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Playing with Hate: How Online Gamers with Diverse Identity Usernames are Treated

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by Dr. Kat Schrier, Professor and Director of Games & Emerging Media at Marist University  29 min read Executive Summary This report shows there was hate and harassment in about half of the online multiplayer game sessions that ADL asked a group of participants to play using a range of religious, ethnic, and national identities.  Previous research by ADL and others has repeatedly suggested that online games are spaces where hate and harassment are rampant; we set out to…
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Numerous Anti-Israel Wikipedia Editors, Including Instigators Who Targeted ADL, Banned Following Investigation

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New York, NY, January 17, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the disciplinary action taken against multiple editors by the Wikipedia arbitration committee in the wake of a massive effort by anti-Israel editors to spread misinformation and hate across the platform. Among those topic-banned by Wikipedia from the Israel-Palestine discussion were Iskandar323, Selfstudier, Nableezy, Levivich and Nishidani – all of whom ADL has identified as being part of a bad-faith…
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Hate and Harassment Present in Almost Half of Online Multiplayer Gaming Sessions Tested, New ADL Research Finds

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New York, NY, January 16, 2025, …  Hate and harassment was recorded in almost half of online multiplayer game sessions tested with a range of religious, ethnic and national identity-based usernames, shows new research conducted by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology and Society. Examples of hate and harassment included racial slurs, trash-talking or disrupted play. Identity-based harassment was present in one-third of play sessions across the four games …
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El 46% de los adultos en todo el mundo tienen creencias antisemitas significativas, según una encuesta de la ADL

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La encuesta muestra que los sentimientos antijudíos están en su punto más alto a nivel mundial, revelando áreas donde los gobiernos deben tomar medidas para enfrentar el odio antisemita. Nueva York, NY, 14 de enero de 2025 ... Según la última encuesta Global 100 realizada por la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) y coordinada con Ipsos y otros socios de investigación, casi la mitad de las personas en todo el mundo tienen elevados niveles de…
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ADL Deeply Concerned about Meta's Trust and Safety Changes

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New York, NY, January 7, 2025 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) expressed deep concern today about Meta’s policy announcement in terms of their commitment to addressing antisemitism and hate. Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement: “It is mind blowing how one of the most profitable companies in the world, operating with such sophisticated technology, is taking significant steps back in terms of addressing antisemitism, hate,…
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Hateful Election Misinformation Thrives as Platforms Roll Back Policies

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Executive summaryFalse and misleading election narratives are surging on social media platforms in the lead up to the US presidential election. Since 2022, at least three major platforms have weakened their rules against disseminating election misinformation. Of these, X/Twitter also appears to have rolled back enforcement against hateful election misinformation.    Ahead of this election, a flood of narratives has surged rehashing antisemitic tropes and pushing anti-immigrant…
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Nuevo informe de la ADL: 71% de los padres judíos y 37% de los padres no judíos encuestados afirman que sus hijos encontraron antisemitismo en las aulas

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El 86% de los padres apoya la educación sobre el antisemitismo; el 88% respalda la educación sobre el Holocausto y el 52% cree que debería ser obligatoria.  Nueva York, NY, 23 de diciembre de 2024 ... Según una encuesta publicada hoy por el Centro de Investigación sobre Antisemitismo (CAR) de la Liga Antidifamación (ADL), el 71% de los padres judíos y el 37% de los padres no judíos encuestados informaron que sus hijos fueron testigos…
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Las cinco principales tendencias antisemitas mundiales desde el 7 de octubre: Informe del impacto de un año

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En el año transcurrido desde la masacre de Hamás en Israel el 7 de octubre de 2023, se ha producido un innegable tsunami de antisemitismo mundial sin precedentes.  Este informe se centrará en las cinco tendencias antisemitas dominantes a las que se han enfrentado las comunidades judías de todo el mundo en el último año, con ejemplos seleccionados1:    1. Aumento del antisemitismo global: Incidentes en alza y discurso de odio…
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ADL Welcomes Resolution of Its Complaint Against the School District of Philadelphia for Severe Climate of Antisemitic Bullying and Harassment

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School District of Philadelphia Agrees to Address Repeated Incidents of Antisemitism  New York, NY, December 20, 2024 … The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) has entered into a resolution agreement to take a series of steps to address repeated incidents of antisemitic harassment, bullying and discrimination in response to a federal civil rights complaint filed by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). Under the terms of the settlement announced yesterday, SDP will undertake a…
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71% of Jewish Parents and 37% of Non-Jewish Parents Surveyed Say Their Child Encountered Antisemitism in the Classroom, New ADL Report Finds

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New York, NY, December 23, 2024 … Seventy-one percent of Jewish parents and 37 percent of non-Jewish parents surveyed reported that their child witnessed or experienced antisemitism in K-12 classrooms or through course materials, according to a survey released today by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Antisemitism Research (CAR). This represents more than a third of all parents.  These findings are part of a new ADL survey on attitudes of US adults and parents…
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Online Antisemitism: How Tech Platforms Handle User Reporting Post 10/7

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Executive Summary Platforms are still failing to take action on antisemitic hate reported through regular channels available to users. Researchers at the ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS) tested how well five major platforms enforced their policies against hateful content in two areas: antisemitic conspiracy theories and the term “Zionist” used as a slur.    Most platforms only took action when ADL escalated the reports through direct channels, and even…
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ADL Commends Congress for Prioritizing Investigation into Antisemitism

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New York, NY, December 19, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the House Republican leadership’s report concluding their investigation into the alarming surge of antisemitism since Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. The committee’s investigation found that several universities failed to stop antisemitism on their campuses, likely violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Additionally, the report found that several American…
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