Tag: Social Media
German Jewish beauty queen launches ‘Shalom’ campaign on social media
A German-Jewish beauty queen is launching a campaign to raise awareness about racist and anti-Semitic incidents and rhetoric afflicting Germany and Western Europe.
Tamar Morali kicked off her campaign, titled “SHALOM,” on Dec. 10, Human Rights Day.
She...
Sacha Baron Cohen slams social-media giants for hate speech on platforms
British Jewish actor Sacha Baron Cohen, upon accepting the Anti-Defamation League’s International Fellowship Award in New York City on Thursday, criticized social-media giants for allowing hate speech to flourish on their platforms.
He called the steps taken...
Twitter suspends accounts affiliated with Hamas and Hezbollah
Social-networking service Twitter has suspended numerous accounts affiliated with the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, according to media reports on Saturday.
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television station protested on Saturday that most of its Twitter accounts had...
Lawmakers accuse Twitter of allowing content from Hamas and Hezbollah, violating law
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers accused Twitter on Tuesday of violating U.S. law in allowing content from U.S.-designated terrorist groups, including Hezbollah and Hamas, to appear on its site.
Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Tom...
Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump of anti-Semitism for Twitter war against Rep. Adam Schiff
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend of being “engaged in deliberate, atrocious, targeted anti-Semitism” in response to the president’s Twitter attacks Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who is Jewish.
“Understand...
Ohio man pleads not guilty to threatening to shoot up Jewish community center
A self-identified white nationalist in Ohio has pleaded not guilty to threatening the Youngstown Jewish Community Center.
James Reardon Jr., 20, appeared in front of a municipal court judge on Monday following his arrest on...
ADL, Jewish groups criticize Omar, Tlaib for sharing anti-Semitic cartoon
The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish groups have criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for sharing a cartoon on Instagram on Aug. 16 by a cartoonist who placed second in...
Jewish millennials address ways to counter anti-Semitism online
A panel organized by the Israeli-American Council of New York brought four millennial leaders together in Manhattan to grapple with anti-Semitism on the mode they use most often: social media.
The event, which took place...
The social geography of the BDS movement and anti-Semitism
Hillel Frisch’s highly original analysis of the popularity of BDS raises important questions about the character of this global “movement.” In brief, by examining the geography of Google queries on BDS and Israel’s legitimacy, Frisch concludes...
Netanyahu, Modi celebrate Israel-India ties via Twitter
Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed their mutual appreciation via Twitter on Sunday, celebrating the strong ties between the two nations.
The online greetings were triggered by a tweet...