Full Breakdown
White Nationalist Youth Group for Girls Launches on Telegram and TikTok
6/26/2026, 12:37:02 AM
Formation and Online Presence of Young Columbia
In early May 2025 United Youth announced on Telegram Young Columbia, a female Youth Club branch. It requires “white European descent, female, nationalist,” and featured a Hitler quote on women’s Nazi-party roles, with photos of women in Wisconsin.
United Youth’s Youth Clubs: History and Expansion
United Youth’s male Youth Clubs, targeting 15- to 18-year-old boys, debuted in February 2025. Within eighteen months they spread to all 50 U.S. states and have established chapters in Europe, Canada and Australia, organizing hikes, combat-sport sessions and in-person propaganda distribution.
Key Actors and Links to Adult Extremist Networks
Key actors are United Youth, Young Columbia, Patriot Front, and the adult Active Club network. Researchers Willis Shaw (ADL) and Jacob Wagner (Institute for Strategic Dialogue) say Active Club members train with Youth Club participants, suggesting coordination beyond a youth-run structure.
Membership Reach and Online Metrics
Youth Clubs operate in all 50 states. TikTok accounts linked to United Youth groups in New Jersey have 3,000 followers; a video showed ten members displaying an emblem. The TikTok channel was removed after CBS News reported extremist content.
Implications for Extremist Recruitment Among Gen Z
The groups exploit habits, mixing angst and “tradwife” aesthetics with extremist propaganda. TikTok videos captioned “Bring back traditional life that women truly desire” and images of a woman before black-sun hate symbol seek to normalize extremist ideas.
Responses and Criticism
United Youth replied to CBS News, then stopped, asserting independence. TikTok cited violations, noting moderation removes hateful content; Telegram said violent calls are explicitly forbidden and routinely removed. Experts Shaw and Wagner criticize the group’s leadership, suspect adult extremist coordination.
On-the-Ground Activity and Information Gaps
Young Columbia members have distributed propaganda and met male Youth Club participants in Wisconsin and Illinois. A TikTok montage showed all-white family illustrations captioned “Bring back traditional life that women truly desire.” Group’s mission and membership size remain undisclosed, and expansion claims lack verification.
Verbatim Quotes
- "When we think of extremism — especially when we think of violent extremism — we think of men," — Willis Shaw, Investigative Researcher, ADL Center on Extremism
- "The chances of this being an organic thing materializing from female teenagers who were watching United Youth and decided to create their own group to support them, I find that very unlikely," — Jacob Wagner, Digital Research Analyst, Institute for Strategic Dialogue
- "The company uses a combination of technology and moderation to identify and remove such content." — TikTok spokesperson
- "content calling for violence is 'explicitly forbidden' and is 'routinely removed by moderators.'" — Telegram spokesperson
Outlook and Ongoing Monitoring
Law-enforcement and civil-society groups plan to monitor Young Columbia’s online activity and its links to adult extremist networks. Future investigations will focus on recruitment tactics, cross-platform content sharing, and any connection to violent incidents.
