Social Media

IDC Herzliya's Act-IL online activism group stands up for Israel as neo-Nazi channel promotes anti-Semitic narratives and calls for the murder of Jews.

Those who disagree with TC Candler magazine's choice to give Yael Shelbia the title are not shy about leaving angry anti-Israel comments on her Instagram account.

Social media giants say move will take effect on Jan. 20, 2021, after the president-elect is sworn in. Twitter, Facebook will also hand over other institutional handles – for the White House, vice president and first lady of the United States – on inauguration day.

In a tweet, Steve Bannon urged putting several Washington officials' heads "on pikes" as "a warning to federal bureaucrats." Social media giant permanently suspends his account, citing "glorification of violence."

The social media platform announced it had taken down the new networks as part of its monthly report into "coordinated inauthentic behavior," which also noted Facebook had removed nearly 8,000 pages involved in deceptive campaigns around the world in October.

The social media giant says a network used fake accounts to develop fictitious personas who purported to be based in Israel and Iraq.

According to Twitter, a select group of news outlets and organizations will be allowed to call election outcomes on Tuesday night and beyond to ensure that confusion is averted.

The platform had moved to ban several pro-Trump groups comprised of Russian American Jews, raising questions over the role social media companies play in the current free exchange of ideas.

US Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr says social media is rife with “raw hate” against Jews.