Tag: United Kingdom
Hundreds of musicians speak out after rapper’s anti-Semitic social-media posts
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...
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram remove British rapper Wiley after anti-Semitic posts
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have deactivated the accounts belonging to the British rap star Wiley after he posted anti-Semitic remarks.
“There is no place for hate speech on Facebook and Instagram,” a company spokesperson told The Guardian....
Jewish entities worldwide institute 48-hour freeze on Twitter over hate speech
International Jewish groups are joining in a 48-hour abstention from Twitter in solidarity with Jews in the United Kingdom after British rap star Wiley, who has hundreds of thousands of followers, went on an...
UK Home Secretary blasts Twitter, Instagram, over ‘abhorrent’ anti-Semitic posts
Home Secretary of the United Kingdom Priti Patel demanded an explanation from Twitter and Instagram on Sunday regarding the length of time anti-Semitic posts by British rapper Richard Kylea Cowie Jr., aka Wiley, were allowed...
UK academic is fired, in part for saying Jews are ‘cleverest people in world’
An engineering lecturer in the United Kingdom has been fired for making racial remarks, including saying Jews “are the cleverest people in the world” and had “a particular gift” for physics.
An employment tribunal this...
Labour Party to pay damages to whistleblowers who voiced anti-Semitic concerns
The Labour Party in the United Kingdom has agreed to pay substantial damages to seven former employees who sued for defamation after they raised concerns of anti-Semitism in the opposition party.
The whistleblowers—Louise Withers Green,...
UK Labour Party member apologizes for online anti-Semitic remarks
A senior member of the British Labour Party has apologized for anti-Semitic comments online prior to his current position.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, 33, a shadow environment minister, made the remarks before becoming a member of Parliament...
Boris Johnson: London will not recognize Israeli sovereignty
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Israel not to extend its sovereignty to Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley in a front-page Hebrew op-ed published by Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot on Wednesday.
Calling himself a “passionate...
British education secretary ousted for sharing ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’
British Labour Party member Rebecca Long-Bailey was ousted on Thursday as shadow education secretary after sharing an “anti-Semitic conspiracy theory” on Twitter.
Long-Bailey, an ally of former U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, was asked by...
Boris Johnson: Israel’s sovereignty plan breaches international law
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s plan to apply Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria constitutes a violation of international law.
Responding...