How to fight anti-Semitism online?

THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP!

What do you do when you see hate speech on your Facebook or Twitter feed? Do you calm yourself down, swallow the bitter pill and move on, or do you comment bravely and report the image/page/user/group?

For Israeli student Shay Amiran- Pugachov, fighting anti-Semitism and hate speech online has become a full-time job. Amiran Pugachov is the Program Coordinator of the national program ISCA - “Israeli Students Combating Antisemitism.” Each year, 30-40 top students from Israel’s various high-education facilities are elected to take part of this special program, where they monitor anti- Semitic behavior and discourse online, mainly on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Every day, they take time out from studying in order to make our world a little better.>

Just this year alone, this group of students took down more than 5,000 anti-Semitic Facebook pages, users and groups and helped expose and bring to the public’s eye the French comedian who invented the reverse Nazi salute (the Quenelle,) who has been publicly condemned and had his show cancelled.

Days before the program kicks off its fourth year, Amiran Pugachov sat down with “Israelife” to talk about the world of online anti-Semitism, and the very special and influential program, which is dedicated to making a change in Facebook and Twitter’s Community Standards as well as in people’s very own personal standards.

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