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"It's Killing the Student Movement": Canary Mission's Blacklist of Pro-Palestine Activists Is Taking a Toll
Kane, Alex
http://theintercept.com/2018/11/22/israel-boycott-canary-mission-blacklist/Date Written: 2018-11-22 Publisher: The Intercept Year Published: 2018 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX23095 Canary Mission, a website that compiles dossiers on Palestinian rights advocates and labels them racists, anti-Semites, and supporters of terrorism has taken a toll on activists' mental health and their ability to engage in free speech and public advocacy on Palestine. Abstract: -- Excerpt: Online blacklists of advocates for Palestine have existed for more than 15 years... but Canary Mission, born in an era of ubiquitous social media use, is of a different breed. It targets students, rather than well-known professors, and it often appears as the first Google result for a search of a student’s name. It has also leveraged the power of social media, tweeting its dossiers and giving Israel’s most vociferous online warriors a list of targets to harass. Subject Headings |