The iconic image of Pepe, a downtrodden frog who first appeared in artist Matt Furie’s web comic Boy’s Club, has become one of the internet’s favorite ways to represent failure, depression, and other ...

The internet meme Pepe the Frog has been labeled as a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League. In a news release on Tuesday, ADL announced the addition of the sad frog to its “Hate on Display” ...

He may have become a far-right internet meme in the West, but Pepe the Frog's image is being rehabilitated in Hong Kong where democracy protesters have embraced him as an irreverent symbol of their ...

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has declared “Pepe the Frog,” a cartoon character used on social media to “suggest racist, anti-Semitic or other bigoted notions,” as a hate symbol. According to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Monday night, Newsweek's executive editor Margarita Noriega was accused of racism. Her crime? Sharing a popular meme featuring ...

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 of ...

When BarnBridge founder Tyler Ward decided to change his profile pic a few weeks ago, he inadvertently created a Pepe the Frog NFT meme craze embraced by celebrities and the DeFi community that was on ...

Editor's note: In July, CNET News published a special report exploring how hate spreads over the web. The timing of the package -- "iHate: Intolerance takes over the internet" -- was uncanny. As we ...

What does a simply-drawn meme of a cartoon frog have in common with some of the most revolting hate speech in America? More than you might imagine. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced in a ...

PSA: Not all frogs are cute. Fast-fashion brand Zara recently came under fire for selling a denim skirt embellished with Pepe the Frog. Yes, that Pepe the Frog — the viral internet meme that is ...