Simon Butler
ARTICLES BY: Simon Butler
The Future of Antisemitism Under a Musk-Led Twitter
Given Elon Musk’s laissez-faire approach to freedom of speech, the Tesla CEO’s reported $44 billion purchase of Twitter has stoked fears that Twitter will relax...
Twitter Must Act on Pro-Putin Accounts’ Antisemitism
As the violence resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Twitter accounts supporting Russian dictator Vladimir Putin have proliferated, spewing disinformation about Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Alton Brown — When Apologies for Antisemitism Aren’t Enough
Last week, Food Network personality Alton Brown apologized for his antisemitic tweets referencing the Holocaust, a development that many of his fans -- including those...
The Food Network and Food Community’s Sickening Tolerance of Antisemitism
In the wake of celebrity foodie Alton Brown’s tweets this week that offensively referenced the Holocaust, one thing seems to have been ignored that suggests...
Institutional Antisemitism: Non-Profit’s Tweet Shows Scope of Jew-Hatred
In a social media climate riddled with antisemitic messages from personalities such as DeSean Jackson and Ice Cube, it’s easy to overlook hate speech from...
Online Marketplaces Must Do More to Tackle Antisemitism
Despite the societal changes sparked by the ongoing anti-racism protests, mounting antisemitism continues to be an afterthought -- especially in the online-marketplace arena, where the...
When ‘Cancel Culture’ Is Right: Racists and Antisemites Shouldn’t Have Online Platforms
As questions about racism surround us about film and TV projects -- and the presence of hate speech on mass-media outlets -- the issue recently...
Interview With a Holocaust Denier: A Physics Conundrum
There’s generally a broad line between antisemitic conspiracy theorists and legitimate scientists, but this week, the gap got a little smaller in one particular instance. On...
Twitter, YouTube Pull No Punches With David Duke
As David Duke remains in the news, a few social media powerhouses made it clearer that his presence on their platforms may not be viable...
Alison Chabloz and the Criminalization of Holocaust Denial
Late last month, a musician named Alison Chabloz was sent to prison in the United Kingdom for violating the terms of an earlier court decision...
The US Must Institute Laws Against Antisemitism
The recent reports surrounding US neo-Nazi website Vanguard News Network (VNN)’s publication of photos of students and faculty at Yeshiva University (YU) in New York...
Hamas Just Violated Twitter’s Rules. Now What?
I recently received an intriguing notification from Twitter about a number of accounts that I had reported to the platform for antisemitic hate speech and...
Are US Detention Centers Concentration Camps or Not?
Allow me to tell you a little story about Jack and Bella Bajnon. A gentle, long-married couple, Jack and Bella lived down the block from where...
Why Israel Should Recognize the Armenian Genocide
Now that Israel’s political relationship with Turkey is teetering on the edge of the precipice, it is time for the government of the Jewish state...