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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.

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

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

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

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

Another transgender woman is murdered — this time in Philadelphia.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

 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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