New York, NY, December 1, 2021 … In the year since Facebook banned Holocaust denial from its platform and finally classified it as hate speech instead of “misinformation,” a new ADL (Anti-Defamation League) analysis of the platform has found “cracks in enforcement” that have allowed Holocaust denial posts to still be accessible to many users.
In the year since the October 2020 ban on Holocaust denial, Facebook has removed groups dedicated to Holocaust denial…
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First-of-its-kind resource contains design principles and user experience patterns that mitigate the spread of hate and harassment online New York, NY, November 18, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced the release of the ADL Social Pattern Library, a collection of design principles and user experience patterns intended to mitigate hateful content on social media platforms. The library, which will be a living resource, focuses on the design of social media products and…
60 percent of children ages 13-17, and 83 percent of adults 18-45, were harassed while participating in online multiplayer games New York, NY, September 15, 2021 … Sixty percent of children ages 13-17 have experienced harassment while playing games online, according to a first-of-its-kind survey of online gaming experiences released today by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology and Society.
Despite the significant percentage of young adults who reported…
Four new Fellows will focus on research bridging the intersection of tech and civil rights New York, NY, Sept. 1, 2021 – ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology and Society today announced it has selected three leading academics for its fourth class of Belfer Fellows. The Belfer Fellowship program advances ADL’s work by promoting cyberhate awareness and digital citizenship, as well as implementing these projects for the wider social good.
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New York, NY, August 19, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today called on Twitter, and other major social media platforms, to take immediate action to remove accounts affiliated with the Taliban given the organization’s long history of terrorist activity, violence and discrimination toward girls and women, assassinating journalists, and persecuting religious and ethnic minorities, in Afghanistan. The Taliban recently seized the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, and have gained…
New York, NY, August 6, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today condemned Facebook for shutting down the work of two researchers who were studying how misinformation spreads through political ads on Facebook, and demands that the company immediately restore these researchers’ accounts and access to the data they require.
Earlier this week, Facebook shut down the work of Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy, two researchers at New York University, who were studying the flow of…
New report card reviewing nine platforms gives most poor marks; Twitter and YouTube earn a B-minus New York, NY, July 30, 2021 … Antisemitic content continues to be a serious problem across social media and major platforms are failing to adequately protect targets. These platforms are not managing antisemitic content effectively and too often fail to respond when hateful content is flagged, according to a new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League).
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SAN JOSE, Calif., July 26, 2021 -- PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL), in partnership with ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), today announced a new partnership initiative to fight extremism and hate through the financial industry and across at-risk communities. This is the latest effort by PayPal in combating racism, hate and extremism across its platforms and the industry.
PayPal Partners with ADL to Fight Extremism and Protect Marginalized Communities
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Elevated discriminatory traffic observed around Black Lives Matter protests, 2020 Election, January 6 Insurrection New York, NY, June 16, 2021 — Anti-Black, antisemitic and white supremacist searches spiked online as major offline events such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and the 2020 presidential election unfolded, according to a Moonshot and ADL joint report released today as part of an effort to understand how Americans search for white supremacist narratives and content.
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New York, NY, June 4, 2021 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today responded to the decision by Facebook to suspend former President Donald Trump for an additional two years following his comments inciting violence in the wake of the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6.
Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement:
"While banning former President Trump is a step in the right direction, this simply doesn't go far enough. President Trump used…
New York, NY, May 5, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt issued the following statement today regarding the Facebook Oversight Board’s decision to uphold Facebook’s suspension of former President Donald Trump from the platform:
We did not need four months and an unaccountable, secretive process to tell us what we already knew: Donald Trump should be immediately and permanently banned from Facebook.
Six months will not change the fact…
Calif. legislation would require social media companies to publicly disclose corporate policies and key data and metrics on enforcement New York, NY, March 30, 2021...ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) welcomed the introduction of legislation from California State Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel that would require social media platforms to publicly disclose their content moderation policies regarding online hate/racism, disinformation, extremism, harassment and foreign interference, as well as key…
ADL announces REPAIR plan to hold social media platforms accountable New York, NY, March 24, 2021… Asian-Americans experienced the largest single rise in severe online hate and harassment year-over-year in comparison to other groups, with 17 percent having experienced sexual harassment, stalking, physical threats, swatting, doxing or sustained harassment this year compared to 11 percent last year, according to a new survey released today by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). Fully…
New ADL Belfer Fellow survey shows white supremacist and other potentially harmful content is still recommended by YouTube New York, NY, February 12, 2021 … While YouTube has made efforts to remove extremist content, 9 percent of YouTube users who participated in a national study viewed at least one video from an extremist channel, and 22 percent viewed at least one video from an alternative channel that could serve as a gateway to extremist content, according to a new report from ADL …
New York, NY, February 5, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued the following statement in response to the introduction of the “Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism, and Consumer Harms Act” or the SAFE TECH Act from Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and which proposes reforms to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that would directly address tech platform involvement in discrimination,…
Searches included “Join Proud Boys,” “QAnon plan to save the world,” “how to make napalm” New York, New York, February 1, 2021— ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and Moonshot today launched a joint report on their efforts to track and counter US election-related violence and disinformation from September to December 2020. ‘From Shitposting to Sedition: Tracking and countering conspiracy theories, disinformation and violence around the 2020 US…
In new report card, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok and Roblox earn a “C” while Facebook barely passes with a “D” New York, NY, January 27, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued a report card grading each of the 10 major digital social platforms for their efforts to effectively address Holocaust denial content on their platforms.
The assessment, released as the world commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day, found that Twitch is the most…
Platform’s CEO encouraged rioters to broadcast their actions New York, NY, January 13, 2021 … The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) today called on the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI to launch a criminal investigation into Gab and its CEO, Andrew Torba, to determine whether the social media platform intentionally aided or abetted individuals who carried out the January 6 attack on the nation’s Capitol. Gab continues to serve as a forum where white supremacists and…
Organizations release new framework on harms in gaming, best practices for addressing Seattle, WA, December 16, 2020 ... The Fair Play Alliance have teamed up with the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology and Society to release the Disruption and Harms in Online Gaming Framework, an unprecedented and comprehensive catalogue of the types, causes, and impacts of antisocial behavior and harassment in gaming. The launch is accompanied by the release of a new set of freely…
New York, NY, December 9, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement that 48 states and the Federal Trade Commission filed antitrust lawsuits against Facebook:
Earlier this year, Stop Hate for Profit brought together over 1,200 businesses, 120 nonprofits, and global celebrities in a campaign that reached over a billion people. This massive public pressure effort forced Facebook to move…