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New Mexico School Shooter Also Fixated on Violence Against Jews

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America’s deadly epidemic of school shootings continued last week, when William Atchison, a 21-year-old gas station attendant, disguised himself as a student and went to Aztec High School in northwestern New Mexico to conduct a shooting spree, something he had fantasized about for some time. Atchison killed two students, Casey Jordan Marquez and Francisco Fernandez, and shot at a number of others before killing himself, a shocking and tragic turn of events for the people of Aztec…

December 18, 2017

ADL Hails House Passage of Legislation to Increase Federal Penalties for Bomb Threats Against Community Religious Centers

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New York, NY, December 12, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) hailed House passage of the “Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017.” The bill, HR 1730, would expand federal law to cover bomb threats and other credible threats of violence against community religious institutions and community centers by amending the Church Arson Prevention Act, legislation ADL originally helped to draft in 1988. The new bill was introduced last March at the height…

December 12, 2017

YouTube Takes Step Toward Embracing Human Moderation and Fighting Abuse

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December 08, 2017 All online platforms with user-generated content struggle with how best to moderate that content.The stakes are especially high when the platform is exclusively aimed at young children. This is something YouTube, whose parent company Google is part of ADL’s Problem-Solving Lab, learned in a particularly disturbing way, as the young viewers of its popular YouTube Kids app were suddenly exposed to videos of their favorite characters suffering grisly deaths,…

December 08, 2017

Hate Groups Increasingly Raising Money Online

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New ADL report finds hate groups are still poorly funded, but look to crowdfunding, cryptocurrency, other tools New York, NY, December 5, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is calling on credit card companies and online crowdfunding sites to more closely monitor white supremacists’ compliance with their terms of services and policies in light of a new report highlighting how racists exploit online platforms to raise money for their racist “cause.” Funding Hate…

December 05, 2017

Extremists React to Acquittal in Kate Steinle Murder Case

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December 01, 2017 Thursday’s acquittal of undocumented immigrant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate in the 2015 murder of Kathryn (Kate) Steinle has sparked an outcry from white supremacists and other extremists. Zarate claims he unintentionally killed Steinle when a stolen gun he was carrying went off accidentally. While a San Francisco jury agreed with this assessment, right-wing extremists are framing the acquittal as a symptom of multiculturalism, blaming Jews and non-whites for the…

December 01, 2017

When Criticism of Israel Becomes Anti-Semitism

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | November 28, 2017 The Forward At the Anti-Defamation League, we have spent more than 100 years fighting anti-Semitism, often referred to as the world’s oldest hatred. And we have labored to distinguish between a more modern phenomenon –- when criticism of Israel can be considered legitimate political conversation and when it crosses the line into insidious anti-Semitism. We feel obligated to revisit the subject in light of a new book, “On…

November 28, 2017

10 Tips for Journalists Newly Covering Extremists

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November 27, 2017 By Mark Pitcavage, Senior Research Fellow for the Center on Extremism Many subjects are difficult to report on, but extremist and fringe movements are particularly difficult landscapes for journalists to navigate, strewn with rough terrain and the occasional landmine. As someone who has monitored right-wing extremism for more than two decades, I’ve had the pleasure of reading many fine works of journalism on extremist-related subjects, but I’ve also seen…

November 27, 2017

ADL Praises Twitter's Move to Remove Verification Badges for Prominent White Supremacists

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New York, NY, November 16, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) praised Twitter’s decision to remove verification badges for a number of prominent white supremacists and other figures linked to the alt right, calling the move “an important step in the right direction.” Twitter’s new policy reserves the right to remove verification at any time without notice for various reasons, including “promoting hate and/or violence against, or directly attacking…

November 16, 2017

Nation of Islam and alt right revisit common ground: Racism and anti-Semitism

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November 16, 2017 A few days before the 22nd anniversary of the Million Man March/Holy Day of Atonement, NOI’s leader, Louis Farrakhan tweeted: “Black People: We should be more convinced that it is time for us to separate and build a nation of our own.” Farrakhan’s pronouncement, which was echoed in his anniversary speech, “Separation or Death,” was retweeted nearly 2.9K times, a number that included alt-right leaders Richard Spencer and Mike Enoch, as…

November 16, 2017

Opening Remarks: The ADL 'Never is Now!' Summit in San Francisco

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Remarks by Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League November 13, 2017 San Francisco, CA, November 13, 2017 Good morning everyone. Thank you for being here. I am grateful that you have all joined us this morning. At the ADL, we’ve been fighting the scourge of anti-Semitism for more than 100 years. But until last year, we hadn’t created an open venue for dialogue about the issue, and so we launched the Never Is Now! conference last November. And as it…

November 13, 2017

Austin Team Named Winner of National Competition to Create Video Games That Teach Speaking Out Against Bias and Hate

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Dozens of games developed in 1st ADL game jam hosted by Center on Technology and Society New York, November 8, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League’s Center for Technology and Society today announced the winners of the organization’s first game jam, a competitive hackathon held last month with the goal of developing games that can help change attitudes and reduce bias, especially among youth. The top award went to a team from Austin, Texas, that created a game called &ldquo…

November 09, 2017

ADL CEO Testifies to House Committee Regarding Anti-Semitism on College Campuses

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Remarks from ADL CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt to the House Judiciary Committee November 06, 2017 To read the full testimony of Jonathan Greenblatt, click here. Good Morning Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Conyers, and members of the Committee, I am Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League. We deeply appreciate the opportunity to participate in this timely hearing to examine anti-Semitism on college campuses. I want…

November 07, 2017

ADL CEO Testifies to House Committee Regarding Anti-Semitism on College Campuses

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New York, NY, November 7, 2017 … Anti-Defamation League CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Tuesday to join efforts to combat rising anti-Semitism on college campuses and pass the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act (ASAA). In testimony before the committee regarding campus anti-Semitism, Greenblatt detailed the staggering increase in anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses – 59 percent jump in 2017 …

November 06, 2017

ADL Welcomes House Committee Approval of Legislation to Protect Religious Institutions Against Threats

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New York, NY, November 2, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded House Judiciary Committee approval of bipartisan legislation which would expand existing federal law to include threats against religious institutions – including houses of worship, Jewish community centers and Jewish day schools. The Senate is also considering a version of this legislation, titled “The Protecting Religiously-Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017.” Marvin D. Nathan, ADL…

November 02, 2017

ADL Data Shows Anti-Semitic Incidents Continue Surge in 2017 Compared to 2016

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67 Percent Increase in Incidents Since 2016; Spike After Charlottesville Violence; Big Jump in K-12 Schools and on College Campuses New York, NY, November 2, 2017 … New data released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) show that the number of anti-Semitic incidents remain significantly higher in 2017 compared to 2016. In addition to the significant bump in the first quarter of this year, there was also a distinct increase after the “Unite the Right” rally in…

November 01, 2017

ADL Praises Reddit for Removal of Nazi and White Supremacist Content

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New York, NY, October 26, 2017 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded Reddit for its decision to remove Nazi, white supremacist and other hate-based groups from its site as part of a new policy change that bans certain violent material. Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement: “ADL applauds Reddit’s leadership on this issue and its decision to stop content ‘that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for…

October 26, 2017

Three Texas Men Arrested Following Richard Spencer’s University Speech

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October 20, 2017 Three Texas men are currently in jail in Alachua County, Florida on charges of attempted homicide for their roles in an altercation following Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville yesterday. The three men allegedly yelled, “Heil Hitler,” while driving by a group standing near a bus stop, leading to an altercation in which one of them, Tyler Tenbrink, reportedly fired a gun. All three men, William Fears, Colton Fears, and…

October 20, 2017

What’s a Game Jam and Why is ADL Doing One?

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October 20, 2017 Recently, a video game designer was working on a multiplayer first-person shooter game at a small studio. Others in the company were building battle maps, weapons, and different avatars — but she was the only person to raise her hand and say, "What are we doing to make sure that folks who are playing this game online aren't being totally awful to each other?" She decided to create community guidelines, looking at lists of hateful words to determine which words could…

October 20, 2017

Neo-Nazi Site Encouraging Supporters in Florida to Target Jewish and Black Institutions

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October 19, 2017 Andrew Anglin, a neo-Nazi who runs The Daily Stormer website, is encouraging supporters who can’t get into Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida to target Jewish and black religious and cultural institutions. In a piece posted to his website, Anglin encouraged his followers to go to Spencer’s speech dressed in regular clothes and to cover up any racist tattoos. He suggested that they not wear khakis and polo shirts, which is widely…

October 19, 2017

U.S. Representative Brings Holocaust Denier to Meeting on Capitol Hill

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October 18, 2017 U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) brought Holocaust denier and high-profile alt right troll Charles C. Johnson to a meeting at the U.S. Capitol in early October. Rohrabacher and Johnson were reportedly on the Hill to discuss Wikipedia founder Julian Assange with U.S. Sen Rand Paul (R-KY). This comes after Johnson arranged an August meeting in London between Rohrabacher and Assange. Johnson bolstered his credentials as a Holocaust denier back in January during an “Ask…

October 18, 2017