In our second episode, we are coping with right-wing extremism. According to the 2019 Global Terrorism Index, far-right terrorism has surged by 320% over the last 5 years. Far-right movements often originate and grow in the online world, most likely on fringe platforms where restrictions are much more blurred than on mainstream platforms.

To help us cope, we met with Fabian Wichmann, from EXIT Deutschland in Berlin. EXIT provides support to people who want to leave extreme far-right movements. Two successful and creative initiatives made Neo-Nazis aware of the existence of EXIT Deutschland. The first one involved the distribution of a T-shirt during a right-wing rock festival. After the T-shirt was washed once, a surprise was left for the Neo-Nazis, with the contact information of EXIT appeared instead. The goal was to attract awareness and attention to the organisation. The second one, named Nazis against Nazis, consisted of a counter-protest against Nazi demonstrations. The idea behind it was that for every metre the demonstrators would walk, 10 euros would involuntarily be donated to EXIT. This action created a dilemma for the demonstrators: stopping the march or raising funds against their ideals. The outcome was pretty successful: the donation reached more than 20.000 euros. To cope with right-wing extremism, Fabian gave us five practical solutions.