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Edmund Burke and Abraham Lincoln, All in All – National Review

| July 9, 2020

(PatriceO/iStock/Getty Images Plus)For the new moralists of cancel culture, there is no context. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLEIn his Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke took aim at Lord George Gordon, who had led the anti-Catholic riots that bore his name. By the time of the Reflections, Gordon resided in Newgate Prison, convicted of libel and unable to afford the security the judge demanded for his freedom.

How the ADL went from working with Facebook to leading a boycott against it – thejewishchronicle.net

| July 9, 2020

It was when Mark Zuckerberg said he would allow Holocaust denial on his platform that the Anti-Defamation League realized its partnership with Facebook wasnt working. The social media giant and the Jewish civil rights group had been working together for years to curb hate speech online. In October 2017, Facebook headlined a new ADL initiative to start a Cyberhate Problem-Solving Lab in collaboration with Silicon Valleys biggest companies.

Combat Anti-Semitism: Trying to combat the haters – The Jerusalem Post

| July 9, 2020

"I met antisemitism from an early age and saw the face of being a Jew in the Diaspora. I felt at home only between the four walls of my home. I understood that as a Jew, I am different.At 18, Sacha Roytman Dratwa moved to Israel from his native Belgium, served in the IDF for eight years, and then worked as director of digital advocacy for the World Jewish Congress

Trumps attacks on left-wing cultural revolution are an anti-Semitic dogwhistle – Forward

| July 9, 2020

On Friday, President Trump rang in Fourth of July weekend with a speech and fireworks display at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, a stark contrast with the large number of fireworks displays that were canceled across the rest of the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Germanys moment has arrived to tackle European antisemitism – The Jerusalem Post

| July 9, 2020

On July 1, Germany took on the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.Of course, policy disagreements exist between Germany and Israel, not least over possible annexation. However, none of this can overshadow the deep and warm relations between the two countries, carefully nurtured over many decades.

OPINION | Zuckerberg says advertisers will be back ‘soon enough’. Sadly, he might be right – News24

| July 9, 2020

Mark ZuckerbergPhotographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Advertisers are taking a stand against Facebooks stance on hate speech, and it's causing the social media giant some bruises. On 26 June, the share price nosedived 8%, costing Mark Zuckerberg $7 billion (R119 billion).


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