Antisemitism Watch: A TikTok representative has promised Israeli ministers that the social media platform is committed to stopping the proliferation of antisemitism.
Responding to a surge of antisemitic content on the Internet, various parliamentary bodies have in recent months held a series of discussions about different ways to tackle the phenomenon.
After not sending any representative to previous meetings, and facing accusations of ignoring the spread of hate speech on its platform, a TikTok official participated in a session convened by the Knesset’s Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Committee.
The ‘Holocaust Challenge’ on TikTok (Photo: Screenshot)
“As I mentioned in previous meetings with Facebook, Google and Twitter representatives, TikTok and others must adopt and implement the IHRA definition of antisemitism,” MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh of the Blue & White party said, referring to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
This “includes comparing Israel to Nazi Germany, Holocaust denial as well as delegitimization, demonization and double standards toward Israel – and [to] use this accepted definition to mark antisemitic content,” she added.
Flamingos heading to Africa have made a migration stop in Atlit, south of Haifa. Located at the nexus of three continents, and featuring a climatic diversity that ranges from arid desert in the south to a cooler mountainous region in the north, Israel draws about 500 million birds annually from 550 species.
In contrast, the entire continent of North America, which is 1,000 times Israel’s size, attracts barely twice as many species.
Flamingo chillaxing in Israel on its way to Africa. (Photo: Screenshot)
