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Meta Oversight Board Reverses Decision on Holocaust Denial Content
Meta's Oversight Board reversed a company decision to allow Holocaust denial content on its platforms which include Facebook and Instagram just days ahead of Holocaust...
‘Widespread Acceptance’: 78 Entities Have Adopted IHRA Definition in 2023: Report
The world's leading definition of antisemitism was adopted by 78 governmental and nonprofit organizations during the first six months of 2023, according to a new...
Iran Waging Foreign Influence Campaign on Social Media: ADL Report
The Republic of Iran's state media is using Facebook and Twitter to spread antisemitism, maneuvering around social media bans from YouTube and Western airwaves, according...
Antisemitic Incidents in Canada Remain High Despite Slight Dip, New Study Says
Antisemitic incidents in Canada reached historic highs despite declining slightly in 2022, according to an annual audit issued by B'nai Brith Canada, a Jewish rights...
Holocaust Denial is Proliferating on Gaming and Social Media Platforms, Says New ADL Report
The Anti-Defamation Leagues (ADL) Center for Technology and Society on Monday released a "Holocaust Denial Report Card" indicating that major social media and online gaming...
Pakistan Blocks Wikipedia Over ‘Blasphemous Content’
i24 News - Wikipedia became blocked in Pakistan after authorities censored the website on Saturday for hosting "blasphemous content." In Pakistan, which has a majority of...
New AI Powered Tool Monitors Social Media Antisemitism in Real Time
A new technology startup is offering social media companies an AI (artificial intelligence) powered tool for becoming more effective at removing antisemitism and Holocaust denial...
Meta Partners With Jerusalem’s Hebrew University to Develop Artificial Intelligence
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Wednesday announced the launch of a joint PhD program with social media giant Meta, formerly known as Facebook, to...
Bill Meant to Combat Hateful Online Content Passes California Legislature
The California State Assembly on Tuesday voted to approve a social media transparency bill following its passage in the senate the previous day, garnering praise...
Why Are Iranian Protestors Being Silenced in the West?
Iran's brave protesters have taken to the streets once again, and although they risk bullets, imprisonment, torture, and execution from the Islamic Republic's repressive forces,...
Iran Targeted Israeli Jews With Facebook Network to Stoke ‘Religious War,’ Researchers Say
A Facebook network geared at nationalist and ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews has been exposed as part of a suspected Iranian disinformation campaign intended to fuel internal...
United Nations Set to Vote on Israeli Resolution Against Online Holocaust Denial
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote this Thursday on an Israeli resolution that seeks to define and counteract Holocaust denial on social...
Facebook Threatens to Ban Head of UN Watchdog for Post Critical of Taliban, BDS Movement
Facebook has threatened to ban the head of the watchdog group UN Watch due to alleged content violations, including a post denouncing the Taliban and...
EU Lawmakers Blast Facebook for ‘Lack of Improvement’ in Removing Antisemitic Content
JNS.org - Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are calling on Facebook to take “immediate measures” to better combat the proliferation of antisemitic content on...