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Hatewatch Headlines 9/7/18

Racist groups are waging a propaganda war in Colorado; Twitter finally boots Alex Jones; racist Red Ice thrives on YouTube, and more.

Washington Post: Racism and antisemitism surged in corners of the Web after Trump’s election.

BuzzFeed: After equivocating for weeks, Twitter has permanently suspended the accounts of Infowars and its conspiracy-czar founder Alex Jones.

NBC News: The Trump administration wants the ability to hold migrant kids indefinitely.

Herald Sun: Residents ask the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, police department to review Greensboro police actions at Silent Sam protest.

Philly Mag: Another transgender woman is murdered — this time in Philadelphia.

New York Times: More than 100 public school districts and universities have hired social media monitoring companies – with mixed, controversial results -- to forewarn of suicide and mass shooting plans.

Globe and Mail: Why giving Steve Bannon platforms at the New Yorker and the Economist was a bad idea.

Corvallis Advocate: An Oregon state representative is tied to an anti-immigrant hate group.

Westword: The racist groups Identity Evropa and Patriot Front are waging a propaganda war in Colorado.

Daily Beast: YouTube’s crackdown on hate speech has mostly spared an extreme channel that promotes hate: Sweden-based Red Ice TV.

The New Yorker: Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, blows real smoke at a tatty cigar club in New York City.

The Guardian: The British government announces a comprehensive review of hate crime legislation which will consider whether to recognize misogyny as a hate crime.

ADL:  Jewish institutions are urged to “think security” during the Jewish High Holidays which begin at sundown on Sunday. Rosh Hashanah is observed on September 10 and 11; Yom Kippur is observed from sundown on September 18 to sundown on September 19.

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