Success for CAA as Urban Dictionary removes horrendous āHolocaust n*****ā entry following our campaign urging brands to pull their adverts from the controversial website
Urban Dictionary has removed a page devoted to the antisemitic term āHolocaust n*****ā following contact between Campaign Against Antisemitism and numerous advertisers on the controversial website, several of which have now pulled their marketing from the website altogether. After research seen by Campaign Against Antisemitism and conducted by Dr Daniel Allington, who is Senior Lecturer in […]
People’s Postcode Lottery and Canterbury Christ Church University remove their advertisements from Urban Dictionary after CAA alerts them to antisemitic material on the website
People’s Postcode Lottery and Canterbury Christ Church University have both acted to remove their brands from Urban Dictionary after Campaign Against Antisemitism alerted them to their advertisements featuring alongside antisemitic and offensive entries on the controversial website. Campaign Against Antisemitism has contacted numerous household brands after they were discovered to have been advertising on the […]
Labour MP promotes article claiming Jeremy Corbyn was brought down by āliesā, āmob politicsā and ādark forcesā, but then deletes tweet and apologises
A Labour MP promoted an article that claimed that Jeremy Corbyn, the former Leader of the Labour Party, was electorally unsuccessful due to ālie after lieā told about him, āmob politicsā and ādark forcesā, before deleting the tweet and apologising. Margaret Greenwood, who is the Shadow Minister for Schools, tweeted that the article was āimportant readingā […]
Prominent law firm Mishcon de Reya fires antisemitic employee who referred to āf***ingā Jews and āZionist cockroachesā and compared Israel to Nazis on social media
The prominent law firm Mishcon de Reya has reportedly fired an employee who made antisemitic and incendiary comments on social media, including referring to āf***ingā Jews and āZionist cockroachesā and comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. The unnamed employee had been working at the law firm as a conflicts analyst, having previously studied law at the […]
DFS CEO moves to stop brand being advertised next to racist material on Urban DIctionary after being alerted by CAA
DFS, a leading British furniture retailer, has reacted immediately after learning that its brand is being advertised next to racist material on the website Urban Dictionary. Campaign Against Antisemitism has contacted numerous household brands after they were discovered to have been advertising on the controversial website by Dr Daniel Allington in peer-reviewed research published yesterday and […]
Protest against statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College, Oxford turned antisemitic, according to collegeās Equality and Diversity Officer
The Equality and Diversity Officer at Oriel College, Oxford, has claimed that a protest against the statue of Cecil Rhodes at the college turned antisemitic, according to the JC. The protest to remove the statue, held by the āRhodes Must Fallā campaign reportedly in solidarity with the āBlack Lives Matterā movement, featured a speaker from the […]
National Action sentences show importance of seemingly low-level warning signs like racist stickers on university campuses
The sentences given to four members of the proscribed terrorist organisation National Action this week serve as a reminder of the importance of highlighting and combatting low-level warning signs such as racist stickers on university campuses. While media attention has focused on Alice āMiss Hitlerā Cutter, two of the other offenders were both involved in stickering operations for […]