As the Trump era comes to an end, what happens to Big Tech? – The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
admin | November 11, 2020
In the days before the 2020 election was called for Joe Biden, President Trump was on Twitter doing battle with Twitter.
Revered Polish Jew, Holocaust survivor joins protests over top appointment at Yad Vashem – Haaretz.com
admin | November 9, 2020
One of Polands most prominent Jewish citizens and Holocaust survivors has added his voice to the growing controversy over the appointment of Effi Eitam, former politician and military commander, to the top position at Yad Vashem. In a letter sent several days ago to President Reuven Rivlin, historian and journalist Marian Turski warned that Eitams appointment as chairman of the Yad Vashem directorate would greatly undermine Yad Vashems authority around the world. Faced with the global rise of nationalism and populism, a renewed wave of antisemitism and the return of Holocaust denial propaganda, the chairman of Yad Vashem needs to have impeccable moral authority, he wrote in the letter, which was also addressed to Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, chairman of the Yad Vashem council, which oversees the Jerusalem-based museum and commemoration center.
After The Defeat Of Donald Trump, Sacha Baron Cohen Turns His Attention To Mark Zuckerberg – Forbes
admin | November 9, 2020
Sacha Baron Cohen. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Sacha Baron Cohen must be thrilled that Donald Trump, the subject that sparked most of Borat Subsequent Movefilms hijinks, has officially lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.
Cambridge University agrees to International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism – In Your Area
admin | November 9, 2020
By Alya Zayed The University of Cambridge has agreed to a new definition of antisemitism, with some clarifications to protect free speech.
Fanatics have no right to censor critics. But neither does Emmanuel Macron – The Guardian
admin | November 9, 2020
Letters complaining about newspaper articles are unexceptional. Not so letters from the lyse Palace. Last week, the Financial Times published, after the killing of teacher Samuel Paty in Paris and of churchgoers in Nice, an article by its Europe correspondent, Mehreen Khan, critical of French president Emmanuel Macrons policies towards Islam.
What is Parler? Social Media Users Leave Facebook and Twitter to Join New Platform – Tech Times
admin | November 9, 2020
Free speech and the freedom of expression has been something very important not just this 2020 but the whole year round. With the difference in opinion and the strive for truth, this makes it harder for people to be able to express what they truly feel about certain topics
What Twitter Did After Trump Said Democrats Are Trying to STEAL the Election – Slate
admin | November 9, 2020
Photo illustration by Slate. Images via Twitter.
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Stay calm and carry on – Summit Daily News
admin | November 7, 2020
Im sorry. Im so sorry that so many of our citizens have been listening to Fox commentators, OAN, Newt Gingrich, Alex Jones and Rush Limbaugh. The fake, the malicious and repugnant have become more ubiquitous than truth.
Stop the Steal spreads across the internet after infecting Facebook – The Verge
admin | November 7, 2020
In the wake of a Facebook ban and dimming electoral hopes for President Trump, the Stop the Steal movement is finding a home on smaller platforms and in-person rallies. A movement supporting Trumps false claims of election fraud and hoping to halt the ongoing vote-certification process, Stop the Steal groups are currently promoting pro-Trump rallies in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Georgia, and organizing through platforms like Parler and Discord. President Trump has the votes, wrote Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon supporter newly elected to Congress, on Parler
Countering Antisemitism and the message of hate – The Jerusalem Post
admin | November 7, 2020
When we see antisemitism start to take hold and spread, says Professor John J. Farmer Jr, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics of Rutgers University and the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience, its a good indication that civilization itself is about to crumble. On Monday, November 9th, the eighty-second anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass, March of the Living, in collaboration with the Miller Center at Rutgers and the Jewish Community of Frankfort, will launch Let There Be Light, a global virtual campaign to preserve the memory of Kristallnacht
