Twitter makes it more difficult for its antisemitism partners like CAA to report racist tweets
Twitter has made it more difficult for its partners, including Campaign Against Antisemitism, to report racist hate on its platform. Last summer, Twitter invited Campaign Against Antisemitism to become a ‘Twitter partner’, allowing us to report problematic material directly through the company’s ‘partner portal’ to Twitter personnel (rather than machines) for review. Following our experience […]
Spanish university cancels course comparing Auschwitz to Gaza
A university in Spain has cancelled a course that would have looked at comparisons between Auschwitz concentration camp and Gaza. The University of Santiago de Compostela’s philosophy faculty reportedly organised the course entitled “Auschwitz/Gaza. A testing ground for comparative literature”. However, after backlash from Action and Communication on the Middle East (ACOM), an independent organisation […]
Assistant Principal in Texas reassigned after Facebook post comparing vaccines to Holocaust surfaces
The Assistant Principal for Houston High School in Texas has been reassigned after an alleged Facebook post surfaced in which she compared vaccines to the Holocaust. Houston High School Assistant Principal Janna Matykiewicz seemingly posted a Facebook status on 18th August that said: “What is the difference between vaccine papers and a yellow star? 82 years.” […]
“I’ll enter synagogues and kill everyone”: online hackers in Brazil disrupt Jewish mourning ceremony with violent threats and images of Hitler
Online hackers in Brazil reportedly disrupted a shiva, a period of mourning following a funeral, for a Jewish school principal by issuing violent threats and posting Nazi imagery. The hackers allegedly told the mourners: “I’ll enter synagogues and kill everyone,” as well as “Death to Jews,” “I’ll explode,” “Sieg Heil” and “dirty Jews”. In addition […]
Prominent Grenfell Tower volunteer aid worker appears in court charged with publishing written material in order to stir up racial hatred, following report by CAA
A Grenfell Tower volunteer coordinator has today appeared in court charged with two counts of publishing written material in order to stir up racial hatred, which was reported to police by Campaign Against Antisemitism. Tahra Ahmed, who was running a volunteer network to assist victims of the fire, is alleged to have made inflammatory comments about supposed […]
Video footage shows yet another assault on religious Jew in North London from suspect believed to be involved in previous attacks
Video footage released yesterday shows yet another attack on a religious Jew in North London. The suspect can be seen walking towards an Orthodox Jewish man and then striking him in the face with what appears to be a bottle. The incident took place at 18:40 last Wednesday and was reported yesterday by Stamford Hill […]
Historic Bulgarian synagogue vandalised with swastika and neo-Nazi “1488” graffiti
A historic Bulgarian synagogue has been vandalised with a swastika and the numbers “1488”. 1488 is likely a coded reference to the neo-Nazi fourteen-word oath: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children”, a slogan initially devised by David Lane, a member of the white supremacist terrorist group “The […]