Posts Tagged: Social media antisemitism
Antisemitic Incidents on Campus Spike to Record High Even as Assaults, Vandalism Decrease, New Data Shows
New data on antisemitic incidents on college campuses released on Thursday by Hillel International paints a picture of the Jewish higher education experience that is...
Hacked Elmo X Account Shares ‘Kill All Jews,’ Other Antisemitic, Racist Posts
The official X account that belongs to the beloved "Sesame Street" character Elmo was hacked on Sunday and began sharing expletive-filled antisemitic and racist posts. "Kill...
Social Media Personality Who Explores Food: ‘Only Time I Get Real Hate Is When I Show Love to Jewish People’
The popular social media personality Chris Caresnone, known by some as the Babka King, said in a recent post that he has received "real hate"...
‘Stop Inflaming Hatred’: ADL Chief Slams Elon Musk Antics at Time of Rising Antisemitism
The head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has accused Elon Musk — the billionaire owner of the online platform X, formerly known as Twitter —...
X Deletes Holocaust Denial Posts After Initially Allowing Them as Auschwitz Museum’s Frustration Grows
X, the online platform formerly called Twitter, this week removed multiple antisemitic posts promoting Holocaust denial that were flagged by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum...
Proof That Antisemitism Is Up on Twitter and Other Social Media Platforms
What do discussions about Hamas, Kanye West, and Covid have in common? Well, they seem to trigger antisemites. The conflict between Palestinian terrorist groups and Israel,...
Social Media Companies Not Doing Enough to Combat Rampant Antisemitism: Report
The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) on Tuesday released a "Digital Terrorism and Hate Report Card," which indicated major social media platforms such as TikTok and...
Twitter is Cesspool of Antisemitic Tweets, Says New Study
Antisemitism on Twitter is far more common than previously acknowledged, a new study has revealed. On Sunday, the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (ISCA)...
Twitter Leaves Up Vast Majority of ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ Posts, Finds Analysis
Twitter does not delete an overwhelming majority of antisemitic tweets published on its platform, a study by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found on Thursday. Over a...
Social Media Platforms Failing to Remove Flagged Antisemitic Content, Say ‘Shocked’ Group of European Parliament Members
Members of the European parliament took coordinated action against online antisemitism this week, identifying and reporting anti-Jewish content on three social media platforms, and expressing...
‘We Are at War:’ Jewish Activists Noa Tishby, Bari Weiss, and Eve Barlow Discuss How Social Media Emboldens Antisemitism
Israeli author Noa Tishby and Jewish journalists Bari Weiss and Eve Barlow discussed the fraught relationship between social media and the rise of antisemitism, and...
New Report Claims Major Social Media Companies Failed to Act on 84% of Reported Cases of Antisemitic Hate
An organization dedicated to documenting and fighting hate speech online found that major social media countries failed to act against antisemitism on their platforms in...
‘Hate Is More Engaging’: Researchers Make Headway Measuring Antisemitic Propaganda on Social Media
The year-long lockdown brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 cemented the place of social media as the main channel for the spread of...
Top UK Jewish Group Praises Gov for Urging Social Media Companies to Adopt Leading Antisemitism Definition
One of the UK’s top Jewish organizations praised the British government on Tuesday after it urged the world’s biggest social media companies to adopt the...
