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Table 3 Most important channels in the main downstream, core and upstream clusters for the network \(G_2\) in Fig. 5 corresponding to the period July 2019 to Feb. 2020

From: Organization and evolution of the UK far-right network on Telegram

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Top channels in downstream communities

1 (\(D_R\))

Uzynqulaq, dinamika_ria, MakarenkoLive, eshnic, antizlobinlive, sexy_moscow, sevkav, TJournal, Buddykiton, nourlnews

2 (\(D_F\))

realdonaldtrump, breaking911, WhiteHouse, InfowarsNews, durov, Notactuallyfunny, TrumpWarRoom, PS752, ReutersWorldChannel, Breitbart, realtimenewsbroadcasts, JoeBiden, hongkongfp, DonaldJTrumpJr, SvenLiebichChat*, telegram, southfronteng, foxnews, AnarchoMemes, anarchiaautonomia

5

r_privacy, reddit_android, programmer_humor, manutd, just_hmmm, r_gifs, soccer_reddit, r_libertarian, r_WikiLeaks, rfurryirl

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Top channels in core communities

3 (\(C_R\))

rt_russian, bbbreaking, SolovievLive, margaritasimonyan, SIL0VIKI, karaulny, rlz_the_kraken, sashakots, youlistenedmayak, kremlinprachka

4 (\(C_F\))

AntifaPublicWatch, JackDawkins, BritainFirst, TommyRobinsonNews, vinniesullivan, police_frequency, MiloOfficial, Brexiteers, therealityreport, luketrrcage, PatriotNewz, leegarrettupdates, dannytommo, trump, JaydaFransen, loomeredofficial, newspanopticon, MARIOBORG20, Jaydafransensupporters, RedDog71Media

7

italia24hnews, WTF_Radio, coindesk_news, Partisan2015, HowToFind, Arteshban, LiverpoolFCNews, IrVatan, LoyalistsHQ, HA_alshami02

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Top channels in upstream communities

9 (\(U_F\))

KingdomZombe*, TheVaultVids*, nomoremosqueschat*, PatrioticGroupChat*, AfrikanerBoer, nomorelockdown*, BritPatriots*, ChronoClockCorp*, realDonaldjTrump, loomeredchat*, BritPol1*, infowarsofficalchat*, SundayLongLive*, UKIPSUPPORTERS*, Excarkun, GalliaArchive, TheVaultTommyRobinsonWeAreTommy*, students4trump*, ultracatolico*, GroomingGangsPredatorAwareness*

12 (\(U_R\))

agrgtr, armnewz, SkuratoffOne, skrepka2020, ci_newsblock, vampov, snimulapshu, bosphorus1861, bgmos, W_IN_FIRE

  1. We give the top channels ranked by their in-Katz centrality for channels in the downstream and core clusters and ranked by their out-Katz centrality in the upstream clusters. We show the top 20 channels, sorted according to their Katz score, in communities linked to the UK and US far-right and the top 10 channels in other communities. Channels marked with an asterisk correspond to group chats while the other ones correspond to broadcast channels