To evaluate how people are protected from online, ADL reviewed how 9 tech companies support targets of hate and harassment on their platforms.
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ADL's 2023 survey shows online hate and harassment rose for adults and teens, with data, analysis, and policy recommendations for tech companies and government.
Scorecard evaluating online social media and gaming platforms' policies and enforcement of removing holocaust denial content
The ADL Center for Technology and Society interviewed leading trust and safety practitioners in the games industry to understand efforts to address hate and harassment in the game industry.
This report analyzes whether deplatforming websites—removing infrastructure services they need to operate, such as payment processing—can reduce the spread and reach of extremism and hate online.
The first analysis of hate and harassment on Minecraft server data.
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ADL Center for Technology and Society has published an updated Holocaust denial report card as of April 2023. Click HERE to view the new data.
The Holocaust, the systematic murder of approximately six million Jews and several million others by the Nazis, is one of history's most painstakingly examined and well-documented genocides.
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