This story was co-published with ProPublica, the investigative journalism organization. In 2016, as Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi performed at college campuses around the United States, his appearances seemed to spark student protests. Before his visit to John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, a page called “John Jay Students Against Hate” appeared…
After a brief suspension from Twitter, notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been permanently banned from the social media platform, Gizmodo reported. Twitter banned both Jones’ account and that of his website Infowars, citing abusive behavior. His Twitter page had nearly 900,000 followers, and Infowars had 430,000. Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from…
When Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg testified to Congress Wednesday about online propaganda and voter manipulation, she didn’t fully answer a question about whether the social media giant was profiting off hate, Slate reported. California Sen. Kamala Harris pointed out that the more users engage, the more revenue Facebook takes in. Hateful and conspiratorial…
Can you blame us for being over Mark Zuckerberg? The Pew Research Center has released an updated study on Facebook users after the havoc that ensued from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It reveals that young professionals (a sleek term for your run-of-the-mill millennials) have become wary of the social media app. Surprise, surprise. Facebook faced…
The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect tweeted Wednesday that Facebook had removed its post advocating for Holocaust education because it “violated community standards.” The center said it tweeted out the same post, which linked to a Daily Kos article that found only 10 states require Holocaust and genocide education. “You haven’t given us a…
Facebook un-deleted a livestreamed video of eight Birthright participants walking off their trip in protest of what they saw as a lack of exposure to Palestinians and information about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. After two weeks of campaigning and thousands of petition signatures, Facebook reversed its decision to remove the video, according to…
Twenty-five of the world’s leading Holocaust educators co-signed a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, urging him to stop Holocaust denial on the platform, Haaretz [reported] (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/gal-gadot-to-star-as-hedy-lamarr-in-new-american-tv-series-1.6359278). “Facebook must not allow complete and utter falsehoods about the Holocaust, and about the Jewish people, to go systematically unchecked,” they said. “Freedom of speech laws…
Two major media brands removed content by radio and internet host Alex Jones, a notorious conspiracy theorist. Apple pulled the majority of Jones’ Infowars work from iTunes and its podcast apps, and Facebook deleted four of his pages, the Daily Beast reported Monday. Apple said it took down the entire library for five of his…
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