(Jewish Group) ADL study finds 4.2 million anti-Semitic tweets posted in year

[Behind the Aegis]

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

WASHINGTON — Twitter users bashed out an estimated 4.2 million English-language anti-Semitic tweets over a one-year span, the Anti-Defamation League said on Monday, adding fresh concerns that digital platforms have become a breeding ground for expressions of Jew-hatred.

In a new report by the ADL’s Center for Extremism, researchers found that 4.2 million tweets were sent from roughly 3 million Twitter handles from January 2017 to January 2018. The average number of anti-Semitic tweets per week was 81,400.

The finding is based on a reviewed sample of 55,000 tweets and had a 3 percent margin of error, the report said.

The report did not search for non-textual expressions of anti-Semitism, like anti-Jewish memes or videos, but in many cases, they became part of the study when they were posted in conjunction with anti-Semitic text.

The ADL’s latest study on the subject is its second in recent years, and it indicates a dramatic increase in anti-Semitic language.



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Raise your hand if you are surprised.


What? No hands in the air?!

[Gothmog]

1. I wish that I could say that I am surprised

I am not. There has been a rise in both Islamaphobic and anti-Semitic activity under trump