New York, NY, May 15, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has launched a new resource, “Hate/Uncycled,” for college and university administrators and campus law enforcement to understand, combat and prevent bias and hate. The resource provides important tools and guidance for a holistic approach to prevention and responding to bias and hate incidents on campus.
“Prevention is just as important as response. ADL is committed to ensuring the…
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New York, NY, May 15, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League released a statement today after Facebook for the first time published data detailing its enforcement of the platform’s community standards, including its standards on hate speech.
The following is a statement from Brittan Heller, director of ADL’s Center for Technology and Society:
We welcome this new level of transparency from Facebook. For us, it underscores the immense challenge we all have in trying to…
New York, NY, May 15, 2018 ... Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement today in response to the recent violence at the Israel-Gaza border:
We are steadfast supporters of the Jewish state of Israel. That support is what obligates us to see the situation in Gaza with clear eyes. We believe that Israel has a right to self-defense and to secure its border, and at the same time, we believe that it is a horrific tragedy that so many people have been…
New York, NY, May 14, 2018 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed disappointment in the selection of Pastor Robert Jeffress to offer a prayer at the historic dedication of the American Embassy in Jerusalem.
ADL issued the following statement:
We are disappointed by the selection of Pastor Robert Jeffress to offer a prayer at the historic dedication of the American Embassy in Jerusalem. Jeffress is an unrepentant religious bigot who has a history of making…
Jerusalem, May 14, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today celebrated the historic milestone, 70 years in the making, of the opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem, the spiritual and political capital of the state of Israel.
Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO, who attended the opening ceremonies today in Jerusalem, issued the following statement:
Today is a day of celebration. The opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem is a historic milestone 2000 years…
Washington, D.C., May 11, 2018 ... In testimony before the US Commission on Civil Rights today, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) outlined the urgent need to improve hate crime prevention, training, and response, highlighting a series of specific recommendations to improve hate crime reporting and advance police-community relations. The ADL statement, which was presented by Melissa Garlick, ADL National Civil Rights Counsel, also discussed the current climate of incivility and…
New York, NY, May 10, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League released a statement today welcoming Spotify’s new hateful content guidelines that prohibits any content promoting, advocating or inciting hatred or violence on their platform.
“All social platforms should have clear rules on hateful content for users to follow. We are encouraged that Spotify has taken a step to join the many platforms that have been advising their users on hateful content, and we are pleased…
New York, NY, May 10, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today outlined a series of recommended next steps for the United States to ensure that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons and that more effectively combat the regime’s hostile internal and external policies.
Following Tuesday’s announcement from President Trump that the United States would be pulling out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), ADL wrote a letter to President Trump calling on…
Washington, D.C., May 8, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today reacted to President Trump’s decision regarding the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO issued the following statement:
With or without the JCPOA, the Administration, Congress and the international community must cooperate to reach an end that all desire: to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, its aggressive militarism across the region, its…
May 07, 2018 In a letter to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt expressed appreciation for Haley's stalwart efforts the past two months to ensure that the Jewish people and the Jewish state are treated fairly at the United Nations Security Council. May 7, 2018
The Honorable Nikki Haley
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
799 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Dear Ambassador Haley:
I am writing to…
Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current Events For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Topic SummaryIn 1983, a social scientist named David Chambers published a research study on children’s drawings. The study gathered information from the late 1960s and 1970s in which teachers asked 5,000 children (in three different countries) to “draw a scientist.” One pattern appeared strongly: almost all of the scientist drawings depicted men. Through the study, Chambers was able to…
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued a new report analyzing anti-Semitic speech on Twitter, providing the first-ever snapshot of the trends and themes of anti-Semitism on the social media platform over the course of a one-year period.
Using proprietary research strategies to evaluate Twitter for thousands of possible anti-Semitic expressions, including classic stereotypes, code words, symbols and conspiracy theories, and conducting a human…
May 06, 2018 Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO and National Director, Anti-Defamation League
To the ADL National Leadership Summit
May 6, 2018, Washington, D.C.
(As prepared for delivery)
Thank you for that kind introduction – and allow me to welcome you to our 2018 National Leadership Summit. As I look out at this room and this incredible crowd, I am proud to share that this is the largest conference of this kind that we have ever had.
It is heartening to see so…
New York, NY, May 3, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called President Trump’s Executive Order on the “White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative” a step backwards for religious liberty. ADL is deeply concerned that the Order rolls back critical constitutional safeguards against religious coercion in federally funded social services and other programs.
Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO, issued the following statement:
ADL has a deep…
By Brittan Heller | Director for Technology and Society May 02, 2018 WIRED When he testified before Congress last month, FacebookCEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed the problem of using artificial intelligence to identify online hate speech. He said he was optimistic that in five to 10 years, “We will have AI tools that can get into some of the linguistic nuances of different types of content to be more accurate in flagging content for our systems, but today we&rsquo…
May 01, 2018 1) MATTHEW HEIMBACH IS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE NEO-NAZI TRADITIONALIST WORKER PARTY.
Heimbach, his father-in-law, Matthew Parrott, and Tony Hovater founded the Indiana-based Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP) in 2015, with the idea of attracting white working-class families to white nationalism. Originally the political arm of the Traditionalist Youth Network (TYN), Heimbach and Parrott’s previous group, TWP ultimately became a champion of neo-Nazi ideology.
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Analysis of 16-year period shows more than half of plots were carried out by U.S. citizens New York, NY, May 1, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today released new data and analysis of 98 Islamist extremist plots and attacks in the United States over the past 16 years. Among the key findings: the vast majority — a full 90 percent — of the plots and attacks were carried out by U.S. citizens or individuals living in the country with lawful permanent or temporary status…
New York, NY, April 26, 2018 … Following the Senate vote confirming Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) wished Secretary Pompeo success in his crucial work.
“Now that he is Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo will have an opportunity to play a leading role in shaping American foreign policy – to help build respect for the United States around the world and help to ensure its security, said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “We wish him…
April 26, 2018 David Andrew Weinberg, Ph.D.
Washington Representative for International Affairs
Anti-Defamation League
Hearing Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa
Washington, D.C.
April 26, 2018
2:00 pm Chairmen Poe and Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Members Keating and Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittees: thank you on behalf of the Anti-Defamation…
Will innovate in fields such as bot research, video games, virtual reality, and augmented reality to reduce cyberhate and protect civil rights New York, April 26, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League’s Center for Technology and Society (CTS) has selected an Oxford scholar who works with Google; a leading expert on games and emerging media; and an ordained Episcopal minister working in diverse communities in Chicago as its inaugural class of Belfer Fellows.
The Belfer Fellowship…