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==Controversies==
==Controversies==
The group has been slandered by numerous media outlets with mostly false claims, including the notion that they are "anti-Semitic";<ref>[https://www.jta.org/2020/09/29/united-states/are-the-proud-boys-anti-semitic-your-primer-on-the-far-right-group-trump-told-to-stand-back-stand-by Are the Proud Boys anti-Semitic? Your primer on the far-right group Trump told to ‘stand back and stand by’]</ref> while some members have been caught with promoting highly anti-Semitic falsehoods, the group has firmly denounced such bigotry.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/nazi-amazon-proud-boys-holocaust-1555192 Neo-Nazi Shirts Worn by Proud Boys Supporters Sold on Amazon]</ref>
The group has been slandered by numerous media outlets with mostly false claims, including the notion that they are "anti-Semitic";<ref>[https://www.jta.org/2020/09/29/united-states/are-the-proud-boys-anti-semitic-your-primer-on-the-far-right-group-trump-told-to-stand-back-stand-by Are the Proud Boys anti-Semitic? Your primer on the far-right group Trump told to ‘stand back and stand by’]</ref> while some members have been caught with promoting highly anti-Semitic falsehoods, the group has firmly denounced such bigotry.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/nazi-amazon-proud-boys-holocaust-1555192 Neo-Nazi Shirts Worn by Proud Boys Supporters Sold on Amazon]</ref>
==Iranian hackers==
Two suspected Iranian hackers were charged for posing as supporters of former President Donald Trump and sending threatening messages to U.S. voters in November 2021. Iranians Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi, 24, and Sajjad Kashian, 27, were indicted and sanctioned for their alleged involvement in the misinformation campaign, according to the [[Department of Justice]] (DOJ).<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-iranian-nationals-charged-cyber-enabled-disinformation-and-threat-campaign-designed</ref> At some points, the pair claimed to be “Proud Boys volunteers” who accused the [[Democratic Party]] of planning to exploit “serious security vulnerabilities” in messages sent to Republican lawmakers and Trump campaign officials.
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