July 24, 2020
THE WEEK’S BIG 3
The civil rights groups behind the month-long advertising ad pause of Facebook turned up public pressure with the release of an animated “Dear Mark” video. Almost three years after a conspiracy theory known as QAnon began spreading on dark corners of the internet, Twitter announced that it had removed thousands of accounts linked to the movement. And celebrating the life and legacy of civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis.
Read on for more on these headlines, news you can use to fight hate and the latest info about ADL from around the country.
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Mark Zuckerberg Gets 'Dear Mark' Video from Facebook Ad Pause Organizers
“The message for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the waning days of the Stop Hate for Profit campaign: ‘You can't wait us out. This campaign is not going away,’ ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. The video casts Zuckerberg as unwilling to take action against the spread of racial hatred and white supremacy even as Facebook gives hate groups ‘the biggest platform they have ever had.’” USA Today: READ MORE
+ WATCH: Stop Hate for Profit – “Dear Mark”
+ READ: Anti-Defamation League Blasts Zuckerberg in Video Campaign – Bloomberg News
+ SEE: List of advertisers pausing ad spending on Facebook
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Twitter Takedown Targets QAnon Accounts
“It was the first time that a social media service took sweeping action to remove content affiliated with QAnon, which has become increasingly popular on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.” The New York Times: FULL STORY
+ ADL Resource: What is QAnon?
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John Lewis, Front-line Civil Rights Leader and Eminence of Capitol Hill, Dies at 80
“John Lewis, a civil rights leader who preached nonviolence while enduring beatings and jailings during seminal front-line confrontations of the 1960s and later spent more than three decades in Congress defending the crucial gains he had helped achieve for people of color, has died. He was 80.” The Washington Post: FULL STORY
+ READ: John Lewis Was a Champion of Black-Jewish Ties. We Must Build on His Legacy – Jonathan Greenblatt Op-Ed in Newsweek
+ ADL Mourns the Loss of Civil Rights Icon and True American Hero Rep. John Lewis
KEY ADL SOCIAL STATEMENTS
- Good to see Twitter clarifying the difference between images used to harass and when used to express identity and empathy. The Star of David is an ancient symbol that represents all Jews and our solidarity…
- ADL, @theJCPA & 147 other Jewish organizations sent a letter to the Senate calling for the inclusion of election & voter safety protections & access in the upcoming #COVID19 stimulus package…
- We must continue to #FightVirusBias and not allow anti Asian-American rhetoric become synonymous with #COVID19…
IN THE COMMUNITY
- ADL Offers $10,000 Reward for Info on Assailants in Another Antisemitic Attack in Brooklyn (Algemeiner)
- Blaming Israel for U.S. police brutality doesn’t make sense (San Diego Union-Tribune – Tammy Gillies op-ed)
- California school boards forge ahead with controversial ethnic-studies curriculum (JNS.org)
ADL IN THE NEWS
- Twitter unlocks frozen accounts featuring Stars of David, clarifies ‘hateful conduct’ policy (Jewish Insider)
- More than 1,000 senior US police officers have visited Israel. Here’s what they learn from Israel’s police force – and why it’s controversial. (JTA)
- FBI links 'anti-feminist' lawyer suspected of murder to separate killing of colleague (The Guardian)