
In the waning days of the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of State took its first major step against terrorism groups primarily focused on what is called 'accelerationism' ' the effort to inspire independent followers to engage in violence in ways that broadly destabilize society. The U.S. government has long targeted actively violent terrorist organizations such as al-Qaida ' the group behind the 9/11 attacks ' and the Islamic State group, which carried out beheadings of innocent civilians in Iraq and Syria. Then-FBI Director Christopher Wray repeatedly warned Congress about the threat to national security from far-right accelerationist groups. In a move to respond to those warnings, the Biden administration labeled the online-only 'Terrorgram Collective' and three of its leaders as specially designated global terrorists, which means their financial assets are frozen and anyone who tries to support them can be arrested. The Terrorgram Collective aims to destroy the...
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