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Sacha Baron Cohen attacks Facebook; says Hitler could have got away with anti-Jewish ads
Tech2 News Staff •Cohen gave a scathing speech calling all social media companies the ‘greatest propaganda machine in history’.
'OK' hand gesture, mass killer's bowl-style haircut among 36 new entries to Jewish group's hate symbols database
•The Anti-Defamation League has added the symbols to its online 'Hate on Display' database , which already includes burning crosses, Ku Klux Klan robes, the swastika and many other of the most notorious and overt symbols of racism and anti-Semitism.
First Somalian-American lawmaker Illhan Abdullahi Omar apologises for remarks that triggered anti-Semitism row
•Illhan Abdullahi Omar, a Democrat who was elected to the House of Representatives in November 2018, in a tweet on Sunday questioned the financial relationship between the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and members of the Congress
Tim Cook says white supremacists and conspiracy theorists have no place on Apple platforms
Tech2 News Staff •"We only have one message for those who seek to push hate, division, or violence: You have no place on our platforms," Cook said.
Dashboard that aims to track hate speech across a network on Twitter launched
Tech2 News Staff •The online hate dashboard keeps its list of accounts secret making way for independent scrutiny.
Last year, Twitter was host to over 4.2 mn anti-semitic Tweets: Study
Ians •At least 4.2 million anti-Semitic tweets were shared or re-shared in English on Twitter over the 12-month period ending 28 January 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu's son called out by online group for posting 'anti-Semitic' caricature
•Yair Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister’s 26-year-old son, is courting controversy with his social media activity.
Facebook to crack the whip on pages and posts that glorify violence against women
Nishtha •Facebook has given in to the widespread outrage over groups and pages on the site glorifying...
A store named Hitler: It's dumb, not wrong
Roy •The owner of the Hitler clothing store says he didn't really know too much about him when he chose that name. Really? But let's worry more about Indians who do know their Hitler and admire him than some clueless attention-grubbing businessman.