Anti-Defamation League

In recent years, our country has witnessed violent insurrectionist threats to democracy, a rise in hate crimes and rampant online conspiracy theories that have escalated into acts of hate and even terrorism. ADL monitors, exposes and disrupts extremist threats from across the ideological spectrum.

At ADL, we:
- Monitor, research and analyze
- Assist law enforcement
- Fight alongside our civil society partners
- Advocate
- Litigate

Online hate creates untold damage. ADL leads the global fight against online hate, including online harassment, antisemitism, racism and extremist disinformation, to demand safer and more inclusive online spaces. We engage in research and advocacy while developing tech products to help combat online hate. ADL is also leading a multi-state campaign to fill gaps in criminal and civil law to hold perpetrators of unlawful cyber crimes and harassment accountable.

Our REPAIR Plan is a comprehensive framework to fight hate, harassment and bias online and to push extremism back to the fringes of the digital world.

At ADL, we:
- Recommend policy to platforms
- Research and analyze trends
- Advocate for reform
- Build products to measure data
- Respond to online incidents
- Prevent cyberbullying

Since our founding, ADL has sought justice for marginalized members of society. We fight for equal treatment before the law through our civil rights work on behalf of targeted individuals and communities. We are plaintiffs in voting rights cases. We file or join amicus briefs in cases concerning religious freedom, immigrants and refugees, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equity and other civil rights issues. We join and convene coalitions to protect civil rights, and we advocate for strong hate crimes laws and online hate laws to support those who are targeted victims and hold perpetrators responsible.

ADL fights:
- Against discrimination
- For racial justice
- Against hate crimes
- For religious freedom
- For immigrant rights
- For voting rights
- For LGBTQ+ rights

Our democracy is under threat. Voter suppression prevents free and fair elections. Extremism continues to be mainstreamed and normalized in the wake of the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Immigration and refugee rights are being weaponized for hate-filled partisan warfare. Hate and conspiracy theories spread virally on social media around the globe. Against this backdrop, antisemitic incidents and other acts of bias are at an all-time high.

Experts in democracy and political violence warn that our nation is moving toward an increasingly flawed “hybrid democracy” with growing risks of autocracy, fueled by hyper-polarization and incendiary ethnonationalist divides. For Jews and other minorities and marginalized communities, this poses a particular danger.

At ADL, we fight against:
- The mainstreaming of extremism
- Voter suppression

Bias and hate manifest in our society in a myriad of ways. They lead to disrespect, harm and injustice. ADL believes that hate can escalate when biased attitudes and actions go unchecked. We fight bias by addressing and challenging it wherever we see it, including online, and by working to create inclusive and equitable environments in schools and workplaces. By speaking out, educating and advocating, we fight for stronger responses to bias-related incidents and crimes, and help communities across the country become safer, more inclusive and equitable places.

At ADL, we:
- Address bias through education
- Make workplaces more inclusive