admin | February 26, 2021
The government has been urged to close a loophole in the law that allows extremists to operate with impunity, spreading hateful ideologies without fear of prosecution. The Commission for Countering Extremism wants to see the introduction of a legal framework, enabling authorities to prosecute those who propagate harmful and hateful extremist views
admin | February 16, 2021
A son of the senior Nazi member Otto Wchter maintains that his father, indicted for mass murder but never tried or convicted, died an innocent man.Photograph from Alamy In early January, a man born in the small Austrian village of Thal appeared in an eight-minute video, delivering a powerful statement on the storming of the U.S. Capitol. One thing leads to the next, he warned, emphasizing that he spoke from experience: I grew up in Austria.
admin | February 16, 2021
Early last month, while conducting research for a paper I am writing on the social history of Auschwitz, I was using the online library services at York University where I am presently a graduate student whose research focuses on the field of Holocaust Studies. To my utter dismay, the first source that appeared when I searched Auschwitz on the schools library system was entitled Auschwitz: A Personal Account and was attributed to Thies Christophersen
admin | February 9, 2021
A year later, the Jewish peace group Never Again Action highlighted a difficult history not taught in most schools, while linking Amazons practices directly to the tech industrys record of supporting human rights abuses.
admin | February 7, 2021
By Ramu Damodaran The writer is Chief, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) hosted in the Department of Global Communications. This OpEd first appeared in the #WhyWeCare, @ImpactUN on February 5. NEW YORK (IDN | UNAI) Nostalgia for the present is a phrase I once heard (or think I have), and it came to mind when reading a response received to last weeks (January 29) column and its looking back on CTAUNs quarter-century of affirmation and affection
admin | February 7, 2021
If, just a few years ago, someone had stated in public that a global elite was kidnapping children and torturing them to harvest their blood to make an elixir of youth, they would have been directed to the nearest psychiatric ward. Yet according to a British poll, some 10% of US citizens saythey believe in at least some elements of this absurd theory known asQAnon. The conspiracy theory has also been doing the rounds in Germany and, according to the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, which sets out to combat far-right ideologies and racism, it has already attracted some 150,000 supporters.
admin | February 3, 2021
When private tech companies moderate speech online, is the government ultimately responsible for their choices? This appears to be the latest argument advanced by those criticizing Section 230 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996sometimes known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
admin | February 1, 2021
Back to the basics of celebrating independent cinema, actors say a virtual Sundance is better: "People around the world now have access." (Jan.
admin | February 1, 2021
Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide. (Oct. 12) AP Domestic Holocaust denial content remains on Facebook three months after pledging to ban all content that denies or distorts the Holocaust
admin | February 1, 2021
GENEVA (27 January 2021) UN experts* said today States must take resolute action against rising antisemitism and ensure deniers of the Holocaust and all levels of society are effectively educated about the Holocaust and other manifestations of antisemitism. Reminding governments of their international human rights obligations, the UN experts issued the following statement marking the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on 27 January, 1945. In 2019, reports by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism documented a dramatic and persistent increase in antisemitic rhetoric and incidents in many countries in recent years, both offline and online
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