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Pepe the Frog, a cartoon frog that became a white supremacist symbol, has been killed off by its creator. (See the final strip at the bottom of this post.) ...
A cartoon frog became popular, then a pariah. Now the Anti-Defamation League has identified it as a hate symbol. We take a short look at the amphibious, ambiguous meme.
WASHINGTON — The creator of Pepe the Frog is getting more aggressive in his legal campaign against websites, books and phone apps that he says use the fun-loving cartoon figure to espouse hate.
A popular Internet meme character called a "hate symbol" by some, has been killed off. Pepe, the green, cartoon frog who some believed was a symbol of white supremacy, is dead.
Pepe the Frog, whose likeness became a troll meme, has croaked at the age of 12. His spirit may live on in bigoted corners of the internet, but creator Matt Furie confirmed the frog’s death S… ...
The use of Pepe the Frog is designed to send a message to white supremacists: “We’re with you.” I don’t know of a better way of describing that than “deplorable.” ...
Tuesday morning Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign denounced a cartoon frog named Pepe. For most of his lifespan as a meme on the internet, Pepe the Frog was a benign, if sometimes bawdy ...
Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character popular with alt-right campaigners and some Donald Trump supporters, has been declared a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League. The green icon has ...
I'm just trying to spin it back to it just being a cartoon frog. It's not like you're going to sue a nameless troll. Exactly. And even if I did try to stop it, it's like whack-a-mole.