Press TV, an Iranian state-controlled broadcasting channel, uses social media to spread antisemitic hate. A new report by CCDH and the Anti-Defamation League shows how Press TV weaponizes social media platforms to promote Palestine Declassified, a propaganda tool that spreads antisemitic conspiracy theories.
Our CEO Imran Ahmed provides written submission and evidence to UK Parliament Public Bill Committee for the Online Safety Bill. We analyzed the provisions of the Bill using our new “STAR” framework, which we developed for analyzing legislative efforts globally.
Our latest report on anti-Jewish hatred shows they fail to enforce their own community guidelines against antisemitic content. Our researchers reported hundreds of racist anti-Jewish posts to social media firms using their user reporting tools. 84% were not acted upon. Tech companies are consciously giving a free pass to anti-Jewish hatred and the increasing threat to the Jewish community. Social media companies must do better. Platforms must support, hire and train moderators to remove this hate and those platforms must be held accountable if they fail to remove this hate.
Facebook and Instagram are hosting dozens of accounts that sell neo-Nazi merchandise to fund far-right extremism. Facebook has allowed them to gain 80,000 followers despite being warned about the problem two years ago. We expose the international far-right networks behind these accounts and their links to known extremists. It shows how tech giants have provided them with a platform to reach mainstream audiences and generate funding.
Read our report on David Icke, the hate actor, conspiracy theorist and spreader of COVID misinformation. Icke has been embraced by Big Tech firms, which both power and profit from his hate and misinformation. The report also details Icke’s long history of using social media to promote his racism, attacking Jewish people, Muslims and migrants.