Tag: Facebook
Facebook expanding Tel Aviv office space despite COVID-19
Despite the coronavirus pandemic causing many companies to lay off employees or have them work from home, Facebook is expanding its office space in Tel Aviv.
Facebook Israel has signed a deal to rent two...
UN expresses ‘dismay’ at anti-Semitic statements by Islamic Relief leader
The High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Miguel Moratinos, expressed his “dismay” on Tuesday over anti-Semitic views espoused on Facebook by Heshmat Khalifa, the head of Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW),...
Online movie series to feature rescuers and rescued during years of Holocaust
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) is launching a Monday-night movie series, from July 27 to Aug. 21, each week airing one of its award-winning documentaries that highlight Righteous Gentiles who saved Jews...
Kansas newspaper under fire for Holocaust comparison, removes Facebook post
A Kansas newspaper has come under fire for posting a cartoon on the weekly outlet’s Facebook page that compared the governor’s face-covering order in response to the coronavirus pandemic with the Holocaust.
The Anderson County...
ADL CEO under fire for partnering with Sharpton in pressing Facebook boycott
Anti-Defamation League national director and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt has come under fire from Jewish groups for appearing on the MSNBC show “Politics Nation With Al Sharpton” on Sunday to promote the ADL’s call for...
Can the ADL ‘stop the hate’ by embracing Al Sharpton?
Is there any red line that the Anti-Defamation League won’t cross in order to pursue its current agenda that prioritizes partisan politics over combating anti-Semitism? In the five years since Jonathan Greenblatt succeeded longtime...
Facebook removes Trump campaign ads, including one with Nazi prisoner symbol
Facebook removed Trump campaign ads on Thursday that targeted the far-left Antifa movement, including one with an downward-pointing red triangle that apparently resembled a Nazi designation symbol for political prisoners in concentration camps.
Facebook removed the ads...
ADL joins with other civil-rights groups in calling for July boycott of Facebook
The Anti-Defamation League, along with several civil-rights groups, is calling for corporations to boycott Facebook in July over its unwillingness to ban hate speech on the social-media company’s platform.
The groups, including the National Association...
Tawakkol Karman, Facebook’s Oversight Committee and anti-Israel rhetoric
As social media becomes increasingly dominant, a clear shift has been occurring among the tech giants of Silicon Valley. Major Internet platforms have been gradually moving from operating as neutral online platforms to full-fledged...
Billy Crystal, FBI director to join ‘Virtual L’Chaim’ to first responders amid pandemic
Actor Billy Crystal and FBI director Christopher Wray will be among those who will raise a glass during a Zoom cocktail event on Wednesday in salute to those on the front lines in combating...