Organizations Archives - Page 4 of 7

09 Dec 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: QAnon Conspiracy Theory

IMPACT: QAnon Conspiracy theory claims there is a “deep state” and that “the world is run by a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles who are plotting against Mr. Trump while operating a global child sex-trafficking ring.”... read the complete article

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13 Nov 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

IMPACT: The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) is an anti-immigration research organization founded in 1985 that advocates a reduction in immigration numbers. CIS was founded by environmentalist, nativist, and anti-immigration activist John Tanton, who was... read the complete article

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13 Nov 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)

IMPACT: The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a nonprofit organization of nearly fifty private foundations and over 1.9 million members and supporters that lobbies for large-scale immigration reductions. FAIR’s stated objective is to... read the complete article

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13 Nov 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: NumbersUSA

IMPACT: NumbersUSA is a nonprofit grassroots organization of nearly 1.1 million members that describes itself as a group of “moderates, conservatives, and liberals working for immigration numbers that serve America’s finest goals”. Founded in 1996,... read the complete article

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04 Nov 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: Austrian Integration Fund (Österreichische Integrationsfonds, ÖIF)

IMPACT: The Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) is a fund of the Republic of Austria in charge of integration affairs (social integration of minorities) at both the federal and state levels. In the past few years,... read the complete article

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18 Sep 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: Gates of Vienna

IMPACT: Gates of Vienna is an international far-right, anti-Muslim blogging website established in 2004 by the United States-based blogger Edward S. May and his wife. The website features the work of hard-line anti-Muslim writers and... read the complete article

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17 Sep 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: COUNTER-JIHAD MOVEMENT

IMPACT: The self-described “Counter-Jihad Movement” (CJM) is a network of European and North American anti-Muslim movements, institutions, political parties, authors, bloggers, and activists who claim that ‘Western civilization’ is “under attack” by Islam. While CJM... read the complete article

Editorial

15 Sep 2020 | Individuals

Institutionalizing the Surveillance of Muslim Activism in Austria

Austria is cementing its authoritarian policy of demonizing Muslims at an alarming rate. The ruling centrist-right, Christian-democratic Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) attempted to close mosques in 2018 and implemented a school headscarf ban in 2019,... read the complete article

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14 Sep 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: THE LEAGUE (LEGA, LEGA NORD, THE NORTHERN LEAGUE)

IMPACT: Northern League (Lega Nord) is a far-right political party in Italy that rebranded itself as the League (Lega) in the run-up to the 2018 general election. Umberto Bossi established the party in 1991 as... read the complete article

Editorial

31 Aug 2020 | Individuals

Facebook’s failure to tackle hate speech online has real world consequences

An August 14th article in the Wall Street Journal revealed that top Facebook policy executives in India failed to remove hate speech promoted by Hindu nationalists despite the content being “flagged internally for promoting violence.”... read the complete article