An ADL analysis of hate speech on Facebook and Telegram in 2020 identified a series of concerning trends, including a generally high prevalence of hate speech towards Black and Jewish people on both platforms. An alleged neo-Nazi and white supremacist pleaded guilty to a hate crime for plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue last year. Social media giant TikTok is toughening its stance against the QAnon conspiracy theory, expanding its ban to all content or accounts that promote videos advancing baseless ideas from the far-right online movement.

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• Excited to be working with my friend @MARCMORIAL as @ADL & @NatUrbanLeague expand its partnership around the “Our Time, Our Vote” voting rights project…
• Important analysis from our colleagues at @MuslimAdvocates and @globalextremism on the role Facebook has played in the proliferation of Anti-Muslim hate and violence globally…
• Three years in, 545 children remain apart from their parents amidst a pandemic because of the administration’s cruel “zero tolerance” immigration policy and family separation. The damage is incalculable and was entirely preventable…

• ADL says election-related hate on the rise: ’antisemitism, racism, xenophobia & all forms of bigotry.’ (Boston Globe)
• Hate Groups Active In Ohio Long Before Plot To Kidnap Michigan Governor (WOSU Radio, Columbus, OH)
• Police investigating series of threats, hateful messages against Seattle mayor (ABC Seattle -- Miri Cypers interviewed)

• Joe Biden Urged To Grant 2.2 Million Deferred Enforced Departure On ‘Day One Of His Presidency’ (Forbes)
• What Is a Militia? And Why Is the Word So Controversial These Days? (The New York Times)
• A New York Times op-ed tried to elevate Black women, but it failed to address Louis Farrakhan’s bigotry (JTA -- Jonathan Greenblatt op-ed)