Hatepedia has launched as a new Canadian resource to track and educate about online hatred
UJA Toronto’s Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Centre for Holocaust Education is launching a new online database and resource that is specifically designed to combat the different ways modern hatred can manifest. Hatepedia.ca is the first initiative created with funds received in the fall of 2020 from the Canadian Government’s Anti-Racism Action Program grant. So far, […]
Combating online antisemitism requires public oversight of social media companies: task force report
Fighting online hate against Jews requires clear legislative and regulatory oversight developed by government and civil society with the technology sector, according to the final report of the Canadian Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism. The task force was led by the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) of Concordia University and […]
Adam Silverman is a young Toronto entrepreneur connecting companies to TikTok
This summer has been life-changing for 22-year-old Toronto entrepreneur Adam Silverman, whose business, Hot Dot Media, was recently acquired by Wondr Gaming for $2 million. The acquisition was a natural evolution for Silverman, who was appointed head of media and will work towards connecting Fortune 1000 brands with TikTok creators. Silverman was a business student […]
International lawmakers urge action on online anti-Semitism
“This is a public safety issue. The law has to step in.”
Josh Zilberberg loves TikTok. Gefilte fish? Not so much
But even his bubbe is addicted to his videos now.
When a supportive Facebook group for moms turns toxic over Israel
“What worries me most is what these moms are teaching their children.”
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.
Twitter suspends accounts aiming fake news at the Israeli public
Twitter recently suspended 61 accounts linked to foreign fake news manipulation campaigns aimed at the Israeli public.
Your Daily Spiel For July 18
Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a vote on a bill that would grant the government the power to remove content from social media sites, Ehud Barak gifted a young prodigy with a piano, Houston Astros player Alex Bregman was named MVP.
