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Dad of JFS pupil believed to have taken her own life calls for social media reform

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Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President of EMEA at Facebook, speaks during an event to launch the social media company's latest product "Workplace", in central London on October 10, 2016. Social network giant Facebook launched new global product Workplace, a platform that it hopes will replace intranet, mailbox and other internal communication tools used by businesses worldwide. It is intended to compete with similar office communication products including Microsoft's Yammer, Salesforce's Chatter and Slack. / AFP / Justin TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Jewish vice president of Meta reveals how her confidence was smashed by bigoted teacher at school

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Axe falls on charity which gave millions to TV channel that called Jews ‘cursed’ and ‘a cancer’

Peace TV, which has has repeatedly been condemned by Ofcom for broadcasting hate speech, is to be immediately dissolved on the orders of the Charity Commission

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So just what does it take to get a YouTube ‘hate’ channel taken down?

The streaming giant has been condemned for 'irresponsible negligence'

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

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Apple to block Holocaust photos from appearing in iPhone 'memories'

The company has published a list of 'sensitive locations' that pictures will be blocked from appearing in iPhone memories

By Josh Kaplan

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Jewish student smeared by lecturer as ‘the Lobby’ still waiting for response to her complaint

The undergraduate claims Glasgow University is 'blatantly delaying' the results of its investigation into social media posts made by lecturer Muir Houston

By Felix Pope

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May 5, 2022 14:28

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YouTube again refuses to remove videos glorifying terrorism

The video-sharing giant hardens its stance after the JC exposed a succession of hate-filled clips on on the site

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

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Musk must make sure Twitter doesn't swerve from the town square to the town urinal

His theoretically admirable commitment to free speech could be horrendous in practice

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Honestly, the secret of dating online? Telling the truth

We are telling a story when putting together an online dating profile - when doing so we must resist the temptation to mis-sell ourselves

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March 25, 2022 10:22

Honestly, the secret of dating online? Telling the truth

Iran will use social media to inspire attacks across Israel, say terror experts

Israel has asked TikTok to remove content that amounted to incitement – but the Chinese-owned company has failed to act

By David Rose

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March 24, 2022 10:25

Mourners carry the body of 67-year-old Menahem Yehezkel, who was murdered at yesterday deadly terror attack, during his funeral at the cemetery in Beer Sheva, southern Israel, on March 23, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ??? ???? ????? ?????? ????? ?????? ???? ?????? ??????

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Dad of JFS pupil believed to have taken her own life calls for social media reform

Hundreds offers prayers to survivor Lily Ebert after 'sudden' hospitalisation

Social media algorithms poison our children

Jewish vice president of Meta reveals how her confidence was smashed by bigoted teacher at school

Anger as activist who tweeted ‘victory to the intifada’ is handed £60k charity grant

Sparkling friends turn glitter to gold

How Maajid Nawaz went from hero to conspiracy theorist

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