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JTA – Social media giant Meta announced on Tuesday, 9 July, that it would ban derogatory or threatening references to “Zionists” in cases where the term...
“But Josh has one!” is no longer a valid argument for children trying to convince their parents to give them smartphones. King David Primary School Linksfield’s...
The controversial anti-Israel chant “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, which has surged in usage since the 7 October Hamas attack on...
Greg Saunders* hung his head in shame when he was marched out of his dream job, carrying just a box of his work belongings, because he...
While Israel is trying to recover from the horrific events of 7 October, a frightening war is being fought on the social media battlefield, says David...
Using your voice at a time of war and devastation can be a double-edged sword, say those who have paid the emotional price for engaging in...
From death threats to photos of dead babies, our community’s social media personalities have been subject to online abuse that would shock even the most jaded...
Social media is great. It allows us to connect. To share. To access the world. It also allows us to exclude. To hurt. To mimic foreign...
As much as you try to understand the ways in which teens and children use technology and social media, the ever-growing disparity between yourselves and your...
From toddlers crying for more Cocomelon videos, to tweens losing it when you force them off their games, to teens whose lives are dominated by what...
Whether they have 1 000 or a million followers, influencers have become the cornerstone of global marketing strategies with the global influencer marketing market valued at...
Our carefully curated social media pages complete with idyllic selfies and perfect posts can never portray the reality of the inevitable struggles we all face. With...
A grotesque image of a skeletal woman wearing a banner saying, “Miss Auschwitz 1943” looks like something out of a Neo-Nazi handbook, but it was shared...
When we post back-to-school photos of our kids in their uniforms or tag them at particular locations, we may unknowingly compromise their safety. But though there’s...
Online extremism including antisemitism in South Africa calls for urgent action, a new study by the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Cape...
The rise of hate speech including antisemitism on social media is overwhelming, partly because the platforms seem reluctant to stop it, experts say. On Twitter in...
Becoming a household name these days can take just a few clicks of a button on social media. With that, almost anybody can rise to international...
Passing on knowledge of the Torah through the generations has always been one of the roles of a rabbi. In the fourth industrial revolution, however, social...
As social media in South Africa last week became a minefield of fake news and incitement amidst civil unrest, one WhatsApp user attempted to draw the...
In October, one day after Facebook announced that it would ban Holocaust denial, Izabella Tabarovsky received an unexpected message from the platform. A 2019 post of...
Like Jews around the world, Cape Town business owner Aimee-Leigh Koff was horrified at the wave of misinformation online as Israel was subjected to a rain...
Online fame is the currency of our youth, say social-media experts who admit that while it can be dangerous and a damaging road to travel, it...
A highly disturbing livestreamed video of a man committing suicide on social media has shocked members of the community, with warnings to parents of tweens and...
Facebook isn’t a place for a nice Jewish boy, let alone a rabbi. That’s rich coming from me, a rabbi with a significant social-media presence. I...
A host of politicians, celebrities, high-profile figures, and other social-media users took part in a two-day boycott of Twitter from Monday morning to protest antisemitic hate...
Palestinian social media networks are showing a video, uploaded on Sat Dec 27, which shows two masked men in black wearing black-and-white checkered keffiyehs present demonstrations...
