<p>From the archives (originally published March 2020): Saif Shahin, SOC professor and Internet Governance Lab faculty fellow, researches the links that bind and build online communities, including those founded on hateful beliefs. In a recent paper, “White Twitter: Tracing the Evolution of the Alt-Right in Retweets,” Shahin dug into nine years’ worth of retweets to understand the transformation of White Nationalism on social media ahead of the 2016 election. Shahin sat down with <em>American </em>as the inaugural guest on the <em>30 Minutes On </em>podcast to recap his research and expand on the past, present, and future of social media dynamics.</p>