ADL to open Silicon Valley center to fight a rise in cyberhate since the election

[TomSea]

March 14, 2017 11:57 AM
ADL to open Silicon Valley center to fight a rise in cyberhate since the election
ADL is opening a new center to combat cyberhate. Creative Commons

By Teresa Welsh
twelsh@mcclatchy.com

The Anti-Defamation League is opening a Silicon Valley center aimed at combating anti-Semitism and other hate online.

The organization, which fights hate and promotes civil rights, said there has also been a rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric online since the presidential election. ADL said the new center will identify, track, analyze and mitigate online hate. It will study the intersection of cyberhate, society and technology.

“Since the [presidential] election, we've seen a surge online in anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other hate speech,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told USA Today. “It's like nothing we've seen before. Millions and millions of anti-Semitic tweets.”

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[Frank Cannon]

Was wondering what these Leftists were really up to until I got to here....

Brittan Heller, a former Justice Department official, was tasked with forming partnerships with startups and others in the technology industry to address online hate as well as examining issues like diversity and prejudice and using technology for social justice.