"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 racist, antisemitic and otherwise hateful incidents. Its pages on neo-Nazi groups, militias and antisemitic conspiracies now redirect to the landing page for its extremism research."
"Musk and prominent rightwing accounts on X had targeted the ADL in recent days over the glossary, which included an entry on slain far right activist Charlie Kirk's organization, Turning Point USA. Musk also attacked the group for its page on Christian Identity, responding to posts on X that falsely conflated that extremist movement with Christians as a whole. In reality, the term refers to a movement which believes in a racial holy war against Jews and other minorities."
"The ADL did not directly address the backlash in its statement on the decision and instead claimed the move would allow the organization to explore new strategies and creative approaches to deliver our data and present our research more effectively. With over 1,000 entries written over many years, the ADL Glossary of Extremism has served as a source of high-level information on a wide range of topics for years."
The Anti-Defamation League removed over a thousand pages of its extremism glossary from its website after online backlash from rightwing influencers and Elon Musk. The glossary contained entries providing background on groups and ideologies tied to racist, antisemitic and other hateful incidents, including neo-Nazi groups, militias, antisemitic conspiracies and an entry on Turning Point USA. Several pages now redirect to the landing page for extremism research. Musk criticized the ADL over an entry on Christian Identity, a movement that advocates racial holy war against Jews and minorities. The ADL said many entries were outdated or misused and plans to develop new resources and approaches to present its research.
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