90% of antisemitic posts remain on Facebook and Twitter despite being reported, new study shows
90% of antisemitic social media posts remain on Facebook and Twitter even after being reported, a new study has revealed. The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) conducted the study of 714 antisemitic posts across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Its research found that 84% of antisemitic posts remained, with 90% remaining on Facebook […]
Melbourne barrister apologises for tweet comparing Israel to Nazi Germany
A furious row has broken out in Melbourne after a leading Australian barrister posted a tweet comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. Melbourne QC Julian Burnside sparked outrage at the Victoria Bar after he tweeted that Israel’s “treatment of Palestinians looks horribly like the German treatment of the Jews.” The barrister later issued an apology for […]
Neo-Nazi teenager who admired Anders Breivik spared jail after judge was told he could get all A-grades in A-levels
A teenage neo-Nazi has been spared jail after the presiding judge was told that he could get all As in his A-level exams, it was reported last week. It was said that police found images of the seventeen-year-old boy performing Nazi salutes, along with memes that glorified the Norwegian neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Breivik. It was […]
Russian police fake murder of rabbi to catch members of USSR fringe group
Undercover police in Russia have arrested two members of a Soviet nostalgia group after an elaborate “sting” that involved faking the murder of a rabbi, it was revealed over the weekend. The 60-year-old man and the 70-year-old woman who allegedly ordered the rabbi’s killing are now on trial in the southern Krasnodar region. They are […]