Posts Tagged: Twitter
UK Jewish TV Star and Activist Against Antisemitism Rachel Riley Wins Legal Victory Over Internet Troll
UK Jewish television presenter and activist against antisemitism Rachel Riley has won a major legal victory against an internet troll who harassed her. It was reported...
University of Texas Repudiates Ex-Professor Who Called for Israel to Be Bombed ‘Until the Sand Turns to Glass’
A former adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin recently tweeted that Israel should be bombed “until the sand turns to glass.” In the...
De-Platforming in Daily Life
Complaining about censorship ahead of the 2020 elections, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that encourages the Federal Trade Commission to probe whether Facebook, YouTube,...
Israeli Minister Urges Twitter to Suspend Account of Iran’s Ayatollah for Hate Speech, Incitement
Israel’s new minister of strategic affairs and public diplomacy wrote an official letter to the head of Twitter on Sunday, urging him to suspend the...
Top Australian Jewish Group Expresses Alarm About Online Spread of Antisemitic Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories
A top Australian Jewish group on Thursday expressed alarm at the rise of antisemitic conspiracy theories on social media surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, calling it...
Twitter Removes Accounts Linked to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Other Countries
Twitter took down thousands of accounts linked to Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Serbia on Thursday for either taking directions from the governments or...
Irish MP Who Tweeted Antisemitic Claims Revealed to Have Long History of Promoting Fringe Conspiracy Theories
A newly-elected Irish parliamentarian who The Sunday Times reported had recently claimed on Twitter that Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency was responsible for UK Labour leader Jeremy...
Twitter Suspends Accounts Linked to Saudi Spying Case
Weeks after US authorities brought a spying case against three Saudi nationals for digging up dissidents' personal data on Twitter, the company suspended tens of...
Major Jewish Groups Applaud Twitter for ‘Belated’ Shut Down of Hamas, Hezbollah Accounts
Major Jewish groups applauded the micro-blogging website Twitter on Sunday for suspending a series of accounts affiliated with the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. “Thank you...
Twitter Says 2018 Tweet in Which Farrakhan Compared Jews to Termites Violates New Rules
Twitter on Tuesday said it was requiring Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to take down a 2018 tweet in which he compared Jews to...
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...
Twitter Deletes Thousands of Accounts Tied to Iran, Seeks to End False Info Campaigns
Twitter Inc on Thursday said it removed thousands of accounts linked to coordinated, state-backed activities it believes were from the Iranian government and archived them to...
How Much Did YouTube and PayPal Make From Owen Benjamin’s Jew-Hatred?
It happens every day, even on weekends. Sometime in the late afternoon or early evening West Coast time, several thousand people log onto YouTube’s livestream service...
Report: Twitter Suspends Chinese Accounts Suspected of Attempts to Influence Israeli Elections
CTech - Twitter has removed dozens of accounts that were amplifying the political messages of right-wing Israeli politicians and were linked to the Church of...
