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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 ...
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 ...
Beloved internet meme Pepe the Frog’s latest incarnation as a symbol of white hate groups has landed him on the ADL’s list of hate symbols.
Pepe the frog, the once-innocent cartoon that was appropriated as a mascot of the alt-right, is at the center of a new legal battle. CNN values your feedback 1.
Pepe is headed to court. Rather, his creator, Matt Furie, is. Furie, who debuted Pepe the Frog in 2005 in his comic “Boy’s Club,” has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the far ...
Pepe the Frog is one of the most popular memes ever. It began in a non-political comic about four friends, but in 2016 extremists made it a hate icon.
Pepe the Frog, and his creator Matt Furie, were once both “chill” about how the Internet turned the cartoon slacker into a meme. Even as white nationalists and trolls started to adopt the Pepe ...
Why Pepe the Frog’s Nazi phase doesn’t worry his creator. Last week, Furie, 37, created a single comic for the Nib as part of his new campaign to “#SavePepe.” ...
Pepe the Frog had previously been declared a hate symbol by the ADL. An attendee holds up a sign of Pepe the Frog during a campaign event with Donald Trump in New Hampshire on Sept. 29, 2016.
Pepe the Frog began life as a relatable, early 20s slacker for the readers of Matt Furie’s mid-2000s comic series. Then, Pepe became one of the Internet’s best memes, a smiling frog face that ...