Alt-tech

<p>Alt-tech is a collection of <a href="/facts/Social_networking_service/qFIh6VT1">social networking services</a> and <a href="/facts/Internet_service_provider/dUacAxef">Internet service providers</a> popular among the <a href="/facts/Alt-right/h4XtmDca">alt-right</a>, <a href="/facts/Far-right_politics/QpBMz5Ss">far-right</a>, and others who espouse <a href="/facts/Extremism/2AgIalFJ">extremism</a> or <a href="/facts/Fringe_theory/GHD6g8h9">fringe theories</a>, typically because they employ looser <a href="/facts/Content_moderation/AwdjqfIW">content moderation</a> than mainstream platforms. The term "alt-tech" is a <a href="/facts/Portmanteau/d124JEbz">portmanteau</a> of "alt-right" and "<a href="/facts/Big_Tech/n3mdHnMK">Big Tech</a>". Starting around 2015, some prominent <a href="/facts/Conservatives/2XdCcPzq">conservatives</a> and their supporters began to use alt-tech platforms because they had been <a href="/facts/Block_(Internet)/RCHPMsDW">banned</a> from other social media platforms. Alt-tech platforms describe themselves as protectors of <a href="/facts/Free_speech/jYakwGMP">free speech</a> and <a href="/facts/Individual_liberty/xyu96brC">individual liberty</a>, which researchers and journalists have alleged may be a <a href="/facts/Dog_whistle_(politics)/zcRpb0Xf">dog whistle</a> for <a href="/facts/Antisemitism/kUpfFkqx">antisemitism</a> and <a href="/facts/Terrorism/DHJGPJ6P">terrorism</a>.
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