The Anti-Defamation League has added the Echo symbol --
a series of three brackets placed before and after a Jewish name -- to
its database of hate speech. The symbol has emerged on social media on
sites used by white supremacist and other anti-Semitic groups who aim to
identify and target Jews, particularly journalists, politicians and
celebrities.
The
move by the ADL comes a week after Google’s popular Chrome browser
removed a plug-in that could create the symbol in a single keystroke.
The written symbol seems to have been created after a 2014 podcast
broadcast a literal echo sound when speaking Jewish names.
The story gained public attention following an article by New York Times editor Jonathan Weisman, who then became a target of the symbol. Here & Now's Robin Young talks to ADL CEO (((Jonathan Greenblatt))) about the symbol and its significance.
Source: Boston’s NPR News
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