Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM): A Guide for Law Enforcement
Tools and Strategies
Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) is a proactive, evidence-based approach to identify, assess, and help individuals who exhibit concerning and threatening behaviors. The goal is to prevent violence before it happens by connecting individuals with appropriate support and resources. BTAM helps law enforcement understand the current threat environment and how different factors affect each community. There are several resources available on BTAM best practices, including the…
Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM): A Guide for Educators
Tools and Strategies
Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) is a systematic, evidence-based process used by schools, workplaces, and law enforcement to identify, assess, and manage individuals who may pose a threat to themselves or others. The model provides a structured way to notice warning signs, understand what they mean, and take action before anyone gets hurt. BTAM helps answer important questions like: Is this person in crisis? Are they at risk of hurting themselves or others? What support do…
When Fandom Meets Hate: Antisemitism in the True Crime Community (TCC)
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Antisemitism in the TCC shows up as casual slurs and inside jokes; admiration for antisemitic killers; extremist iconography like swastikas; and as part of how an attacker frames their violence.
What is Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM)?
Tools and Strategies
BTAM helps schools, workplaces, clinicians, and law enforcement spot warning signs in persons who may be in crisis and intervene before violence occurs.
A loosely connected global network of online actors involved in illicit and harmful activities, like swatting, sadistic online exploitation (SOE), ransomware attacks, and distributing child sexual abuse material.
The Memetic Violence Field Guide: Terms, Symbols, and Phrases in Violent Online Subcultures
Tools and Strategies
A glossary that explains some of the popular terms, references, and images used to signal transgression and belonging in online communities that glorify mass violence and extremist killings.
How Meta's Content Moderation Practices Risk Turning Instagram into a Hub for Hate
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a video to Facebook in January 2025 announcing dramatic changes to the company’s content moderation policies. In the clip, the 40-year-old executive shared his commitment to restoring free expression and to making sure that “people can share their beliefs and experiences” on Meta platforms. In reality, our research has shown that these policy changes have resulted in a dramatic increase of antisemitism and extremism on Meta’s…
Echoes & Reflections Launches EchoesConnect, an AI Assistant Built to Support Educators Teaching the Holocaust
Press Release
New York, NY, September 14, 2026 — Echoes & Reflections, a leading provider of curriculum and professional learning on the Holocaust, today announced the launch of EchoesConnect, an AI Assistant designed to help grade 6-12 educators teach about the Holocaust with confidence, accuracy and ease. Powered by ADL Ora, the first-of-its-kind AI Assistant for K-12 educators and developed by the Anti-Defamation League, EchoesConnect gives educators instant, individualized support…
Antisemitic 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Endure and Evolve 25 Years Later
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When ADL published its first report on 9/11 conspiracy theories in 2003, it noted that the internet allowed an “unprecedented cross-fertilization of antisemitic ideas” and that they contributed to a “new form of global antisemitism.” The report also noted that these conspiracy theories were likely to endure and “form the basis of a new antisemitic canard that will linger for decades and be used to demonize Jews and Israel.” The report was prescient. The so…
Two Years of Turmoil: The Strategic Evolution of Anti-Israel Activism on U.S. Campuses and 2025–2026 Challenges
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ADL examined the strategic evolution of anti-Israel activism on U.S. campuses and provides recommendations for universities to respond proactively to changing tactics.
Jewish Students' Bill of Rights helps communities fight K-12 antisemitism
Press Release
New York, NY, September 9, 2026 ... Following almost three years of growing antisemitism in K-12 schools, which have included bullying and, in many cases, ostracization, Jewish students across North America are returning to potentially tense classroom environments. To help students, parents, and communities better advocate for themselves, Jewish Federations of North America, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), American Jewish Committee (AJC), Conference of Presidents of Major…
How Islamist Terror Threats Have Evolved Since 9/11
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25 years after 9/11, the threat of Islamist extremism hasn't disappeared — it has evolved. Today's terror groups use social media to reach millions globally, across borders, and sometimes without ever communicating directly with them.
Research Confirms: Teaching Antisemitism as a Cyclical Conspiracy Theory Works
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New research shows the Gringlas Unit effectively teaches students to recognize antisemitism as a recurring conspiracy theory, reducing belief in antisemitic tropes after just one lesson.
The form of targeted violence is driven by perpetrators primarily seeking attention, notoriety, or status within online communities, like the True Crime Community.
Since 2024, the ADL Center on Extremism has identified at least eight attackers who were active on this gore and violence forum prior to carrying out their acts of violence.
Hate in the Cascade States: Extremism & Antisemitism in Oregon & Washington
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This report provides a snapshot of antisemitism and extremism in Oregon and Washington, highlighting key trends tracked by the ADL Center on Extremism.