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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
US envoy sounds alarm over ‘spread of antisemitic tropes’ on social media platforms in China
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt sounds an alarm over what she says is the “spread of antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories in recent weeks, including the uptick on the largest social media platforms” in China
“While the United States fully supports freedom of expression, we deplore and condemn antisemitic imagery and rhetoric proliferating online, in the United States, the [People’s Republic of China] and across the globe,” Lipstadt tweets.
Late last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that searches and mentions involving the phrase “anti-Jew” skyrocketed on the Chinese app WeChat.
Jewish-identifying influencers on Chinese social media have been trolled by online mobs, the Journal said.
