admin | July 1, 2020
As brands continue to add their name to the growing list of companies boycotting Facebook, fresh research from the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) has painted a sobering picture of how marketers view the social network and its rivals. Volkswagen and Mars are the latest corporations to halt ad spend with Facebook over its handling of damaging content and misinformation
admin | July 1, 2020
Last week, we reported that Patagoniawas the latest company to join other retailers such asREI and The North Face in a boycott of Facebook and Instagram advertising for the month of July. Today, July 1, dozens of companies begin boycotting the social network after a civil rights coalition, which includes the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the NAACP, launched the #StopHateforProfit campaign and called on corporations to put a pause on advertising on Facebook, citing the company's "repeated failure to meaningfully address the vast proliferation of hate on its platforms." The campaign's primary objective is to stop online hate and racism by asking social media giants like Facebook to adopt new features that curb such behavior.
admin | July 1, 2020
The administration at High Tech High School has launched an investigation after students and parents at the Secaucus school claimed a senior used a commonly recognized anti-Semitic, white supremacist hate symbol as his yearbook quote. An online petition demanding that the Board of Education acknowledge and apologize for the incident and help distribute replacement yearbook pages has gained more than 400 signatures since it was created Monday.
admin | July 1, 2020
The Duchess and Duke of Sussex Chris Jackson / Getty Images As keen philanthropists and campaigners for social justice causes from female education to climate change the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are no doubt invested in holding powerful corporations accountable for their ethical decisions. And now it seems that Facebook has become an object of the couples efforts, following new reports that they are seeking to target firms to help a Facebook boycott. The Times reports that Prince Harry and Meghan asked the organisers of an advertising boycott against Facebook which brands they could help target.
admin | July 1, 2020
A civil rights coalition, which includes the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the NAACP, launched the #StopHateforProfit campaign last week when it called on major corporations to put a pause on advertising on Facebook, citing the company's "repeated failure to meaningfully address the vast proliferation of hate on its platforms." Within days, outdoor retailers REI, The North Face, and Patagonia said they were in.
admin | July 1, 2020
According to ADLs most recent audit, there were a total of 345 anti-Semitic incidents in New Jersey the highest number ever recorded in the state. By World Israel News Staff Following the release of the Anti-Defamation Leagues 2019 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents in May, which found a73 percent spike in casesin New Jersey, the ADL has filed open records requests for information on how various towns are responding. The towns in which requests were filed are Jackson, Toms River, Howell, and Brick.
admin | July 1, 2020
Historical Confederate monuments are being taken down and defaced from protests over the death of George Floyd. Storyful As America marks a month of protests against systemic racism and many peopledraw comparisons between current events and thecivil rights movement, an oversimplified trope about the Democratic Partys racist past has been resurrectedonline. Friendly reminder that if you support the Democrat Party, you support the party that founded the KKK and start a civil war to keep their slaves," claims animage of a tweetInstagram user @snowflake.tears shared on June on 19.
admin | July 1, 2020
From the critically acclaimed Israeli hit series "Shtisel" -- in which universal struggles between generations just happen to be set within a Haredi (umbrella term for ultra-Orthodox) community -- to Netflix's original documentary "One of Us" -- an important but incomplete portrait of people who flee the Hasidic community -- depictions of extremely religious Jews are becoming more mainstream. And "Unorthodox," the latest series to offer insight into this community through the eyes of a young woman who flees a repressive marriage, provides four hours of voyeuristic thrills in a somewhat accurate, albeit one-dimensional portrait of Hasidim. At 15, I first encountered the fascination of outsiders with the world I grew up in
admin | July 1, 2020
Sharon Pulwer was lost in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, shortly after moving here from Israel to study photography, when she came across the black hats and modest clothes of religious Jews in New York City. A secular Jew, she was momentarily taken aback.
admin | July 1, 2020
Shira is wearing a swimsuit by DODO BAR OR. The last couple of months were supposed to look a little different for Shira Haas.
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