
De-Platforming Haters Works, According To Experts
By renowned social media and data sciences expert Megan Squire.
By renowned social media and data sciences expert Megan Squire.
After the insurrection in Washington DC, the inauguration was billed as a potential encore for the day's violence. With the ceremony come and gone without incident, what comes next is not completely clear.
Chrome studs, black and white “corpse paint,” inverted crosses, howling lyrics, demonic imagery - none of these are out of place in more than a few genres of metal music. Yet one brand takes the darkest music and taints it further.
Suspect in Toronto Police’s largest ever single-day firearms and narcotics bust was a COVID-conspiracist and antisemite who exaggerated credentials as a holistic therapist.
He’s file #2020-248312.
This is what we, and over 30 other organizations, told the government.
Sounder Dilipan, a tech engineer from Toronto, uses his website and social media channels to push a variety of blatantly anti-Muslim content to his audience in both India and in Canada.
When a skull mask-clad insurrectionist appeared online as seemingly one of the first through Capitol Building's barricades, neo-Nazis in the US and Canada took notice, and now they're setting their sights on what could be fertile ground for recruitment.
That’s nothing new -- to imply that we’re not immune to the problems of the USA ignores the fact that we are already sick.
An employee at a high school in Ontario has been using his social media to post vile racist, anti-Muslim, antisemitic, anti-2SLGBTQ, and misogynistic content alongside calls to start "targeting" journalists.
As we look back on 2020 -- and toward 2021 -- we reflect on our wins, and the work we have left to do.
Our work is made possible in part thanks to a grant from the Anti-Racism Action Program.
Notre travail est rendu possible grâce à une subvention du Programme d’action et de lutte contre le racisme.