‘The Tehran Children: Iran’s Unexpected & Suppressed Connection to the Holocaust’ program set – timesobserver.com
admin | December 5, 2020
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Facebook’s Updating its Approach to Hate Speech to Combat ‘The Worst of the Worst’ Cases – Social Media Today
admin | December 5, 2020
Facebook is reportedly looking to overhaul its approach to hate speech, in order to better detect and address 'the worst of the worst' cases, as opposed to treating all hate speech incidents equally. According to The Washington Post, Facebook has shared an internal overview of its 'WoW Project', which will put increased focuson removing hateful comments directed at Black people, Muslims, people of more than one race, the LGBTQ community and Jews
Yes, Palestinians have the right to speak about antisemitism – Forward
admin | December 5, 2020
Earlier this week, a group of 122 prominent Palestinian and Arab scholars and intellectuals signed a petition about antisemitism. In it, they took on the question of whether anti-Zionism is inherently antisemitic, taking aim at the definition of antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Among other things, the IHRA working definition holds that denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination is antisemitic, a proposition which, the letter writers argue, leads to the suppression of Palestinian rights
How to fight Holocaust denial in social media with the evidence of what really happened – The Conversation US
admin | December 4, 2020
One in four American millennials believe the Holocaust was exaggerated or entirely made up, according to a recent national survey that sought to find out what young adults know about the genocide of nearly 6 million Jews at the hands of Nazis some 80 years ago. That startling statistic was cited as one of the main reasons that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided in October to finally ban Holocaust denial across the social network
Chautauqua Institution joins Holocaust Memorial Museum for ‘The Tehran Children’ – Olean Times Herald
admin | December 4, 2020
MAYVILLE Chautauqua Institution and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will jointly present an online program titled The Tehran Children: Irans Unexpected & Suppressed Connection to the Holocaust
Twitter, Facebook to update hate speech moderation | TheHill – The Hill
admin | December 4, 2020
Social media giants Twitter and Facebook are working on plans to update how they handle hate speech on their platforms after mounting scrutiny from civil rights groups. Twitter is expanding its hateful conduct policy to prohibit language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin, the company announced Wednesday
Publishers are not obliged to give bigots like Jordan Peterson a platform – The Guardian
admin | December 4, 2020
Jordan Peterson, the Canadian psychology professor and lobster-loving life coach who came to public attention after refusing to use the preferred pronouns of transgender people, has a new book coming out, and some staff at Penguin Random House Canada, were reportedly not pleased with the companys decision to publish it.
Facebook said It would ban holocaust deniers. Instead, its algorithm provided a network for them – The Next Web
admin | December 1, 2020
Last month, Facebook announced a crackdown: The platform would no longer permit content that denies or distorts the Holocaust as part of its larger policy prohibiting hate speech. While noting that successful enforcement could take time, Monika Bickert, Facebooks vice president of content policy, explained the ban in a blog post.
Facebook banned Holocaust denial but it’s still easy to find – The Jewish News of Northern California
admin | December 1, 2020
As of Wednesday afternoon, one of the first results in a Facebook search for Holohoax a termpopularwith Holocaust deniers was a post decrying Zionist White Jewish Supremacist Child murdering Apartheid State, Talmudic Satanic Holohoax promoters.
Facebook’s ban has done little to rid the platform of Holocaust denial – Haaretz.com
admin | December 1, 2020
As of Wednesday afternoon, one of the first results in a Facebook search for Holohoax a termpopularwith Holocaust deniers was a post decrying Zionist White Jewish Supremacist Child murdering Apartheid State, Talmudic Satanic Holohoax promoters. Right below it was a video, posted by a group with more than 6,000 followers, captioned Research: Holohoax and Jew world order
