After having seduced many personalities of the American alt-right, the Gettr platform now seems to have conquered a large part of the French far right.
"This is a brand new social media platform based on the principles of freedom of expression, independent thought, rejection of political censorship and 'cancel culture'," read the page of home of the social network.
The far-right polemicist and now presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has an account followed by more than 14,000 people, as does a large part of his staff.
After the failure of Parler, the fascosphere found a new reference social network.
After having seduced many personalities of the American alt-right, and populist figures such as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the Gettr platform now seems to have conquered a large part of the French far right.
Launched in July 2021, this platform was founded by Jason Miller, former spokesperson for Donald Trump, after the former US president was banned by several social networks, including Twitter and Facebook.
The platform, which also uses Trump's “Make America Great Again” slogan in its own way by proclaiming “Make Social media fun again”, works in the same way as Twitter, from which it took over the design and the main codes, with a subscription system and followers.
"Defend freedom of speech" and fight against "cancel culture"
Like Gab and Parler - applications banned by Apple, Google and Amazon after the invasion of the Capitol - the objective of this new social network is, according to its founder, to “defend freedom of speech” and fight against “cancel culture”. ". "It's a whole new social media platform based on the principles of freedom of expression, independent thought, rejection of political censorship and 'cancel culture'", we can even read on the page home of the social network.
The platform therefore does not practice any form of censorship, enough to delight the far right and the most influential personalities of the French fascosphere.
“The elections are approaching and a lot of accounts will jump.
Gettr is a good way to stay in touch with me, ”explains the far-right influencer Papacito.
Followed by nearly 11,000 people on the platform, the influencer - known for his video in which he shoots a shotgun at a model symbolizing a "leftist" - therefore asked his Instagram subscribers to create an account on Gettr .
Racist and conspiratorial content
Other far-right figures are also present on Gettr.
In addition to Alain Soral, multi-convicted anti-Semitic essayist, we note the presence of the ex-muse of Génération identitaire Thaïs d'Escufon and of his co-founder Damien Rieu, of the senator RN Stéphane Ravier, of the white supremacist Daniel Conversano or of the militant negationist Hervé Ryssen.
Marine Le Pen, the president of the National Rally, also created an account on the social network, but has not posted anything since registering in July.
Another French political figure of weight, the now presidential candidate Eric Zemmour.
The far-right polemicist has an account followed by more than 14,000 people, as does a large part of his staff: Antoine Diers, Stanislas Rigault or Samuel Lafont.
The platform is also home to a lot of conspiratorial and conspiratorial content.
Many anonymous accounts, anti-vax and followers of the most eccentric conspiracy theories, have thus found a space for dialogue.
Publications mentioning the supposed dangerousness of vaccines or promoting the QAnon movement are thus widely relayed and highlighted on the platform.
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