Proud Boys show at Sandy ‘Back the Blue’ rally – Pamplin Media Group
admin | August 10, 2020
Proud Boys Alan Swinney, Andrew Duncomb make appearance at the pro-police rally. Dozens of people lined Highway 26 in Sandy Tuesday evening, Aug
Facebook Has More to Learn From the Ad Boycott – WIRED
admin | August 10, 2020
Sheryl Sandberg has always presented herself as caring deeply about civil rights.
LA City Hall Will Light Up With Lebanese Flag to Show Support Over Beirut Blast – Jewish Journal
admin | August 10, 2020
Los Angeles City Hall will be lit up with the Lebanese flag in a sign of solidarity with the country over the explosions in Beirut on Aug. 4. ABC7 anchor Marc Brown tweeted that City Hall will be lit up starting on the evening of Aug.
USC President Calls Student VP Resignation Letter ‘Heartbreaking,’ Says Anti-Semitism ‘Has No Place at the University’ – Jewish Journal
admin | August 10, 2020
USC President Carol Folt sent out a letter to the community on Aug. 6 denouncing anti-Semitism and calling Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Vice President Rose Ritchs resignation letter heartbreaking. Folt wrote, In her heartbreaking resignation letter, Rose described the intense pressure and toxic conditions that led to her decision specifically the anti-Semitic attacks on her character and the online harassment she endured because of her Jewish and Zionist identities
QUIGLEY: State Senator Kasser, Give The Money You Raised To The Anti Defamation League – Greenwich Free Press
admin | August 6, 2020
Letter to the editor from Dan Quigley, Greenwich RTC chair It is a rare occasion that I would feel compelled to issue two Letters-To-The-Editor in such a short time frame, (Quigley: Erroneous Twitter Feed Prompts State Senator Kasser To Act Before Thinking Aug 3, 2020), but I believe that this is a unique case and that it is important enough to warrant doing so. As some of you may know, over the weekend Tweets by a fake Twitter account posing as a PAC supporting Republican State Senate candidate Ryan Fazio were wrongly exploited by State Senator Alex Kasser in an attempt to associate the comments with Mr Fazio.
Report: Facebook Announces Increased Ad Revenue Even as ADL-led Boycott Reduced Spending – Jewish Exponent
admin | August 6, 2020
Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen photographed for illustration photo in Krakow, Poland. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto, via JTA.org) By Marcy Oster The advertiser boycott that the Anti-Defamation League helped spearhead against Facebook last month was in some ways successful: More than 1,000 companies declined to pay for advertising on the social media platform. But measured against the companys profits, the #StopHateForProfit campaign which the ADL led with other civil rights groups, including the NAACP had only limited effect, according to a report in the New York Times
Study: Facebook Allows And Recommends White Supremacist, Anti-Semitic And QAnon Groups With Thousands Of Members – Forbes
admin | August 6, 2020
TOPLINE Despite efforts to curb hate speech and misinformation, Facebook still hosts a number of hateful and conspiratorial groups, including anti-Semitic and white supremacist groups with hundreds of thousands of members, and regularly recommends users join them, according to a study published Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League. Facebook's logo on a smartphone. Though Facebook groups can be banned for repeatedly posting items flagged as false news, its possible to circumvent the regulations, leaving Facebook groups as largely self-moderated spaces ripe for bigotry and misinformation
Advocates Call on Congress to Fund Elections Immediately – Civilrights.org
admin | August 6, 2020
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Sandy Backs the Blue flag wave sees several out-of-towners – Pamplin Media Group
admin | August 6, 2020
Proud Boys Alan Swinney, Andrew Duncomb make appearance at the pro-police rally. Dozens of people lined Highway 26 in Sandy Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, waving flags while shouting support for local police and the re-election of President Donald Trump
Mills wants activism to be remembered more than gold medal – Minneapolis Star Tribune
admin | August 6, 2020
TOKYO A few years before Billy Mills won his gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the Native American was several floors up in front of an open hotel window,standing on a chair and ready to jump. He was despondent over yet another racial slight, this time being excluded from a photograph because of his brown skin.
