Posts Tagged: Twitter antisemitism
Twitter, Google Decline to Be in State Department Event Countering Antisemitism
JNS.org - Twitter and Google declined to participate in next week’s US State Department event, featuring US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on countering antisemitism...
Top Twitter Exec Declines to Tell Knesset Why Ayatollah’s Calls for Genocide Are Not Banned
A top Twitter executive who took part in a Knesset hearing on Wednesday declined to say why her company had not taken action against genocidal...
Jewish Organizations, Leaders, Allies to Boycott Twitter, Instagram Over Tepid Response to Rapper’s Antisemitic Rant
A host of Jewish organizations, leaders, and their non-Jewish allies are preparing to boycott Twitter and Instagram after the social media giants failed to react...
Ex-SJP Leader at NYU Responds to Israel’s First Coronavirus Death With Nasty Tweet
The former president of the New York University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine responded to Israel’s first coronavirus fatality with a nasty tweet,...
Adidas Twitter Account Tricked Into Posting Antisemitic Messages
Sportswear giant Adidas was tricked this week by online trolls into posting antisemitic messages on social media. The Twitter account of the company’s UK branch attempted...
Trump Inauguration Rabbi Hier: Reciting Psalm of Jerusalem ‘Absolutely Intentional’ in Wake of UN Resolutions Denying Historical Jewish Ties to Holy City
The rabbi who gave a benediction at the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Friday told The Algemeiner that his recitation of the psalm remembering Jerusalem...
‘Antisemite My Ass; I’ve Walked Inside the Ovens at Auschwitz,’ Tweets Angry Rapper Before Announcing Retirement
A prolific rapper, whose latest musical release included blatantly antisemitic lyrics, responded to critics on Tuesday in a hostile Twitter exchange which he ended by...
Jewish Rapper Drake Called ‘Filthy Zionist’ After Hacker Takes Over Hip-Hop Artist Schoolboy Q’s Twitter Account
Canadian-Jewish rapper Drake was called a "filthy Zionist" and other slurs by a hacker who took over the official Twitter account of another singer this week, SPIN magazine reported. Calling himself...
British Report: Twitter Fails to Confront Users’ Antisemitic Abuse
JNS.org - A new report on antisemitism in the United Kingdom found that Twitter fails to properly handle abusive, antisemitic tweets from its users, British daily...
Anti Defamation League Slams Twitter Over Hate Speech
After a recent antisemitic trending hashtag on Twitter and a barrage of offensive comments, The Anti-Defamation League released a statement Tuesday slamming the social media website....
French Jews Blast Antisemitic Deluge on Twitter
Twitter has been engulfed in a wave of French anti-Semitic posts using the hashtag #unbonjuif, meaning "a good Jew" in French. The tweets were condemned by French...
