New York Allocates $3M to Expand Program Battling Online Hate Speech

New York is allocating $3 million to train higher education professionals to identify misinformation and extremist content following an “uptick in anti-Muslim and antisemitic rhetoric” on social media, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced Tuesday. The state will spend $3 million to expand its threat assessment and management program to all state college campuses, she said. Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, there has been a “400 percent increase in threats against Jews, Muslims and Arabs,” she said. “I will not allow our state to be defined by the angry few that peddle in hate and violence.”