About AddressHate
In response to his children’s growing awareness of the rise of online hate, entrepreneur and philanthropist Joshua Laterman, together with his family foundation, founded AddressHate in September 2024. AddressHate is dedicated to combating antisemitism and other forms of hate on social media by harnessing research and technology to identify sources of hate, understand the mechanisms that drive its spread, and develop effective tools to counter and prevent it.
Mission
AddressHate detects hate speech, particularly its coded and disguised forms that existing tools miss. Our suite of tools enable institutions, policymakers, and digital platforms to stop digital hate from turning into real-world harm.
Vision
A world where hateful online discourse is stopped before it becomes real-world harm.
Core purpose
Digital hate is shaping culture faster than current efforts can keep up. AddressHate exists to shine a light on the real-world harm it causes and to build cutting-edge technology that puts actionable intelligence in the hands of institutions, policymakers, and platforms positioned to stop it.
Organizational values
Rigor — every finding is grounded in peer-reviewed research and methodological transparency.
Independence — editorial and institutional independence from government, advocacy groups, and political actors.
Urgency — digital hate causes real-world harm that demands immediate action.
Collaboration — the problem is too complex for any one discipline to solve alone.
Precision — we go deeper than keywords and slurs to catch what others miss.
As a newly independent organization, AddressHate's first Form 990 has not yet been filed (fiscal year ended 2026-06-30).