Antisemitism

“Social media companies are nowhere near where they need to be when it comes to hate and harassment on their platforms," says Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

Had the city simply fired him, officials say, former Kent assistant police chief Derek Kammerzell likely would have won back his job through arbitration due to federal and state labor laws.

“There are so many misconceptions, tropes and sensitivities. This is an opportunity to address that information gap for other journalists,” said Manya Brachear Pashman.

The program is expected to launch in time for the 2022-23 school year.

Roughly 60% of attacks reported last year were categorized as “abusive behavior,” which included in-person and online remarks.

Reddit receives the best grade (B), while Google/YouTube gets a B-, Twitter a C+ and Facebook/Instagram a C on the Digital Terrorism Report that ranks 23 of the most popular platforms.

A letter about the mistreament of Jews was sent to German President Paul von Hindenburg, who then handed it over to the newly appointed chancellor in 1933.

Most worrisome, says the report, is the increase in violent incidents, which went from nine in 2020 to 75 in 2021.

Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry researchers find antisemitic incidents rose sharply in a number of countries including the US. UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia in 2021.

The overall figure for offenses has risen steadily since 2015, and the 2020 figure was the highest since counting started in 2001.