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Far right website sees upsurge in hateful content and Covid-19 disinformation aimed at Scots – The Scotsman

| August 22, 2021

BitChute, which has been described as the YouTube of the far right, is also home to a growing number of videos which target prominent black and minority ethnic politicians in Scotland with extremist and racist rhetoric. In the past month alone, more than 60 videos focused on Scottish affairs have been uploaded to the site, prompting one MP to call for an investigation by Ofcom. However, BitChute said it was a politically neutral company which welcomes people from all backgrounds.

Speak, Silence: In Search of WG Sebald by Carole Angier review the artful master of repressed memories – The Guardian

| August 22, 2021

The German writer WG Sebald, who died in a car accident in 2001 at the age of 57, left behind a slender body of complex work that is even more intricate and troubling than it first looks, as Carole Angiers extraordinary biography makes plain.

Misha and the Wolves: an incredible survival story that was too good to be true – The Guardian

| August 13, 2021

At the Temple Beth Torah in Holliston, Massachusetts, congregant Misha Defonseca bared her soul on Holocaust Remembrance Day in 1989, or perhaps 1990. As is the case with most aspects of the episode shed set in motion on that January morning, the particulars are murky.

Facebook’s Frustrated Critics Take Their Fight to Washington – BNN

| July 18, 2021

(Bloomberg) -- After years of directly pressuring Facebook Inc.

‘A Big Wake-Up Call’: Filmmaker Evan Williams on Germany’s Neo-Nazis and the Far Right – FRONTLINE

| July 3, 2021

In Germanys Neo-Nazis & the Far Right, producer Evan Williams sets out to trace that countrys recent rise in far-right extremism and violence by documenting attacks and plots against Jews, immigrants and political opponents, as well as how the authorities have responded to the threats.

US, Germany confront rising antisemitism, Holocaust denial – USA TODAY

| June 29, 2021

Matthew Lee| Associated Press New York Holocaust survivors reunite post-pandemic After more than a year of isolation due to the coronavirus, dozens of New York-area Holocaust survivors reunite for a concert held in their honor. (June 14) AP BERLIN The United States and Germany launched a new initiative Thursday to stem an alarming rise in antisemitism and Holocaust denial around the world

Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Germany, France, Italy, and the Vatican | US Embassy & Consulates in Italy – US Embassy Rome

| June 19, 2021

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Berlin, Paris, Rome, the Vatican, Bari, and Matera, June 22-29.

Grading Facebook one year after the brand boycott – AdAge.com

| June 19, 2021

It's been one year since more than 1,000brands boycotted Facebook in an effort to stop hate speech. Since then, the civil rights groups behind the movement say while progress has been made to better secure social media from racism, some of the issues that initially propelled the protest have actually gotten worse. Over the past year Facebook has made strides in cleaning up the platform, including unprecedented brandy safety tests in New Feed, yet marketers say they are watching the social behemoth closely to make sure it delivers on its promises.

Lazy thinking in the free speech debate could be exploited by extremists – Politics.co.uk

| June 16, 2021

Recently Michelle Donelan, minister of state for universities, went on BBC Radio 4 to discuss the governments new and much vaunted higher education (freedom of speech) bill. According to the accompanying press release, the bill would bring in new measures that will require universities and colleges registered with the Office for Students to defend free speech and help stamp out unlawful silencing. If passed, the bill would entail fines for universities and compensation for speakers if events were cancelled, thereby essentially bringing an end to the no platform tactic

Mandated vaccinations have historic and legal precedent | TheHill – The Hill

| June 16, 2021

The trend seems to be going in the direction of requiring and approving compulsory vaccinations as a condition of employment. A Texas federal judgerecently requireda nurse at Houston Methodist Hospital either to be vaccinated or to lose her job.He correctly characterized as reprehensible the nurses argument that a vaccination requirement is akin to medical experimentation done during the Holocaust. The medical experimentation done byDr


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