Swastika
Wikipedia fixed its swastika problem fast. Why can’t anyone else?
After an apparent hacker altered a template, Nazi flags filled Wikipedia. But only for five minutes.
Users reported an Instagram filter for featuring a swastika. It’s still up.
Users reported the filter for use of a hate symbol, but the platform defended the swastika as a symbol predating the Nazi regime.
Veterans Affairs removes headstones with swastikas at Texas cemetery
The VA changed course after congressional lawmakers protested the existence of the tombstones bearing Nazi markings.
Hackers fill Long Island Jewish day school’s website with swastikas, slurs
The hackers changed the school’s name to “North Shore Hebrew Death Camp” and uploaded images of swastikas, Nazi rallies and other antisemitic symbols.
Anne Frank memorial in Boise, Idaho, vandalized with swastika stickers
The memorial, until recently the only statue of Anne Frank in the United States, was toppled by vandals in 2007 and vandalized again in 2017.
Handbook used by universities to report campus antisemitism replaced by 13-page memo
The handbook devotes almost three pages to its “basic” definition of hate crime; the new memo doesn’t explicitly define it at all.
She posed with a swastika on her shoulder. Now she’s studied with a rabbi. Here’s what she learned.
“I really didn’t understand what the symbol means to people and the hatred behind it.”
Oklahoma woman shot after trying to steal man’s Nazi flag
The local sheriff said that it was unclear whether 26-year-old Kyndal McVey stole the flag out of political convictions or because of a dare.
Petition calls for explusion of Penn State student who posed with swastika
The petition said that failure to respond to respond to the incident would indicate that the university tolerates anti-Semitism.
Bernie Sanders’ Florida campaign office vandalized with swastikas
A tweet from the Florida for Bernie account showed two large swastikas painted in black and the words “voting didn’t stop us last time.”The…