Global Project against Hate and Extremism
The Global Project against Hate and Extremism is a non-profit organisation based in Montgomery, Alabama.[1][2]
History[edit]
The Project was founded in early-2020 by Heidi Beirich and Wendy Via to focus on transnational spread of hate and extremism, which it identified as an under-researched area. Beirich had formely served as head of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report and Via had formerly served as Chief Communications Officer of the SPLC.[3] The Project is affiliated with the Christchurch Call Advisory Network.[4]
Reports[edit]
In July 2020, the Project published a report on French far-right group Generation Identity's presence on Twitter and YouTube. The report document 67 Twitter accounts for the far-right's group's chapters, with over 140 000 followers in total, as well as documenting campaigns advertisements for both Joe Biden and Donald Trump appearing on the group's Youtube videos.[5] The report stated that the social media channels were allowing the Identitarian movement "to spread and grow unchecked" and that the "growth in the number of white supremacists worldwide can be laid at the feet of tech companies who allow this material to thrive on their platform."[6] Following the publication of the report, Twitter suspended a number of the accounts linked to Generation Identity.[7]
In March 2021, the Project published a report on the policies of social media companies, such as Facebook, towards high-profile public figures. The report stated that the companies "made the affirmative decision to allow exceptions for the politically powerful, usually with the excuse of ‘newsworthiness’ or under the guise of ‘political commentary’ that the public supposedly needed to see," leading to increased dissemination of extremist ideas, notably those behind the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[8]
In August 2022, the Project published a report on the growth of far-right and hate groups in Ireland. The report stated that "white nationalist, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigrant, and anti-lockdown groups seem to be coming together and echoing each other’s hateful rhetoric" and identified twelve far-right groups that had in particular experienced growth in recent years.[9] [10] [11] The Irish Independent subsequently removed its article about the report, following threats of legal action from organisations identified in it, of which a number of its own contributors and columnists are vocal members.
Positions[edit]
The group supports the establishment of mandatory reports from the military about white supremacy within its ranks.[12]
The group has opposed making an equivalence between antifa and the far-right, saying that there has not been any murders committed by anti-fascist activists in the United States in the last two decades.[13]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "What the hack of Epik reveals about the world of far-right extremism". NPR.
- ↑ Maloney, Daniel L. Byman, Heidi Beirich, Rashawn Ray, and Suzanne (May 19, 2022). "Spreading hate: How the white supremacist movement continues to mutate in the digital age".
- ↑ Sales, Ben (6 January 2021). "'Our worst fears realized': Extremism watchdogs, after months of warnings, watch the violence in DC". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ↑ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/VR/VR00/20211013/113968/HHRG-117-VR00-Wstate-BeirichH-20211013-U1.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ↑ Scott, Mark. "YouTube runs Trump, Biden campaign ads alongside videos from white supremacists and Russian media". POLITICO.
- ↑ Schecter, Anna (8 July 2020). "Trump, Biden campaign ads show up on white nationalist YouTube content". NBC News. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ↑ "Twitter suspends more than 50 white nationalist accounts". NBC News.
- ↑ Cameron, Dell (18 March 2021). "Social Media Execs Fuel Extremist Violence Globally, Report Finds". Gizmodo. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ↑ "Growth of far-right in Ireland set to continue according to US monitoring group". The Irish Times.
- ↑ O'Neill, Ciaran (21 August 2022). "Report shows far-right movement is on the rise in Ireland". Archived from the original on 21 August 2022.
- ↑ "Ireland's far-right groups influenced by American far-right extremists, new report finds". Irish Central. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ↑ Roth, Jaime (6 January 2021). "Former neo-Nazi and Navy veteran explains how to combat white supremacy in the military". Insider. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ↑ Beckett, Lois (27 July 2020). "Anti-fascists linked to zero murders in the US in 25 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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