Tag: Hate Speech

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a man from Staten Island, N.Y., for threatening to kill protesters, politicians and others because of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Brian Maiorana, 54, was arrested...

Hate online, particularly anti-Semitism, is continuing to grow at alarming rates, and stopping it will require education, collaboration and a cohesive definition were the findings from the first-of-its-kind, two-day symposium sponsored by the U.S....

YouTube has taken down the Nation of Islam (NOI) channel from its platform. According to YouTube, the NOI channel was removed on Oct. 2 for violating YouTube’s policies against hate speech. “We have strict policies prohibiting...

In a letter to YouTube CEO for Europe and Middle East, Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, expressed “consternation at the YouTube posts by Freeze Corleone (a.k.a. Issa...

The video-sharing social-networking service TikTok has expressed that it has “a zero tolerance stance” on accounts linked to anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry. “We have a zero tolerance stance on organized hate groups and those...

Facebook has updated its community standards policy to include combatting anti-Semitism on its platform, announced the social-media giant on Tuesday. “We’ve made progress combating hate on our apps, but we know we have more to...

Nearly 1,400 people have so far signed a petition launched on Aug. 2 to have the account of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan removed from Twitter. The appeal on Change.org includes an open letter addressed to...

Former NFL star running back Larry Johnson has posted a series of anti-Semitic tweets, one of which blamed “the Jewish cabal” for human trafficking, sex trafficking, pedophilia, ritualistic child torture, perversion human sacrifice/murder.” One...

Hundreds of musicians in the United Kingdom made a stand against “all forms of racism” following anti-Semitic social-media posts by British rapper Wiley. Popular names like Rita Ora, Niall Horan, Lewis Capaldi, Lily Allen and...

After days of anti-Semitic rants on social media, the “Grime” rapper Wiley has finally been barred from Twitter and Facebook following outrage by Jews and others that he was allowed to use these platforms for his...