ADL HEADLINES: Congress Holds Hearing on the Rising Threat of White Nationalism
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Congress holds a hearing on the growing threat posed by white nationalism and increase in hate crimes; anti-vaccination advocates are misappropriating Holocaust imagery to push their agenda; and Airbnb reversesits decision to de-list properties in the West Bank.
ADL convened an event in Raleigh, North Carolina with more than 100 professional data scientists,academics andnon-profit organizations to use high tech tools to do a deep dive into all available hate crime data across the country.
Another White Supremacist Uses Gab to Share Violent, Racist Fantasies
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Authorities in Washington, D.C., arrested Jeffrey Raphiel Clark, Jr., 30, an on-line associate of Robert Bowers. The November 9 arrest came after family members contacted law enforcement out of concern that Clark might become violent.
Attack on a Louisiana Synagogue: You Can’t Become Complacent About Anti-Semitism—and Here’s Why
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Imagine the terrified, demoralizing feeling of going to your place of worship, and seeing hateful graffiti spread across its walls— well, that's the exact terror a Mandeville, Louisianasynagogue faced.
The Anti-Defamation League and many other groups have deep concerns about a new Louisiana statute – the so-called “Blue Lives Matter” law – that inserts police and firefighters…
Baron Cohen Decries Facebook for Facilitating 'Hate and Violence'; 1/4 of Europeans Holds Anti-Semitic Beliefs; Stabbing of Orthodox Jew on NY Street
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Actor, screenwriter and director Sacha Baron Cohen slammed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech giants for their role in facilitating the spread of online misinformation and hate. A new global survey finds that about one in four Europeans harbors anti-Semitic beliefs. And in New York, an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed walking to religious services; it was not immediately clear whether it was a hate crime.
One year ago, on June 17, 2015, a white supremacist murdered nine parishioners at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. It’s terrible – and unfair – that the quiet space in time…
Chauvin found guilty in killing of George Floyd; ADL CEO wants advertisers to pull ads from Tucker Carlson; Asian American hate crimes bill passes Senate
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Chauvin found guilty in killing of George Floyd; ADL CEO wants advertisers to pull ads from Tucker Carlson; Asian American hate crimes bill passes Senate
Doxing Should Be Illegal. Reporting Extremists Should Not.
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Many people define doxing as posting someone’s personal information online. But doxing as a blanket term threatens to ignore the crucial difference between criminal doxing on the one hand, and, on the other hand, lawfully identifying people online, where the purpose may be to protect others, track down extremists or report on a public interest story. This is why ADL and State Senator Adam Morfeld worked together to introduce legislation to outlaw criminal doxing in Nebraska.
An ADL reportreveals that itemspromoting white supremacyare widely available on Amazon. The alleged gunman in a deadly attack at a California food festival promoted a book cited by white supremacists shortly before opening fire. The NonProfit Times is out with their annual “Power and Influence Top 50.”
FBI: Hate Crime Murders Hit Record Level; Countering Brooklyn Attacks on Orthodox Jews; GWU Probes Anti-Semitic Snapchat Video
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Newly released data from the FBI shows that hate crime murders in 2018 reached an all-time high. Following a jump in anti-Semitic attacks directed at Brooklyn's Orthodox community, ADL announced a doubling of its flagship education program, No Place for Hate, in the borough. And George Washington U. isinvestigating after an anti-Semitic video on Snapchat was circulated amongstudents.
Fighting Hate for Good: ADL 2019 National Leadership Summit (NLS)
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ADL volunteer leaders from across the country came together to lobby and advocate around countering hate. They learned from and were inspired by subject matter experts, Members of Congress, civil rights activists, journalists and authors during the keynote plenary speeches and panels.