This is the full version of an article published by Middle East Eye. It examines Israel's social media crackdown not just inside Israel, but its attempt to police speech on social media platforms around the world. It also incorporates my personal bout of censorship at the hands of Twitter last month. Over the past week, I also published another article … [Read more...]
Twitter Relents
My thanks to the hundreds of Twitter supporters who tweeted in protest of the company blocking my account for the past five days. My special thanks to Ali Abunimah, who contacted the Twitter's media team inquiring about my situation. This morning the company restored my account and I'm back in business. Ali sprang me from Twitter jail! This proves what … [Read more...]
Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Not Remove Holocaust Denial Because ‘Everyone Deserves a Voice’
UPDATE: Germany has just announced that if Mark Zuckerberg won't enforce anti-Holocaust denial provisions on his platform, it will: “There must be no place for anti-Semitism [on Facebook]. This includes verbal and physical attacks on Jews as well as the denial of Holocaust,” Justice Minister Katarina Barley said on Thursday. “The latter is also punishable … [Read more...]
Roseanne Barr’s Abuse of Judaism
I've just published a new Middle East Eye article offering my take on her recent meltdown leading to the cancellation of her TV show. I hope you'll both read it and promote it on social media. Since I don't have to repeat what I've already written here, I can bring up this strange new post by her from earlier today in which she correctly lays out the four … [Read more...]
