Hatewatch Headlines 9/7/18
Racist groups are waging a propaganda war in Colorado; Twitter finally boots Alex Jones; racist Red Ice thrives on YouTube, and more.
Washington Post: Racism and antisemitism surged in corners of the Web after Trump’s election.
BuzzFeed: After equivocating for weeks, Twitter has permanently suspended the accounts of Infowars and its conspiracy-czar founder Alex Jones.
NBC News: The Trump administration wants the ability to hold migrant kids indefinitely.
Herald Sun: Residents ask the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, police department to review Greensboro police actions at Silent Sam protest.
Philly Mag: Another transgender woman is murdered — this time in Philadelphia.
New York Times: More than 100 public school districts and universities have hired social media monitoring companies – with mixed, controversial results -- to forewarn of suicide and mass shooting plans.
Globe and Mail: Why giving Steve Bannon platforms at the New Yorker and the Economist was a bad idea.
Corvallis Advocate: An Oregon state representative is tied to an anti-immigrant hate group.
Westword: The racist groups Identity Evropa and Patriot Front are waging a propaganda war in Colorado.
Daily Beast: YouTube’s crackdown on hate speech has mostly spared an extreme channel that promotes hate: Sweden-based Red Ice TV.
The New Yorker: Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, blows real smoke at a tatty cigar club in New York City.
The Guardian: The British government announces a comprehensive review of hate crime legislation which will consider whether to recognize misogyny as a hate crime.
ADL: Jewish institutions are urged to “think security” during the Jewish High Holidays which begin at sundown on Sunday. Rosh Hashanah is observed on September 10 and 11; Yom Kippur is observed from sundown on September 18 to sundown on September 19.