An Israeli initiative seeking to monitor and report antisemitic and racist content online plans to boost its team of volunteers with hundreds of Arabic-speaking, Israel Hayom has learned.
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The Israeli Students Combating Antisemitism program, a collaboration between the National Union of Israeli Students and the Foreign Ministry, already has an extensive team canvassing the internet and particularly social media for content inciting violence and terrorism against Jews and Israelis in Israel and around the world. The recent increase in terrorist attacks has prompted the group to bolster its ranks to better monitor Arabic social media, where such calls for violence are unfortunately more common.
Currently, the group is seeking Arabic-speaking volunteers to assist in its activities. Content deemed antisemitic or threatening will be reported to the platforms where it is found to have it removed, and should any imminent threat arise, the matter will be reported to security forces.
"Unfortunately, we know from cases that have happened all over the world that there is a direct link between social media posts and the situation on the ground, especially the recent, shocking terrorist attacks," Tomer Aldobi, founder of Israeli Students Combating Antisemitism, told Israel Hayom.
"We saw fit to train more volunteers to help clean up social media from antisemitic and hate speech."
Aldobi noted that while clearly, security forces and the intelligence community use state-of-the-art technology to monitor online incitement and nip any attempt to carry out terrorist attacks in the bud, "We are a civilian force, based on volunteers who want to enlist to this important fight, just as we do in the battle against online antisemitism."
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