadow-banned and removed from the internet can be found with all things alt-tech. Includes a multiple page list of content creators, works as a guide⟳ and reference.”

“Parler was sometimes ridiculed as the “boomer 4chan,” a messy-but-accessible connecting piece between mainstream right-wing Facebook and the darker fringes of the internet. But in a short time, it really did become⟳ the core of the “alt-tech” ecosystem, and its downfall has enraged many on the right who were already in an uproar about limitations on online speech.”

“There are three types of alt-tech platforms: 1) platforms created for extremists and used by extremists such as WASP Love⟳ and Hatreon; 2) ultra-libertarian platforms, platforms created by libertarians or commercially driven developers, which tend⟳ to operate⟳ in the name⟳ of free speech and tolerate extremist content such as Gab, Minds and 8chan; and 3) hijacked platforms, platforms created for entirely different purposes that have⟳ been hijacked by extremists but proactively work⟳ with the authorities to ban these from using their services such as Discord, Telegram and JustPasteIt.”

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