(February 11, 2021 / JNS) Representatives from top social medial companies participated in a special Knesset hearing on Wednesday to address the growing problem of online anti-Semitic hate speech.
The hearing, in which representatives from Twitter, Facebook, Google and TikTok joined via video conference, was held by the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs committee and led by Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh.
The discussion was focused on getting social media companies to invest more effort in curtailing online anti-Semitism and promoting the implementation of effective policies to counter the phenomena.
Particularly heated was a discussion between Cotler-Wunsh and Twitter Senior Public Policy Manager Ronen Costello regarding the company’s continued refusal to address the anti-Semitic and genocidal comments of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the platform, and its failure to implement a consistent policy regarding world leaders and Holocaust denial.
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