Labour’s Mayor of Hackney condemns suggestion by his own partner that a leading Jewish charity will select the Party’s new General Secretary
The Mayor of Hackney, from the Labour Party, has condemned a suggestion by his own partner that a leading Jewish charity will select the Party’s new General Secretary after the resignation of Jennie Formby, whose tenure was marred by the institutional antisemitism under her watch. Craig Parr, who is the local Labour Party’s LGBT officer, […]
Another TikTok user puts up video mocking Holocaust survivors and receives almost 1 million likes as CAA demands the company take action
Another user of the popular online video platform, TikTok, has published a video mocking Holocaust survivors, and it has received almost one million ‘likes’. The video shows the user, known as “olivermcd54”, imagining himself talking to a “cute Jewish girl” and then the girl, also played by him, lifts up her sleeve to give him […]
Lord Mann tells Sir Keir Starmer to outlaw use of “Zionist” as a term of abuse
Lord Mann has told Sir Keir Starmer to outlaw the use of the word “Zionist” in the Labour Party, as well as the term “Zionism”, as terms of abuse. The Government’s Independent Advisor on Antisemitism gave several pieces of advice to the Labour leader, including not wavering from the International Definition of Antisemitism and, “if […]
“I think the Jews are terrible people!”, says Facebook’s new AI chatbot after it learns from watching how humans speak online
Facebook’s new artificial intelligence chatbot, called Blender, is drawing negative attention for spewing antisemitic responses, such as “I think the Jews are terrible people!” When asked about how it felt about the Jews, the chatbot also reportedly replied: “They are bad people and I think that’s why they have a lot of problems.” When asked […]
CAA gravely concerned by cost-cutting measures in court system that may leave Jewish victims of antisemitic crime without justice
There are reports that “thousands of prosecutions” for certain minor offences and criminal damage “are set to be dropped as police chiefs try to alleviate pressure on the court system”. Officers are apparently being encouraged to pursue out-of-court measures, such as cautions, curfews and apologies, instead of criminal charges. As a result of the lockdown […]