The Anti-Defamation League looks to the tech industry for resources as it works to squelch hate speech and harassment across the internet.
An executive of the Anti-Defamation League addresses a Massachusetts Speaks Out Against Hate rally in Boston on November 21, 2016.
To combat online hate, the Anti-Defamation League plans to build a command center in Silicon Valley.
The facility is intended to monitor and analyze hate speech and harassment across the internet, and to look for ways to mitigate it, providing support for the Jewish community and for other minority groups.
The ADL said Sunday that it has secured seed money for the center from the Omidyar Network. It did not give details on how much money is being invested, how many people will be hired or when the command center will be up and running.
« Now more than ever as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other hatreds have exploded online, it’s critical that we are bringing best-in-class technology and resources to this fight, » said Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the ADL, in a statement.
