Far-right extremists using euphemisms to spread mainstream violent and racist ideas, report warns

Seemingly innocuous words and symbols are used ‘to make radical-right ideas more palatable to a wider public’, Lizzie Dearden reports

Coded: a protester holds a sign depicting Pepe the frog, during a rally in Berkeley, California (AFP/Getty)

Far-right extremists are using euphemisms to spread their racist and violent ideas while evading online crackdowns, experts have warned.

A report seen exclusively by The Independent details the memes, symbols and slogans that neo-Nazis and white supremacists use to communicate with each other and “mainstream” their aims.

But it warns that the “quick-moving” shifts between different codes makes it difficult for social media companies to identify their true meaning and remove hateful accounts.