Tag: Hate Speech

An “Honorary” KKK Member Is at the Top of Missouri’s GOP Ballot

It’s a smart point to bring up, and one that begs repeating as we get closer to November. Shortly after he left the White House, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Trump, accepted at least $2 billion from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. That money […]

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Missouri GOP Candidate: It’s OK, I’m Only an “Honorary” KKK Member

It’s a smart point to bring up, and one that begs repeating as we get closer to November. Shortly after he left the White House, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Trump, accepted at least $2 billion from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. That money […]

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Substack Says It Will Not Ban Nazis or Extremist Speech

Under pressure from critics who say Substack is profiting from newsletters that promote hate speech and racism, the company’s founders said Thursday that they would not ban Nazi symbols and extremist rhetoric from the platform. “I just want to make it clear that we don’t like Nazis either — we wish no one held those […]

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Elon Musk’s Hate Speech-Fueled Reign of Error Is Going Global

The solution? Reverse course on a party maxim to oust Trump from the public consciousness, according to Democratic leadership, who no longer feel that ignoring the real estate mogul is an effective tactic and instead are quietly hoping for live broadcasting of his notorious campaign rallies, reported The New York Times. “Not having the day-to-day […]

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Racist Premium X Users Exploiting Israel-Hamas War to Push Antisemitism, Islamophobia: Study

In this photograph taken near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip a large plume of smoke rises over over Beit Hanoun in Northern Gaza after an Israeli air strike is seen, on November 16, 2023 from Sedorot, Israel.  (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) White supremacists are using their premium subscriptions on the social media […]

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Antisemitic and Anti-Islam Hate Speech Surges Across the Internet

Some of the antisemitic and anti-Islam posts have been shared and liked hundreds of thousands of times, even though they appear to violate the rules of social media platforms, many of which ban hate speech. The content has been most prominent on X, according to the Anti-Defamation League and other researchers. In an analysis by […]

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A New Place to Learn Civics: The Workplace

A peaceful end to the war in Ukraine. That was the wish behind a post that Simge Krüger made on LinkedIn in March. In response, people began posting their wishes that her husband, father and brother be killed in combat. Seeing that she lived in Germany, they called her a Nazi. “I was just talking […]

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