In 2016, the Anti-Defamation League added Pepe the Frog to its list of hate symbols, though the organization notes many uses of this meme are still not rooted in bigotry or hate. "The number of ...

Pepe the Frog started as a character from a comic series, "Boy's Club" by Matt Furie in 2005, according to Know Your Meme. While the somewhat sad-looking frog did not have racist or antisemitic ...

Trump posted a picture of himself as Pepe the Frog in 2016 Pepe the Frog started as a character from a comic series, "Boy's Club" by Matt Furie in 2005, according to Know Your Meme.

Pepe the Frog was a symbol of resistance for Hong Kong protestors in 2019. Microsoft has not yet officially announced custom emoji for Microsoft Teams, and the feature is still in very early testing.

Second, Pepe the frog is not usually racist. There's nothing inherently hateful about the original image. "He's just a chill frog," as Furie told The Atlantic .

Without full context of the chats that included Pepe the Frog within Microsoft Teams, it's not possible to say with 100% certainty how they were intended. But by all accounts, it seems the famed ...

The $29.95 poster features a depiction of Pepe alongside other MAGA "heroes" drawn by artist Jon Allen, including Donald Trump, Roger Stone, Milo Yiannopoulos, Ann Coulter and Jones himself.

Pepe may have been co-opted for racist memes, but the cartoon frog's creator couldn’t disagree more with the memes featuring the alt-right’s amphibian of choice.

A man hides his face behind a Pepe the Frog sign after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke at an airport campaign rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. October 30, 2016.

Pepe, a coin inspired by an anthropomorphized frog popular in internet memes, leapt nearly 7,000% in the 17 days after its April 16 launch, hitting a market value of $1.8 billion by May 5 ...