There is a clear link between the rise of social media and the rise of anti-Semitism, warns Israel's UN ambassador Samantha Power, who has called on media companies to "stop providing a platform for hate sites." He noted that 63% of all anti-Semitic tweets are encouraging violence towards Jews, yet only 1 in 10 are ever removed. In Europe's largest Jewish population, France, anti-Semitic incidents are now seven times higher than they were in the 1990's, warns Danon, and in the UK, 2014 saw the highest-ever number of attacks against Jewish people. US Ambassador Danny Danon warns more needs to be done generally regarding policing the Internet, stating that "we can, and must, come up with more effective ways to leverage the openness of the Internet to empower those who are targets of such harassment to fight back."
There is a clear link between the rise of social media and the rise of anti-Semitism, warns Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon, who has called on media companies to "stop providing a platform for hate sites." He noted that 63% of all anti-Semitic tweets are encouraging violence towards Jews, yet only 1 in 10 are ever removed. In Europe's largest Jewish population, France, anti-Semitic incidents are now seven times higher than they were in the 1990's, warns Danon, and in the UK, 2014 saw the highest-ever number of attacks against Jewish people. US Ambassador Samantha Power warns more needs to be done generally regarding policing the Internet, stating that "we can, and must, come up with more effective ways to leverage the openness of the Internet to empower those who are targets of such harassment to fight back."