Tag Archives: Holocaust
Facebook finally bans Holocaust denial content
YouTube will remove some hate speech and conspiracy videos
YouTube has updated its hate speech policy to ban more types of videos from its platform. They explicitly include those promoting or glorifying Nazi ideology or deny that certain events including the Holocaust or the Sandy Hook shooting took place. A...
Anne Frank Center asks Facebook to remove Holocaust denial pages
The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect is calling out Facebook for allowing Holocaust denial pages on its site. And the center is doing so through a petition in which it's requesting Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg take them down. "When these page...
Zuckerberg: I didn’t intend to defend Holocaust deniers
Earlier today, Recode's Kara Swisher released an extensive interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg covering the platform's struggles during a long, scandal-ridden year. Nestled inside was an exchange where Swisher pressed the executive on why it...
Maybe don’t pose like this at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Disrespectful? Tasteless? Clueless? It's hard to find the right adjective for folks who take frivolous photos at The Berlin Holocaust Memorial, a monument to the suffering of millions of people. That's why Jewish artist Shahak Shapira decided to use...
Holocaust Museum would like for Pokémon Go trainers to back off
The world is rife with new trainers scouring the globe for Pokémon, unable to pry themselves away from their smartphones for even a moment lest they miss out on catching 'em all in Pokémon Go. They're invading everywhere, from churches...
ICYMI: Gravitational waves and holographic Holocaust memory
Today on In Case You Missed It: NASA's mission to figure out where black holes are located won't actually deploy until 2034, but the science behind the sound experiment is being worked on now. University of Southern California's Institute for Creat...
Anne Frank’s story to be told in VR
You can already tour Anne Frank's hideaway in virtual reality if you can't make it to Amsterdam, but producer Jonah Hirsch is taking that one step further. He's creating a VR experience, Anne, that will tell the Holocaust symbol's tale in 360 degrees...
World Mourns on Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 First Anniversary
July 17 marks the first anniversary for Flight MH17 and the still unanswered question of who to blame. In 2014, Malaysian Airline flight MH17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine, near a rebel-held...