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Dear John,
Anti-Jewish sentiment is an age-old hatred that has found deep traction online via social media platforms. And how are tech companies doing addressing this content? Not so well.
Repackaged for new audiences through postings, videos, memes and games, online antisemitism doesn’t stop once users go offscreen. Sometimes, it turns into on-the-ground harassment and violence.
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ADL’s Center for Technology and Society (CTS)
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reported examples of antisemitic content across nine major online platforms used by billions of people, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok. We reviewed their anti-hate policies and more importantly, whether they are enforcing those policies consistently to remove antisemitism when it surfaces.
Did any of the platforms make the grade? Facebook and other hugely popular platforms scored disappointingly low grades, though a few are showing improved levels of responsiveness to online hate. Some have made notable changes to their products that are aligned with our recommendations. But there’s so much more work to be done.
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Read and share our 2021 Online Antisemitism Report Card, which details the results and lays out a roadmap on the necessary work to be done to slow down the virulent spread of antisemitic stereotyping and threats. As our CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told the
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New York Times on Friday, “it’s past time for tech companies to step up and invest more of their millions in profit to protect the vulnerable communities harmed on their platforms.”
And when you’re done seeing how the platforms you use scored on the report card, join with us to fight antisemitism. Be an advocate and speak out using our
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Cyber-Safety Action Guide to report online hate.
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Read the Report Card
Sincerely,
Dave Sifry
VP, Center for Technology and Society
ADL
P.S. Another important news item in the fight against antisemitism is the announcement that eminent historian Deborah Lipstadt, a world leader on antisemitism and Holocaust denial, has been nominated to be the next U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, and now faces the Senate confirmation process.
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As Jonathan Greenblatt said, “Professor Lipstadt is a woman of courage who has fought antisemitism in the courts, confronted it on campus and spoken truth to power. She is a champion of facts who will call out hatred against the Jewish people regardless of the source.”
To hear some of Professor Lipstadt’s insights,
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watch this recording of her and Jonathan Sarna discussing “Antisemitism in the Shadow of COVID” with us last year during a fascinating Fighting Hate from Home webinar.
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