When Matt Furie created his cartoon Pepe the Frog, he never imagined the laid-back amphibian might one day be considered a hate symbol. But that's what the Anti-Defamation League says the comic ...

Denizens of the darker corners of the Internet turned an innocent frog comic into a hate symbol of the "deplorable" alt-right. "Pepe the Frog" first appeared in 2005 in the comic "Boy's Life" by ...

Pepe the Frog has been killed off by its creator. Pepe the Frog has been killed off by its creator. Newsweek Think of "hate symbols" and a few icons come to mind: swastikas, burning crosses and ...

So when she denounced Pepe the frog as a symbol of hatred, the internet practically drowned in laughter. But this was the general public's first proper introduction to Pepe, ...

Pepe had long been a 4chan meme, but as the alt-right gained prominence on 4chan and other meme havens, he became a symbol of racist rhetoric and hate speech.Last year the Anti-Defamation League ...

Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character turned Internet meme, has been added to the Anti-Defamation League’s database of hate symbols. The character was added to the database Tuesday, after Pepe the ...

Pepe the Frog, the popular internet meme adopted by the ultra-conservative alt-right movement, has officially been deemed a hate symbol. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) added Pepe to its database ...

In 2016, the Anti-Defamation League added Pepe the Frog to its list of hate symbols, though the organization notes many uses of this meme are still not rooted in bigotry or hate. "The number of ...

The ADL notes that Pepe the Frog's use as a hate symbol depends on context. Trump's post included a phrase associated with QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory movement.

An absurd cartoon, Pepe the Frog, is planted in the background of an image shared by President Donald Trump, proclaiming that "He's on a mission from God." ...

Elon has gone full alt-right, 4chan, white power, Pepe the Frog hate symbolism. We all knew it…but now have the receipts to back it up 🧾 — HNDRX (@TheHndrx) November 28, 2022 ...

Trump posts meme saying he’s ‘on a mission from God’ featuring alt-right symbol Pepe the Frog. The posting, which co-opts a famous line from The Blues Brothers, may have contributed to a ...