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The media demands from Facebook and Twitter: fight online incitement against journalists

Major media outlets in the country have jointly addressed Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, warning that expressions of hatred towards journalists translate into violence on the ground, and demanding that they take a stand on the subject: "Facebook and Twitter must know that by failing to act, they allow, if not encourage, acts of violence."

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Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 18:00 Updated: 20:02

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A team from Here News was attacked in the Hatikva neighborhood (here 11)

A line of Israeli media outlets today (Tuesday) sent a joint appeal to the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, demanding a position, monitoring and resolutely fighting incitement against journalists on social networks. on the surface more strongly during Operation "gatekeeper."

"Facebook and Twitter to know that through failure to act, they allow, if not encourage, acts of violence," reads the appeal, made by Attorney Noga Rubinstein Ministry Crispin, Rubinstein, Blecher & Co. Most of the major media outlets in Israel are partners, including Walla !, Ynet and Mako, the newspapers Globes, Yedioth Ahronoth, Maariv and the Jerusalem Post, the Public Broadcasting Corporation and the television channels Reshet, Keshet and Channel 20, as well as the 99FM, 103FM and 104.5FM radio stations. .

In the appeal, the media noted sharp expressions of hatred directed at journalists in recent weeks, including treating media people as terrorists, accusations of anti-Semitism, and greetings of fire and rape, and warned that they "translate in recent weeks into physical violence against Israeli journalists on the ground."

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"It is the responsibility of Facebook and Twitter to prevent incitement under the auspices of their platforms."

Zuckerberg (Photo: Reuters)

Indeed, in recent weeks there have been some significant cases of violence against journalists. These include throwing a stone at Ayala Hasson (News 13), harsh threats against Dana Weiss (News 12), Omri Maniv (News 13) who was attacked in his car and sprayed with pepper spray by young Arabs during the violent riots in Jaffa, and reporter Yoav Zehavi and photographer Rolik Nowitzki (here 11) who were attacked by Jewish right-wing activists in the Hatikva neighborhood of Tel Aviv. In addition, security was attached to several senior journalists in News 12, including Yonit Levy, Guy Peleg and Rina Matzliach.

"Journalists have become the target of incitement, which puts them in clear and present danger. Countless Facebook posts and tweets have surfaced calling for physical harm to journalists, or labeled them traitors and enemies of the state, in a way that encourages or justifies acts of violence against them," the appeal said. "Facebook and Twitter have a public responsibility to monitor and immediately remove posts that encourage physical harm to journalists. It is Facebook and Twitter's responsibility to prevent incitement under the auspices of their platforms."

A similar appeal was sent last week to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, on behalf of the journalists' organization, demanding that the enforcement system "take seriously the incitement, including those circulated on social media, against the backdrop of the belligerent and violent atmosphere, to prevent the next act of violence."

Facebook said: "In response to the violence we have seen on the ground, we have set up a special Knesset with the aim of responding in real time to the activity on our platforms.

The Knesset is staffed by various experts from the company, including native Hebrew and Arabic speakers. It allows us to monitor the situation and remove content that violates our community rules more quickly, as well as identify and address possible errors in enforcement issues.

We do not want anyone to be bothered or Although we allow criticism of public figures, including journalists, we do not allow people to threaten or harass them, and we remove such content when we are aware of it. We also remove content that displays people's personal information, and we have removed a number of exposed posts. "The private telephone numbers of journalists. We encourage anyone who encounters offensive content on our platforms to report it, so that we can work against it and maintain the security of our community."

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