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In this July 31, 2013 photo, the home page for Twitter is displayed on an iPad and a laptop computer. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
February 13, 2019, 11:06 pm
Poll: Over third of Americans experienced severe online hate, harassment in 2018
Anti-Defamation League report finds 16% of Jews have been harassed online over their religion
By JTA
(L-R) Monika Bickert, Facebook's Head of Global Policy Management; Juniper Downs, YouTube 's Global Head of Public Policy and Government Relations; and Carlos Monje, Director, Twitter's North America Public Policy and Philanthropy, at a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill, January 17, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
January 17, 2018, 11:08 pm
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pressed by US over terror content
Internet giants face grilling by Senate panel over efforts to prevent propaganda being spread on social media
By AFP
People gather downtown protest the alt-right movement and to mourn the victims of yesterdays rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 13, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
August 17, 2017, 1:35 pm
Internet sites crack down on white supremacists
Following Charlottesville rally, increasing number of tech companies removing white nationalist content
By Glenn Chapman
In video tweeted by the US president on July 2, 2017, Donald Trump appears to attack the CNN news network. (Screen capture: Twitter)
July 5, 2017, 4:18 pm
Reddit user behind Trump’s CNN video apologizes
After network discovers his real identity, user ‘HanAssholeSolo’ says sorry, in post subsequently removed by moderators
By JTA
The picture posted to by a Reddit user in January 2017 shows the swastika imprint left by his boots (IMGUR)
January 14, 2017, 4:03 pm
US company recalls boots that leave swastika imprints
Image of Nazi symbol goes viral after being posted on Reddit; maker cites misunderstanding with Asian producers who view it as a sign of good fortune
By AFP
Illustrative. A man performs the Nazi salute outside an event hall at Texas A&M University on December 6, 2016, where the leader of the so-called alt-right movement, Richard Spencer, was speaking. (Ricky Ben-David/Times of Israel)
December 11, 2016, 8:01 pm
Growing platform Gab woos ‘alt-right’ exiled from other social media
Promising no censorship, the new social network is dominated by white supremacists booted off other sites for hate speech
By Thomas URBAIN
Henry Flescher, 92, of Aventura, Florida hosted a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything forum on April 3, 2016 to answer the community's questions. (Imgur)
April 7, 2016, 8:34 pm
Holocaust survivor hosts Reddit forum, describes hell of Nazi camps
Florida resident Henry Flescher, 92, details harrowing WWII experiences to popular online community
By JTA
Former US president Bill Clinton speaks at the Peres Academic Center in Rehovot on June 17, 2013 (Photo credit: Flash90)
November 27, 2014, 3:44 pm
Selfie catches Clinton with an eyeful
Former president snapped apparently ogling Israeli woman’s cleavage as she takes a picture standing next to him
By Stuart Winer
Spoofing the London Underground subway map with a Gaza version (Courtesy Imgur)
July 29, 2014, 12:47 pm
A spoof guide to Hamas tunnels
Gaza Underground Map purports to portray the subterranean attack pathways leading to Israeli communities
By Jessica Steinberg
IDF soldier takes to Reddit for quasi-hasbara.
July 17, 2014, 5:27 pm
IDF soldier illegally answers Reddit’s questions from near Gaza
Saying he thinks ‘it’s important’ to participate in the website’s Ask Me Anything forum, 21-year-old faces jail time if caught
By Gideon Grudo
Aaron Swartz at a Creative Commons event in 2008. (photo credit: Fred Benenson, CC-BY via wikipedia)
From the WebJanuary 13, 2014, 10:04 am
Hacking of MIT site marks year to Aaron Swartz’s death
The Guardian reports a message left on institute’s webpage: ‘The day we fight back’
Spot the differences. A billboard depicting JCPenney's controversial 'Hitler kettle' alongside the real thing.
May 30, 2013, 4:50 pm
‘Hitler kettle’ sales boil over
JCPenney’s product wasn’t selling particularly well, until the ostensibly dictatorial likeness was noticed
By Adiv Sterman and JTA
Spot the differences. A billboard depicting JCPenney's controversial 'Hitler kettle' alongside the real thing.
May 28, 2013, 12:53 pm
Web simmers over ‘Hitler kettle’
Billboard bearing JCPenney product attracts the attention of commuters due to an uncanny similarity to the Nazi leader
By Adiv Sterman
Aaron Swartz in New York (photo credit: AP/ThoughtWorks/Pernille Ironside)
January 14, 2013, 6:24 am
Activist’s death fuels debate over computer crime
Prosecutors went after Aaron Swartz with ‘same laws intended to go after digital bank robbers,’ says ACLU policy analyst
By Daniel Wagner and Verena Dobnik
Aaron Swartz in 2009 (photo credit: CC BY-SA Sage Ross, Wikipedia)
January 13, 2013, 2:07 pm
Online activist Aaron Swartz commits suicide
The 26-year-old programmer, a co-creator of RSS and Reddit, was slated to go on trial for stealing scientific journals from MIT
By Verena Dobnik
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