Lilly Maier is a news intern at the Forward. She is a graduate journalism student at New York University, where she studies as a Fulbright scholar. She also holds a B.A. in Jewish history from the University of Munich.
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Lilly Maier
By Lilly Maier
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News WATCH: Israeli Groups Accuses Facebook of Inciting Terrorism in Video Campaign
An Israeli civil rights organization just launched an online campaign attacking Facebook for inciting terrorism around the world. Facebook has faced a lot of criticism lately, especially for their handling of fake news stories. Last month, German prosecutors started investigating Mark Zuckerberg personally for Facebook’s slow removal of hate speech. Following the rampage by an…
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Opinion Did My Fellow Austrians Just Stop the Surge of Far Right Populism in Europe?
On Sunday, Austria put a halt to the seemingly unstoppable surge of far right populism in Europe. Yes, Austria of all places. Green Party-turned-independent candidate, Alexander Van der Bellen, decisively won the presidential election against Norbert Hofer of the far right Freedom Party. The votes by Austrians living abroad – like me – are still…
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News Saved by the Kindertransport: Meet Two Inspiring Holocaust Survivors
Seventy-eight years ago this week, on December 2, 1938, the first Kindertransport left Germany. In the following months over 10,000 mostly Jewish children were saved from Nazi-occupied territories, because their parents were willing to separate from them. In England they were placed in foster families, schools and shelters. British authorities agreed to grant visas; private…
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Life Ann Coulter Spoke at White Nationalist Writers Workshop
Right-wing-personality Ann Coulter once again proved her close ties to white nationalism by speaking at the annual “Writers Workshop” event put on by the anti-immigrant and white nationalist publishing house The Social Contract Press. Video of the event was uploaded late last month and discovered this week by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a…
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News Bernie Sanders and Sarah Silverman Agree: Donald Trump-Induced Misery Loves Company
Former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders joined comedian Sarah Silverman on stage to look back on the election, help his supporters find a new path forward and give his take on Donald Trump. Sanders was promoting his new book, “Our Revolution,” that came out earlier this month. After a short speech, he sat down to chat…
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News Is ‘Notorious’ Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney Joining Team Trump?
Frank Gaffney, whom the Southern Poverty Law Center calls “one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes” is reportedly being eyed for a spot on Donald Trump’s transition team on national security issues. Gaffney is a former Reagan administration official and the founder of the Center for Security Policy, an anti-Muslim think-tank. In a March 2016 profile…
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News Twitter Suspends Prominent ‘Alt-Right’ Users for Hate Speech
After years of continuous criticism for doing nothing about the rampant hate speech on their platform, Twitter finally took a step in the right direction. Tuesday, Twitter removed the accounts of prominent ‘alt-right’ leader Richard Spencer, his think tank and online magazine, as well as other other ‘alt-right’ members like Paul Town, Pax Dickinson, Ricky…
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News Twitter Will Now Let You ‘Mute’ Hate Speech
Twitter just introduced a number of new features to combat online abuse. One tool lets you mute certain words, phrases, usernames, emojis or hashtags. For years, Twitter has been criticized for not doing enough to fight the rampant hate speech on their platform. Especially, during this presidential election, we have seen thousands of attacks by…
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