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Abdelkader Bousloub, left, with Adam Bedoui. (Metropolitan Police)
July 4, 2026, 4:51 am
Two men given suspended sentences after going ‘fishing for Jews’ in London
Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Bousloub, 21, traveled to Stamford Hill with a bank note on a fishing rod to make a TikTok clip
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a press conference to announce government action to protect children online, at Downing Street in central London, June 15, 2026. (Carlos Jasso/ Pool Photo via AP)
June 15, 2026, 1:25 pm
UK PM Starmer announces ban on social media for under-16s
British premier says he’s ‘not prepared to compromise on the safety and happiness of our children’; kids will be barred from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X, but not WhatsApp, Signal
By brian melley
Abdelkader Bousloub, left, with Adam Bedoui. (Metropolitan Police)
May 10, 2026, 11:29 am
2 convicted for going to London Jewish area to film themselves verbally abusing locals
Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Bousloub, 21, traveled to Stamford Hill to make TikTok clip; British MP gets death threats tied to Jewish wife, amid string of incidents targeting community
By Stuart Winer
Eyal Tzionov, a TikTok personality who dresses up as the Sephardic chief rabbi, sits in the audience of Israel's annual Independence Day torch-lighting on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 21, 2026. (Screenshot/YouTube)
April 22, 2026, 4:16 pm
TikToker dressed as chief rabbi stirs confusion at Independence event
Self-styled messiah Eyal Tzionov has ascended Temple Mount and attended rally in support of Ben Gvir clad in Sephardic chief rabbi’s iconic robe and turban, baffling authorities
By ToI Staff
Antisemitic and anti-Israel content found on the social media platform UpScrolled. (Screenshot via JTA)
January 30, 2026, 4:05 am
TikTok deal with pro-Israel Larry Ellison spurs exodus to Palestinian-founded app UpScrolled
Created to bypass perceived ‘shadow-banning’ of pro-Palestinian advocates, the platform recently reached 1 million users — many of whom praise its permissiveness toward antisemitic content
By Grace Gilson
A woman uses her phone in front of TikTok's booth during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 19, 2026. (Ina Fassbender / AFP)
January 23, 2026, 9:56 am
TikTok finalizes deal to create US entity and retrain algorithm, avoiding ban
Trump thanks China’s Xi as joint venture announced to save behemoth video app; China’s ByteDance would keep algorithm but license it out, despite US law banning ‘cooperation’ on it
By KAITLYN HUAMANI
Larry Ellison, chairman of Oracle Corporation, center, speaks as US President Donald Trump, left, and Masayoshi Son, SoftBank Group CEO, listen in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, January 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
October 31, 2025, 5:36 am
Ellison’s Oracle poised to run TikTok, raising hopes for tougher antisemitism rules
Jewish advocates pleased that tech firm, co-founded by Israel supporter Larry Ellison, set to be one of the social media platform’s new owners
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The Instagram page of MaKss Damage, a German rapper, is displayed for a photograph on a smartphone in London on October 28, 2025 (AFP)
October 29, 2025, 11:35 am
German neo-Nazi rappers push hate speech and antisemitism on TikTok, Instagram, Spotify
Songs promote hatred and conspiracy theories as part of ‘increasingly radical movement,’ experts say; some clips remain online despite breaching hate speech policies
By AFP and ToI Staff
An AI-generated video shows a Jew claiming ownership of the moon (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 21, 2025, 6:52 pm
New antisemitic meme has Jews claiming items ‘promised 3,000 years ago’
A wave of AI-generated videos show Jewish people asserting ownership over cities, cars, and dogs, trivializing historical attachment to the Land of Israel
By Zev Stub
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, January 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
July 5, 2025, 5:38 pm
Trump says he thinks talks with China on TikTok sale to begin this week
‘We would pretty much have a deal,’ US president tells reporters; negotiations were put on hold after Trump announced steep tariffs on Chinese goods
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A video by Guy Christensen, an American anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian influencer with more than 3 million followers. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 24, 2025, 5:24 am
Popular US pro-Palestinian TikTok influencer endorses murder of Israeli embassy staffers
After initially condemning killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, Guy Christensen tells his over 3 million followers that shooter ‘isn’t a terrorist. He’s a resistance fighter’
By Ben Sales
Protesters hold signs reading "Boycott Israel, It worked with South-Africa" as they gather during a an anti-Israel demonstration, in front of the Foreign Affairs ministry in Madrid, on May 27, 2024. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
May 5, 2025, 4:11 pm
Government report accuses West of bolstering antisemitism by criticizing Israel
Diaspora Ministry dubs Canada ‘champion of antisemitism,’ tying Trudeau’s condemnation of military action in Gaza to 670% spike in anti-Jewish incidents
By Zev Stub
Members of the 2024 TikTok delegation to the March of the Living in Poland (Cmedia)
April 22, 2025, 1:16 pm
TikTok video creators teach the next generation about the Holocaust
Hebrew University project seeks to develop a video library for teachers in partnership with social video platform, which is also sending content creators to the March of the Living
By Zev Stub
Hayim Nissim Cohen and his nine adopted sons in a photo posted to their family Facebook page in 2021. (Facebook; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 10, 2025, 11:49 pm
Fake Hasidic TikTok rabbi sentenced to 135 years for sexually abusing adoptive sons
Hayim Nissim Cohen, born Jeffrey Lujan Vejil, pleads guilty to sexual assault three years after arrest following allegations by one of 9 children
By JTA
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, January 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
February 14, 2025, 9:23 am
TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in US, after Trump postpones ban
Move comes after US president, who originally supported banning Chinese app for national security reasons, delayed its enforcement after election win
By Zen Soo
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