When a supportive Facebook group for moms turns toxic over Israel
“What worries me most is what these moms are teaching their children.”
Facebook removes 30 fake accounts designed to keep Arab Israelis from voting
Facebook removed 30 fake accounts that were designed to keep Arab Israelis from voting in next week’s national elections.
Lieblein: Taking the fight to the haters
Josh Lieblein writes that “right or left, populist or establishment, online anti-Semites and their falsehoods must be faced directly and destroyed with relentless truth.”
How the Wild West of social media will be won
Facebook and other social media sites are fuelling the haters. What can be done to combat it? Jesse Hirsh investigates.
Lazar: Letters from Israel
Marilyn Lazar reflects on the changing ways long-distance families have communicated with one another.
From Yoni’s Desk: Facebook and the Holocaust: is it time to un-friend?
Sure, no one wants to have to scroll past an anti-Semitic post on their news feed, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that such offensive material is freely available on Facebook. When you realize that you’re sharing space with Holocaust deniers, you might stop to wonder whether it’s time to move on.
In Defence of Canada’s Most Popular Facebook Page Against Anti-Jewish Incitement
As I see it, to truly succeed in its mission, NAC must effectively call to our side as many allies as we can, to make this social media page a welcome space for our fellow Muslim Canadians to stand with us in solidarity, to call out those from among their ranks who would do the Jews harm, and to fight against the smears of the media which seek to paint NAC as something that it is not.
Your Daily Spiel For July 26
Nine rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel following the border battles; cartoonist Avi Katz was fired from The Jerusalem Report after he parodied a selfie of right wing politicians taken after the nation-state law was passed; Facebook announced the acquisition of Israeli start-up Redkix.
Your Daily Spiel For July 23
Demonstrations kicked off across Israel on Sunday to protest a new surrogacy law that does not include gay couples; Randi Zuckerberg agrees with her brother’s choice to not ban Holocaust deniers from Facebook; a new Israeli bill will allow pregnant women to skip to the head of lines.
Your Daily Spiel For July 20
A Teen Vogue columnist compares the policing of minority communities in the United States and Israel, Gold medalist Aly Raisman and 140 sexual abuse victims received the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the ESPYS awards, Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement is contrary to German law.
