Today, Facebook truly stuck their foot in it (see below). Doubtless, you've heard about supposed attempts by social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc. to clean up their acts by shutting down troll accounts and restricting offensive or violent content. Donald Trump even got in trouble for promoting a Facebook video posted by a UK neo-Nazi … [Read more...]
ADL, Duped by White Supremacists, Plays Key Role in Spreading Parkland Shooter Hoax
NOTE: Middle East Eye published a new piece of mine on the prospect of Bibi Netanyahu being indicted and what this may mean for Israeli politics and the peace process. I hope you'll read it and promote it on social media and via e mail. Politico has published a blockbuster story about a white nationalist conspiracy to dupe the media into reporting that … [Read more...]
2017 Israeli Democracy Poll
I've reported in past years on the Israel Democracy Institute's annual poll on the health (or illness) of Israeli democracy. The results are usually quite dispiriting if you ever believed in such a concept. But they are always instructive. Given the IDI is a liberal Zionist organization intent on maintaining what little remains of Israeli democracy, many … [Read more...]
Google Censors Tikun Olam Based on Secret Israeli Court Order
גוגל צינזרה מתוצאות החיפוש בישראל את הפוסט שלי על פרופ’ צבי איזיקוביץ, שהואשם כי הוא מטריד מיני סדרתי Yesterday, I received a notice from Google (see screenshot) saying that it was removing a blog post I wrote from all search results for google.co.il, the company's Israel-based search engine. This means that any Israeli using the Israeli Google will not … [Read more...]
