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Professor Arrested After 50 Antisemitic X Messages Sent

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Assistant professor Guangtian Ha was arrested and charged with online harassment and intimidation.
The indictment says he sent about 50 antisemitic messages to a Jewish man using at least four X accounts.
The messages were sent between Oct. 9, 2025 and May 20, 2026.
Haverford College placed Ha on administrative leave and barred him from campus.
President Wendy Raymond said the conduct contradicts Haverford values and offered counseling resources.

History

Historical Context

After the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance adopted its working definition of antisemitism in May 2016, the United Kingdom embedded the text in December 2016, yet a 2021 Freedom-of-Information request showed only 29 of 133 universities had adopted it. That precedent shaped Haverford College’s 2025-26 investigation of Assistant Professor Guangtian Ha’s roughly 50 hateful X posts, reflecting the definition’s influence on campus harassment policies.

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Story summary

Assistant professor Guangtian Ha was arrested and charged with online harassment and intimidation.
The indictment says he sent about 50 antisemitic messages to a Jewish man using at least four X accounts.
The messages were sent between Oct. 9, 2025 and May 20, 2026.
Haverford College placed Ha on administrative leave and barred him from campus.
President Wendy Raymond said the conduct contradicts Haverford values and offered counseling resources.

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