Anti-Defamation League takes down extremism research after Musk leads rightwing backlash
by Nick Robins-Early from on (#70F22)
Prominent US Jewish advocacy and anti-hate organization removed over a thousand pages of research
The Anti-Defamation League, one of the most prominent Jewish advocacy and anti-hate organizations in the US, removed over a thousand pages of extremism research from its site on Tuesday night following online backlash from rightwing influencers and Elon Musk.
The ADL's now-deleted glossary of extremism" contained over a thousand entries that gave background information on groups and ideologies connected to racist, antisemitic and otherwise hateful incidents. Its pages on neo-Nazi groups, militias and antisemitic conspiracies now redirect to the landing page for its extremism research.
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