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Facebook will now ban Holocaust denial, in a major shift

For years, Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, had defended Holocaust denial as a misguided but legitimate form of expression.

By Ben Sales October 12, 2020 11:11 am

Trump supporters displaying QAnon posters at a 2018 rally in Florida. Recently, Latinos in the state have been inundared with anti-Semitic messages, many relating to the false QAnon conspiracy theory. (Thomas O'Neill/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Facebook says it will now ban all pages supporting QAnon, the anti-Semitic conspiracy theory

Scholars of anti-Semitism say that the conspiracy theory is a new version of age-old anti-Semitic stereotypes regarding Jewish conspiratorial control of world affairs.

October 6, 2020 6:28 pm

Sacha Baron Cohen announces Instagram freeze to protest Facebook’s failure to fight hate

The actor is supporting the Week of Action organized by the Stop Hate for Profit campaign over the summer by the ADL and other civil rights groups.

September 15, 2020 9:59 am

The Sit-Down Opinion

Former ACLU president says censoring hate speech can backfire – just like it did in Nazi Germany

By Laura E. Adkins September 3, 2020 3:47 pm

Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, left, and Alain Soral arriving at the Paris courthouse on March 12, 2015, for Soral's trial for inciting hatred against Jews. (Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images)

French Holocaust denier Alain Soral arrested and his ally Dieudonne banned from Facebook

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 4, 2020 2:39 pm

Facebook suspends UK rapper Wiley after he moves his messages toward Jews there

By Marcy Oster July 28, 2020 11:56 am

Facebook prank tricks thousands into thinking ‘Back to the Future’ actors are Israeli couple from the 1950s

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 25, 2020 4:04 pm

Ben & Jerry’s joins campaign to boycott Facebook advertising

By Marcy Oster June 24, 2020 2:38 pm

Facebook removes 30 fake accounts designed to keep Arab Israelis from voting

By Marcy Oster February 27, 2020 11:48 am

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