Social media platforms fail to act on 84% of antisemitic posts
A report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube failed to act on 84% of antisemitic posts reported by users. The posts, collected between May and June 2021, included Holocaust denial, conspiracy theories, and racist caricatures. The platforms did not remove the content despite their own community guidelines.
- Date it happened
- 2021-05-01
- Organisation involved
- Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube
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