[5] In April 2021, the JFVD was investigated by the mother party after Dutch magazine HP/De Tijd published instances of members sharing messages in WhatsApp groups that were deemed to have extremist and racist content (including praise of Anders Breivik and Brenton Tarrant).

In response, then FVD Senator and vice-chairman Lennart van der Linden described the messages as "disgusting" but added "we do not want to be a thought police for things that people do in private" and that one of the people involved was not a member of the party.

[7] In November 2021, Het Parool revealed more instances of remarks deemed racist, homophobic and antisemitic made by members and alleged that the JFVD chair and parliamentary candidate Freek Jansen had appointed individuals who had made controversial statements into coordinating positions of the youth wing.

[8] Jansen responded to the allegations by saying that the youth wing had no place for "racist and antisemitic ideas".

[9][10] However, the controversies led to calls from some FVD politicians for the youth wing to be disbanded and were cited as a reason by some FVD MEPs and Senators for quitting the party over what they felt was a slow and inadequate response to the incidents.