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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nick Robins-Early

Anti-Defamation League takes down extremism research after Musk leads rightwing backlash

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Jonathan Greenblatt speaks in New York on 3 March 2025. Photograph: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League

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.

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