Belltower.News

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Belltower.News
Editor-in-Chief Simone Rafael
Categories Anti-fascist watchdog journalism
Publisher Amadeu Antonio Foundation
Founder Die Zeit
Founded2007
Based in Berlin, Germany
Language German
Website belltower.news

Belltower.News is a German anti-fascist watchdog news website acting as the primary outlet of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation. [1] Founded in 2007 by Die Zeit , the site was known as Netz gegen Nazis until 3 April 2017. [2] [3]

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History

Netz gegen Nazis was initiated by Giovanni di Lorenzo, the editor-in-chief of Die Zeit near the end of 2007 with the help of several other organizations such as the German Football Association, German Olympic Sports Confederation, Die Liga – Fußballverband, German Fire Brigade Association, and the ZDF. [4] The stated aim of the website was, and still is, the combating of right-wing extremism, racism, antisemitism, as well as other forms of "group-based misanthropy". [5]

In 2009, the website was transferred to the ownership of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation of Anetta Kahane, which has managed it since. [5]

The name of the website was changed to Belltower.News – Netz für digitale Zivilgesellschaft on the 3 April 2017. [5] [6]

Criticism

In a 2008 article, Die Welt journalist Thomas Lindemann criticized the project and its success, alleging that it might be counterproductive. [7]

Parts of the German left have criticized Belltower.News for presenting critiques of Israeli politics as antisemitic. [8]

Some conservatives and right-wingers have frequently criticized Belltower.News for covering them instead of actual neo-nazis. Die Achse des Guten for example, wrote in a 2017 article: "As the publishers of [Belltower.News] have noticed, there are barely any "Nazis"; they are politically marginalized. The real enemy is the center of society, the liberal and conservative citizenry, or rather what is still left of it." [9]

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