Posts Tagged: social media
Radicals Rally to Support Ilhan Omar’s Antisemitic Tweets — Will She Disown Them?
Antisemitic sentiments and incidents continue to rise worldwide, particularly in the West. Sometimes this form of bigotry is perpetrated by far-right elements, other times at...
Fake Content is Less Prevalent Than People Assume, Says Researcher
CTech - The discourse around the 2016 US elections gave rise to the phrase "fake news," which is now being used globally with increasing frequency to...
Twitter Finally Removes Some Palestinian Terrorist Content
Pressure from Israeli authorities compelled Twitter to remove 20 accounts belonging to top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in the first half of 2018, the Middle...
CAIR Official Calls for Israel’s Termination
Hussam Ayloush, a senior Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) official, called for Israel's "regime" to be "terminated" in a tweet on Sunday. "Iran's regime calling Israel a 'cancerous...
How Social Media Is Undermining the Fight Against Antisemitism
When 11 Jews were murdered during a Shabbat service last week, the first response for most American Jews was to take to Twitter or Facebook. Most...
Facebook Removes Fake Accounts Tied to Iran That Lured Over 1 Million Followers
Facebook said on Friday it had deleted accounts originating in Iran that attracted more than 1 million US and British followers, its latest effort to...
Report: Hezbollah Hacked Into Mobile Devices Worldwide
Hezbollah hackers used "catfishing" techniques on social media to infiltrate mobile devices worldwide, according to a release from the Czech Security Intelligence Service (BIS), as...
Those Who Dish Out Criticism Should Be Able to Take It
On Monday, a staffer at the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) made a mistake on social media regarding the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). When...
Trump Slams Social Media Firms as ‘Silencing Millions’
US President Donald Trump criticized social media companies on Friday, saying without evidence that they have silenced "millions of people" in an act of censorship. Trump...
Amazon Removes ‘Make Israel Palestine Again’ T-Shirts After Backlash
Reader complaints caused Amazon to stop selling a T-shirt that said "Make Israel Palestine Again" after the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) drew attention to it earlier this...
Amazon Selling ‘Make Israel Palestine Again’ T-Shirts
Amazon.com is selling T-shirts that say "Make Israel Palestine Again," a not-so-subtle endorsement of ending the State of Israel. The shirts are listed as "In...
Senior Muslim Brotherhood Official Touts Linda Sarsour’s Gaza Video
When Linda Sarsour speaks, a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official apparently likes what he hears. Gamal Heshmat shared an anti-Israel video by Sarsour on his Facebook...
Can Twitter Kill?
Every day on social networks people receive death threats for having expressed an opinion. Surprisingly few people seem concerned by this. Those who make the...
Google Partners With Antisemitic Islamists
Why are Google and YouTube sponsoring a day-long symposium featuring a roster of speakers that includes known Islamist antisemites, as well as known militant Islamists who...
