The Jewish Weekly Issue 152

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• Residential • Respite • Independent Living

• Residential • Respite • Independent Living

Extraordinary Care from Extraordinary People

Extraordinary Care from Extraordinary People

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FACEBOOK & TWITTER BAN RAPPER WILEY 29 JULY 2020/8 AV 5780

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BY DAVID SAFFER

Anti-Semitic rapper Wiley has finally been banned from Facebook and Twitter after posting a torrent of unrelenting despicable anti-Semitic posts over five days. Facebook, who own Instagram, acted 24 hours into a 48-hour Twitter boycott that started on Monday by users including politicians, broadcasters, entrepreneurs and community leaders. Twitter didn’t initially follow suit but eventually relented this morning after intense pressure including Campaign Against Antisemitism projected examples of anti-Semitic tweets onto its London headquarters last night to illustrate how they had failed to address racist incitement on its platform. “We made clear that the beginning of their path to building faith would be the removal of Wiley’s account, this morning

Wiley

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Twitter has finally listened,” commented a CAA spokesman. “The closure of Wiley’s account is too little too late, but it is at least a start for this deeply irresponsible social network.”

CAA added, “After Twitter’s abysmal response to blatant anti-Jewish incitement on its platform, last night we decided to literally shine a light on the company. “From their pitiful responses to the hate spewed daily on their platforms, it is evident that social media companies will stop at nothing to make a profit. It is time for these deeply damaging and irresponsible companies to be held accountable for the hatred they help to spread.” Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl lambasted Facebook’s slow decision and Twitter’s eventual call. “It is just not good enough,” she said. “Social media companies have not been strong or fast enough about tackling racism, misogyny or homophobia. We

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