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LGBTQ+ Pride Month and Education Resources

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Commemorated each year in the month of June, LGBTQ+ Pride Month honors the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn staged an uprising to resist the police harassment and persecution to which LGBTQ+ Americans were commonly subjected. This uprising marked the beginning of a movement to outlaw discriminatory laws and practices against LGBTQ+ Americans. Today, LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties,…

May 31, 2023

Ability, Disability and Ableism Educational Resources

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Smiling Indian/Latin school girl who is deaf

Explore with young people the experiences of people with disabilities, the bias and discrimination they face, and the struggle to continue fighting for their rights.

May 24, 2023

Threads of Hate: How Twitter's Content Moderation Misses the Mark

Article

Twitter’s decision to reinstate influential banned accounts allowed CTS to examine how they act as nodes in broader networks and exploit inadequate policies

May 24, 2023

Six Pressing Questions We Must Ask About Generative AI

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Chat GPT explaining January 6, 2021 normally and in a "Q-Anon" style

ADL CTS highlights 6 questions for policymakers and industry concerning the advent of generative artificial intelligence such as Chat GPT and dall-e

May 14, 2023

Americans’ Views on Generative Artificial Intelligence, Hate and Harassment 

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Examples of generative artificial intelligence tools and apps

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) has dominated news headlines for its potential to transform how we work, write, and play. For example, OpenAI’s ChatGPT allows people to ask various questions, summarize a book or write a new song in the style of their favorite musical artist. AI-enhanced search tools return summaries of online content, rather than a list of links to different webpages. Other tools create realistic photos or pieces of artwork from a description. Some tools create…

May 14, 2023

Evaluating Twitter's Policies Six Months After Elon Musk's Purchase

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Policy and enforcement developments since Elon Musk acquisition of Twitter and what they mean for enforcement of hate speech policies and protecting users.

May 09, 2023

Judy Heumann and Disability Rights Activism

Lesson Plan

Teach students about disability rights activist Judy Heumann and what work in schools and communities still remains.

April 27, 2023

Pirámide del odio

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The Pyramid of Hate illustrates the prevalence of bias, hate and oppression in our society. It is organized in escalating levels of attitudes and behavior that grow in complexity from bottom to top. Like a pyramid, the upper levels are supported by the lower levels; unlike a pyramid, the levels are not built consecutively or to demonstrate a ranking of each level. Bias at each level reflects a system of oppression that negatively impacts individuals, institutions and society…

October 29, 2018

Navegando en un mundo digital: Consejos para los jóvenes

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Social media around the world illustration

For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers | For Students Tweens and teens spend a lot of time using technology, much of it positive, but it can move into cyberbullying and other online mean behavior. Below are tips young people can use in their digital lives to help them have a positive online experience and effectively respond to negative online behavior and cyberbullying. Before going online...Set guidelines.Limit electronic use.Consider what it means to be responsible online…

September 26, 2018

When ‘Just Joking’ Is No Joke: How to Respond When Students’ ‘Jokes’ are Biased or Offensive

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Group of high school students sitting in the hallway laughing

There are many benefits of humor. A good joke can ease tension in a stressful situation. Humor can connect people and bring them together. Jokes can bring levity to a situation that begs for lightheartedness. Being funny can signal to others who you are. Humor can even open a conversation that previously felt closed or off-limits. However, jokes and humor, when they target social identity groups, can do the opposite. They can make people feel unsafe, disconnected, excluded and…

March 22, 2023

Mini-Lesson: Antisemitism

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Educator participants in an ADL Bearing Witness training

Build skills to recognize and address antisemitism by exploring Jewish identity and unpacking the definition of antisemitism.

March 16, 2023

Twitter Not Enforcing Its Policies on Antisemitic Content

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Antisemitic banner drop reading "Kanye is right about the Jews."

Despite purported changes to its policy enforcement and the stated intent of its management, Twitter continues to host antisemitic threats and tropes.

March 09, 2023

Social Media Election Policies: The Good, the Bad and the Misinformed

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False and misleading social media harms elections, undermines public trust, normalizes baseless challenges to elections, stokes harassment and incites violence.

February 23, 2023

6 maneras de ser un aliado

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Female and Male Students Holding Cellphones Debating

For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers | For Students Here are some simple things you can do to be an ally to targets of name-calling and bullying. And remember—always think about your safety first when deciding the best way to respond. 1. Support targets, whether you know them or not.Show compassion and encouragement to those who are the targets of bullying behavior by asking if they’re okay, going with them to get help and letting them know you are there for them…

April 22, 2016

The Reality of How Harassment Spreads on Twitter

Article

An explanation of how harassment works on Twitter and how it is overlooked.

December 15, 2022

The Tools I Need: Disability and Accommodations

Lesson Plan

Disabled African American girl using a tablet while sitting in wheelchair at elementary school

Teach students about what disability means, and the tools and accommodations that people with disabilities need.

November 18, 2022

People with Disabilities and the Accommodations they Need (In English and en Español)

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Engage in a family conversation about accommodations are and why people with disabilities need them.

November 15, 2022

Mini-Lesson: Extremist Recruitment of Young People

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Adult male standing at the front of a classroom of high school students

Learn helpful approaches educators can use to talk with young people about extremism and how to help young people resist and counter it.

November 07, 2022

Información errónea y desinformación electoral: Cómo saber qué es cierto y qué es falso

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Collage of newspaper headlines of 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

La información falsa y engañosa sobre el voto y las elecciones perjudica tanto a los individuos como nuestra capacidad de hacer realidad la promesa de la democracia para todos. Esta guía puede ayudar a aclarar qué es la información errónea, en qué se diferencia de la desinformación, cómo detectarla y qué podemos hacer al respecto, incluyendo la búsqueda de información precisa sobre las elecciones. Informaci…

October 31, 2022

5 Things ADL Is Watching Following Elon Musk Buying Twitter

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As Elon Musk moves into his new role as Twitter's CEO, here are the top five things ADL will be looking at closely in the short term.

October 28, 2022