Tag: Social Media
Antisemitic incidents, violence dropped slightly in Canada in 2022
Antisemitic incidents in Canada dropped 1.1% in 2022 from the record high of 2,799 incidents in 2021, and violent incidents dropped from 75 in 2021 to 25 in 2022, according to B’nai B’rith Canada’s just-released Annual Audit of...
Young Iranians increasingly emboldened to talk with Israelis on social media
Some 30 years ago, Homayoun and his classmates at his Tehran school stood daily before class and, following directions from teachers, chanted loudly, “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!” At the time, Homayoun—an...
Michigan GOP party slammed for tweet trivializing the Holocaust
“History has shown us that the first thing a government does when it wants total control over its people is to disarm them. President Reagan once stated, ‘If we lose freedom here, there is...
‘Non-Jewish Nanny’ to Orthodox children becomes a social media sensation
Adriana Fernandez laughs when she recounts how she got it wrong when it came to understanding what “kosher” means.
“I used to think it was just that you couldn’t have a cheeseburger and couldn’t mix cheese and...
The Structure of our Modern Digital Public Opinion
The following topics constitute the structure of the digital reputation of a public figure, and are either solid props to ameliorate or sustain it or accursed arms to destroy it. The young technocratic masses...
Palestinian flag raised at memorial to slain IDF soldiers in Golan Heights
An Israeli flag at a memorial site to slain IDF soldiers in the Golan Heights was replaced by a Palestinian Authority flag over the weekend.
The site is located at the the entrance to Kibbutz...
Online platforms fail test when it comes to tackling anti-Semitism
While New York City is seeing a new surge of Jew-hatred, the breeding ground for the violent ideology behind it is stewing online. And social media and gaming sites are receiving failing grades in...
Shin Bet exposes online Iranian espionage drive targeting Israelis
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) announced on Monday the uncovering of an Iranian espionage network, which it said worked to track down and recruit Israeli civilians for spy missions and to prepare attacks...
Does it matter if an Orthodox Jew is doxxed in an attempt to silence...
Most people are focusing on the hypocrisy involved in The Washington Post doxxing an Orthodox Jewish woman who anonymously ran the popular conservative Twitter and Instagram accounts known as @libsoftiktok. The person who ran them had said that...
Airline deletes Holocaust-related ad from social media after facing backlash
The low-cost British airline EasyJet removed from its official social-media account an advertisement that featured a flight number tattooed on a customer’s arm after social-media users criticized the ad’s references to the Holocaust.
“While this...