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Fast Forward Thanking Elon Musk for ‘allowing me to vent,’ Kanye West quits X after antisemitic rant
“It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board,” Ye posted
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Culture Think antisemitism was bad on TikTok? Wait till you see Rednote
While TikTok bans 'Free Palestine,' RedNote teems with antisemitism far beyond support for Palestinians
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Fast Forward ‘Shalom, friends’: Jews on TikTok prepare for app’s possible ban after Supreme Court ruling
The court upheld a law — backed by some leading Jewish groups — requiring the app to be sold or banned in the United States
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Culture Is the TikTok ban about China — or is it really about Gaza?
Congressional advocacy for a ban has referenced Chinese data-mining, but also the anti-Israel content on the platform
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Fast Forward The era of fact-checking is over, Meta says, even if it leads to more disinformation
The social media company, in a possible attempt to placate Donald Trump, is changing its moderation practices
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Culture Everyone threatened to leave X because of the Nazis. Why didn’t they?
Bluesky is growing, but people aren't ready to leave the site formerly known as Twitter
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Fast Forward Ford Motor Company apologizes after X account posts ‘Israel is a terrorist state’
The account posted two other pro-Palestinian messages that were quickly deleted
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News Elon Musk has made some disturbing comments about Jews. Here’s a list.
A history of offensive remarks, including quoting Nazis and reinstating bigots to Twitter
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Fast Forward Trump to ‘defend the rights of Christians,’ announces new faith initiative led by controversial televangelist
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Music Critics say Kendrick Lamar was too loud and hard to understand — they said the same thing about Bob Dylan in Newport
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Music In lawsuit, Drake accuses Kendrick Lamar of picking on ‘Jewish heritage’
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Opinion Yes, Trump’s Gaza plan is outrageous. It could also be just what the Middle East needs
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Opinion Why does Trump’s Gaza plan sound so familiar? Because the Nazis tried it first
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News Burned trees, traumatized animals: Nature is revealing the unseen effects of Israel’s wars
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Opinion Trump’s mind-bending Middle East gambit: Egging Netanyahu on, from the right
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Fast Forward JD Vance to visit Dachau on Thursday, the latest VP to tour the Nazi camp
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