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Data journalist @cbcnews, @HacksHackersMTL co-organizer. TCK@🇧🇷🇺🇸🇭🇺🇨🇦, impostor syndrome apologist. Ask me for Signal # roberto.rocha@cbc.ca

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    1. Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

      Last month, the full database of the neo-Nazi Iron March forum was leaked. @Jeff__yates and I identified one of the most influential and dangerous-sounding members as a Canadian Navy reservist. A thread of our investigation follows. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/navy-reservist-iron-march-data-1.5382424 … 1/10

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    2. Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

      This was probably the most challenging story of my career. So many things happened along the way that made me question what and how much we should publish. 2/10

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    3. Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

      We found him by poring through his public posts and private messages after tracing his IP address to Calgary. Eventually we were able to find a home address, multiple email addresses, and three phone numbers. 3/10

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    4. Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

      We were preparing for the worst. This guy seemed dangerous. We expected to be put on an Atonwaffen Division kill list. We did all we could to avoid getting doxxed by vengeful fanatics. 4/10

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    5. Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

      When we reached him by phone, he didn't deny any of it. And he told us that, like many young men drawn to the extremist web, we has isolated, lost, seeking some kind of community. And Nazis are great at exploiting this. 5/10

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    6. Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

      He even provided evidence of steps at deradicalization, emails to Life After Hate and pictures of him volunteering at an immigrant support centre. It was completely unexpected. 6/10

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    7. Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

      We considered focusing on his journey out of hate, like CTV did this morning with another Iron March member: https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/deadly-serious-ex-neo-nazi-and-iron-march-user-speaks-out-on-de-radicalization-1.4713822 … But then something happened. 7/10

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    8. Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

      We had also written to all the emails we had on him, asking for his comment. We received an answer from one of them: "Antifa is now in possession of this account. Thanks for letting us know where he is stationed!" 8/10

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      Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

      The next day, the activist website Unicorn Riot published a story outing him as a neo-Nazi arms dealer in the Navy. They did not specify how they found him, and made no effort to contact him before publishing. 9/10

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        1. Roberto Rocha‏Verified account @robroc 4 Dec 2019

          We had to move quickly. We offered him a sit-down interview to tell his side in full. He declined. So we had to go with what we had. 10/10

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        1. Original Sunshine - You want it darker‏ @lucky_number9_ 5 Dec 2019
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          Unicorn riot = Actual journalists

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        1. Foucault's Pudendum‏ @KaiTave 5 Dec 2019
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          lol owned

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        1. Rieka Blackheart‏ @BlackheartRieka 5 Dec 2019
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          this is the weirdest flex i have seen anyone ever make.

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        1. House Gloucester eat shit‏ @SFire6464 5 Dec 2019
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          pic.twitter.com/e8EDyejWDe

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        1. Samuel Meneely  🥖 🌹‏ @n0gulag 5 Dec 2019
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          Too slowpic.twitter.com/gGroweVQSa

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        1. immigration detention = COVID-19 death camps 🍑‏ @pookietooth 6 Dec 2019
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          Good

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        2. Turner | no war but Class War  🚩 🏴‏ @jargonautilus 5 Dec 2019
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          "activist site" Unicorn Riot rules, just saying.

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        3. ch!c4n0.esk!nH34d ↙ ↙ ↙‏ @anf3rny510 5 Dec 2019
          Replying to @jargonautilus @robroc

          RULES!!! 😎

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        2. 2nd Virginia Potato Guard Regiment‏ @OldPappyThomas 5 Dec 2019
          Replying to @robroc

          Scooped by antifa and you didn't get to push a redemption narrative.pic.twitter.com/nULRQwWZic

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        3. cobus belterman‏ @CobusBelterman 6 Dec 2019
          Replying to @OldPappyThomas @robroc

          Exactly, double win for antifa imho.

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