antisemitism

Elon Musk went off on the heads of presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for choosing to be politically correct and find nuance in a antisemitism, and genocide of the Jews…

Tech billionaire Elon Musk told the companies pulling advertisements from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to “go f— yourself” following the companies’ decision to nix ads from the platform after Musk appeared to endorse an antisemitic remark earlier this week. Asked Wednesday in an interview at The New York Times Dealbook Summit if he does not want the companies to advertise, Musk responded, “Don’t advertise. If someone is going to try and blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go f—…

Tech billionaire Elon Musk insisted Wednesday that his trip to Israel was not an “apology tour” amid the backlash he received for endorsing an antisemitic social media post, for which he expressed regret. “Well, the trip to Israel is independent of — it wasn’t something like apology tour,” Musk told The New York Times’s Andrew Sorkin at the Dealbook Summit. Musk returned from his trip to Israel earlier this week, where he toured the Kfar Aza kibbutz, which is where Hamas fighters led a deadly Oct. 7 assault on…

The owner of X gets bashed for his answer to a question about whether he's antisemitic Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update began by going after George Santos, the former New York congressman who was expelled by his colleagues Friday. “This week, we said goodbye to a former first lady, a former Secretary of State, and the Supreme Court’s first female justice,” co-anchor Colin Jost began, referring to Rosalynn Carter, Henry Kissinger and Sandra Day O’Connor. “Melania said that she was…

On Nov. 20, a trivia team from Oxford appeared on the BBC’s University Challenge, one of the U.K.’s longest-running game shows. On it, Melika Gorgianeh, a team member and PhD candidate in astrophysics, wore a navy blue, pink, and green jacket and was seated behind the team mascot: a fluffy, smiley, stuffed blue octopus.  A few days later, screengrabs from University Challenge went viral on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, with conservative politicians and journalists accusing the BBC program of tacitly…

TikTok CEO Shou Chew has been getting personally involved in efforts to address concerns that the app has fueled anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, in a sign of how seriously the company is taking the criticism.In recent weeks, Chew, who lives in Singapore, has met in New York and on video calls with numerous prominent Jewish groups and leaders.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech,…

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has committed the platform to “combat antisemitism,” insisting “there’s absolutely no place for it anywhere in the world.” But this supposed crackdown on hate is being undermined by the conspiracy theorist and far-right broadcaster Stew Peters, who was reinstated to the platform late last year. Peters is taking the Israel-Hamas war as license to promote animus toward Jews — and using Elon Musk’s platform to spread his bile.  A distrust of Jews has long been part of the toxic mix of…

Kanye West gave a surprise performance over the weekend in which he rapped lyrics that doubled down on his claim that he’s not antisemitic. Then Chris Brown weighed in. West joined Lil Durk and Ty Dolla Sign on Sunday at Lil Durk’s nightclub Blu Dubai, in Dubai, and the trio performed their new song “Vultures,” which was released earlier this month. Videos of the performance have been making the rounds on social media, with a particular focus on West continuing his more than yearlong trend of antisemitic rhetoric. In the…

As calls for a ceasefire mount and the civilian death toll rises, with at least 12,700 Palestinians estimated dead and 1,200 Israelis killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, both antisemitism and Islamophobia have been on the rise globally. There has arguably never been more of a need for the Anti-Defamation League, one of the largest anti-hate organizations in the world, which is devoted to fighting antisemitism and bigotry of all kinds.  Yet while global events have placed the ADL front-and-center, the actions of…

Chris Christie laid the blame for rising antisemitism and Islamophobia directly at Donald Trump‘s feet. “When you show intolerance toward everyone, which is what does, you give permission as a leader for others to have their intolerance come out,” Christie said during an interview with Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday. “Intolerance toward anyone encourages intolerance toward everyone.” “I believe Donald Trump’s intolerant language and conduct gives others permission to act the same,” he added.…