4Chan Trolls Target Scandinavian Airlines With Racist Harassment Campaign
Screenshot from Scandinavian Airlines new ad. Much of the online harassment directed at a major European airline in recent days appears to have come from users of a controversial 4chan message board, according to a review by Mother Jones. Earlier this week, the Sweden-based Scandinavian Airlines released a commercial as part of its “What is truly…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Calls Anti-Semitic Hanukkah Stabbing “Domestic Terrorism”
Members and supporters of the Jewish community come together for a candlelight vigil in Washington, DC.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Update, 3:24 pm ET: President Trump responded on Sunday to the anti-Semitic attacks in a township north of New York City. He called the attacks, which injured five people, “horrific.” He continued: “We must all come together to…
Tell Your Brazilian Friends: No, Trump Wasn’t Poisoned
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Trump’s recent and unexpected trip to Walter Reed Hospital just outside of Washington, D.C. kicked off a new round of online misinformation that, despite not catching much traction in America, has gone viral in Brazil, ending up on the Twitter feed of Eduardo Bolsonaro, a son of Brazilian President Jair…
Trump’s Tweet About Civil War Was Just What the Far Right Oath Keepers Wanted to Hear
Trump gives a speech in front of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.Andrew Harnik/AP In yet another presidential first, this week Donald Trump warned of an impending civil war in the United States—via Twitter, of course. On Sunday night, Trump paraphrased Robert Jeffress, a baptist-preacher-turned-Fox-News-pundit, tweeting: “If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which…
Anti-Semites are Using a Popular Chat App to Compile a List of Jewish People
Yui Mok/PA Wire/AP Anti-Semetic trolls are creating an online list of Jewish people who are critical of white nationalism. Since its creation almost a month ago, it has become the fastest-growing alt-right group on the popular Telegram chat service. The list is mostly made of archived tweets from individuals criticizing white supremacy, misogyny, and other…
Why Reddit Is Losing Its Battle with Online Hate
March 15, 2019 – UK – Stock photo of the Reddit social media app icon on a smartphone. (Credit Image: © Nick Ansell/PA Wire via ZUMA Press) Reddit’s dark corners can seem like a dangerous and seedy mess. With over 330 million users, the message board platform is vast and filled with posters obsessed with…