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Anti-Defamation League takes down extremism research after Musk leads rightwing backlash | Technology
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 …
Read More »Apple postpones Jessica Chastain series about domestic extremism | US television
Jessica Chastain-led series The Savant has been pulled from the Apple TV+ release schedule. The thriller was set to begin on 26 September but its release has been postponed. “After careful consideration, we have made the decision to postpone The Savant,” a spokesperson said in a statement. “We appreciate your understanding and look forward to releasing the series at a …
Read More »Apple TV Plus has quietly pulled its new show about domestic extremism
The Savant, the upcoming Apple TV Plus show about law enforcement working to prevent domestic terrorism, was slated to premiere this Friday. But the streamer has quietly pulled the series from its release slate and it’s not clear if or when it will now debut. Based on Andrea Stanley’s 2019 Cosmopolitan article “Is It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting …
Read More »One Battle After Another Reflects World’s Extremism
Paul Thomas Anderson‘s “One Battle After Another” has been met with some of the highest acclaim of the year. But the feature — described in Variety‘s review as a “mesmerizing vision of police-state America” — is more than just a crowd and critic pleaser. According to star Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays a paranoid ex-revolutionary living off the grid, the film reflects …
Read More »Sen. Chris Coons: The internet “is driving extremism in our country”
Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, said Sunday that amid efforts to foster bipartisan discourse, the internet “is driving extremism in our country,” saying slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk “should not have paid with his life for the opportunity to speak out.” “No matter how much I might deeply disagree with his political views, the idea that he would be …
Read More »Evergreen High School shooter’s social media shows extremism
The online footprint of the 16-year-old who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School this week fits into a new wave of online extremism that calls for violence as a way to destroy society, experts said. Social media accounts for Desmond Holly suggest to experts that he was involved in nihilistic violent extremist networks — which the …
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