They shoot videos in Santa Claus costumes, show young women in flowery dresses and make supposedly funny prank calls – influencers from the extreme right bubble. Their videos often seem harmless and entertaining, precisely because they are women. But what ideology do they really stand for? How do the influencers use their impact as women? How do they earn money? And is there a connection to the planned influencer agency that was presented at the right-wing “secret plan” meeting in Potsdam?
In months of investigative research, the young reportage format Y-Kollektiv analyzed the channels of right-wing influencers such as Lukreta, Charlotte Corday and eingollan and uncovered their network. In addition to evaluating publicly accessible sources, the team also went undercover – using cover identities of a right-wing chef-instagrammer and an entrepreneur – to work their way into right-wing networks.
The Y-Kollektiv came across anti-Semitic codes, symbols from the Nazi era and links to right-wing extremist perpetrators of violence. The team also follows the trail of the influencer agency presented at the Potsdam meeting – which turned out differently than planned – via an exclusive insight into the research conducted by media outlet Correctiv.
A movie by: Nadja Baschek, Michael Trammer | Assistance: Jana Niehoff
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Editorial team: Nadja Kerschkewicz, Lena Brochhagen
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For all those interested in the further background of the influencer network, we have written down all the details about the bigger picture in the course of our research, together with Correctiv: