J.K. Rowling didn’t want to be called a Holocaust denier. That backfired.
The author's attempts to quiet her critics ended up making the accusations far more viral.
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Culture It wasn’t just the goblins — is J.K. Rowling doing Holocaust denial now?
The British author posted that Nazis did not persecute trans people. That's false.
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Opinion I didn’t understand Holocaust denial until Oct. 7
My survivor grandmother feared that no one would believe her. Now I know why.
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Opinion The final act of genocide is its denial
Before Israelis could even identify their dead, there were internet campaigns alleging their murderers didn't do it
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News Deborah Lipstadt struck by ‘speed and intensity’ of Hamas atrocity denial
Lipstadt, the Biden administration's antisemitism envoy and a Holocaust scholar, said she's disturbed by people claiming that Hamas did not commit various atrocities on Oct. 7
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Fast Forward Queens College president condemns Muslim student group’s denial of Hamas attacks
Frank Wu, who heads Queens CUNY campus, says ‘false and misleading’ posts about ‘obvious atrocities’ are ‘hurtful, offensive’
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Fast Forward An avowed Holocaust denier is running for school board in Minnesota
The state’s attorney general has condemned the candidate, who staked out synagogues during the High Holidays
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Fast Forward Meta’s handling of ‘SpongeBob’ Holocaust denial post is taken up by independent Oversight Board
Users had complained about the post both before and after Meta enacted a ban on Holocaust denial in October 2020, but the company rejected their criticism
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