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Pepe the Frog is now a hate symbol

By Mariana Barillas
Published September 28, 2016 6:26pm ET
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Pepe the Frog is now a hate symbol
"They are abusing the image of a cartoon character, one that might at first seem appealing, to harass and spread hatred on social media," says the Anti-Defamation League. (Screenshot)

The Anti-Defamation League has added the once innocuous Pepe the Frog Internet meme to its growing database of hate symbols.

“Once again, racists and haters have taken a popular Internet meme and twisted it for their own purposes of spreading bigotry and harassing users,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

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