LinkedIn refuses to remove “Jews are pigs” post and other antisemitic content
LinkedIn has refused to remove a number of antisemitic posts following complaints from its users.
One of the posts that the social media platform reportedly failed to remove read: “Basically it’s all about money… the Jews have cemented themselves into USA politics and business.” Although the post was reported by one of the platform’s users, LinkedIn did not remove the content, saying that it did not breach its community policies.
Another user received a similar response after reporting a post that read: “Jews/Zionists are pigs say the Qur’an [sic].”
Another reported post read: “Zionazi criminals on $tolen Palestinian land [sic],” LinkedIn again said that the post did not breach its policies, but suggested that the user unfollow or mute the account which had posted it.
According to its Professional Community Policies, LinkedIn does not allow “content that attacks, denigrates, intimidates, dehumanises, incites or threatens hatred, violence, prejudicial or discriminatory action against individuals or groups because of their actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin”.
In response to the complaints, a spokesperson for LinkedIn said: “While we cannot comment on another member’s account for privacy reasons, antisemitism and other forms of hate speech do not belong on LinkedIn or in our communities.
“We’re committed to setting a high standard for safe conversations on our platform, and we’ll take action on any content or behaviour that goes against our professional community policies.
“This is deeply important and we’ll continue to invest in the features and tools that keep our platform safe.”
Campaign Against Antisemitism has long called for tougher regulations on social media sites and that social networks proactively search for and remove hate speech from their platforms.
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