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The SPLC has also partnered with big tech companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and PayPal to identify "hate groups." It is also part of an unverified "hate crime" database used by dozens of media outlets, a project that was launched with cash from liberal billionaire George Soros's Open Society Foundations.
Despite the SPLC's long-running mission of identifying and tackling racism, its own leaders were forced out after racism accusations surfaced in 2019. SPLC founder Morris Dees was fired and longtime president Richard Cohen stepped away after staffers alleged leadership was racist against its minority staffers.
