Tag: YouTube

YouTube is being urged to remove from its platform anti-Semitic hate sermons in the language Urdu, including those posted by clerics idolized by the gunman who took hostages at a Texas synagogue on Jan....

A new report by the Center to Counter Digital Hate (CCDH) revealed that five major social-media companies failed to act upon 84 percent of anti-Semitic posts on their websites, despite promising to double down on anti-Semitism. Researchers...

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...

YouTube has removed the official channel of the British rapper Wiley after he posted anti-Semitic remarks recently on social media. A spokesperson told The Jerusalem Post that “following repeated violations, YouTube has terminated Wiley’s channels from our platform.” Last week, YouTube...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin read a book to children, who are homebound due to mandatory governmental regulations because of the coronavirus pandemic, in a video posted on social media and YouTube on Thursday. In “Story Time With...

Silicon Valley executives will host Holocaust remembrance events throughout next week in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorated annually on Jan. 27. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, WhatsApp founder Jan Koum and Houzz founder Adi...

According to the most recent Pew Research Study on American Jewish life, American Millennial Jews (ages 18-34) are increasingly disconnecting from traditional Jewish institutions. Additionally, as age decreases, so does identification with Judaism. While 32...

YouTube announced on Wednesday that it will delete thousands of neo-Nazi and white supremacist videos and channels as part of the video platform’s initiative to remove extremist views on the site. It will block “videos...

Online video giant YouTube has been condemned for failing to take down extremist content including films praising Adolf Hitler and Taliban propaganda. An extensive study of Islamist and far-right extremist material shared on the website...