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Supporting Meta Shareholder Proposal 8 to Address Antisemitism and other Online Hate on Facebook
ADL affiliate JLens has introduced Shareholder Proposal 8, to be voted on at Meta’s annual shareholder meeting later this month. The goal of the proposal is to get Meta (the owner of Facebook) to provide a detailed report on how it addresses antisemitism and other hate content.
ADL research shows that Meta’s Facebook has been the platform where Americans most frequently experience harassment — every year for the past five years. Despite this, Meta has gone in the opposite direction, aggressively rolling back content moderation policies that provide safeguards for users.
JLens has been busy in this proxy season, running campaigns to reject anti-Israel shareholder proposals at General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Intel.
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BRIEFING on May 12: Join JLens and ADL for a timely conversation about Proposal 8. This online briefing will explain the issues with Meta’s current content moderation policies, the state of hate on Facebook and Instagram and how to support the proposal.
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On Yom Ha’atzmaut: As Israel’s Independence Day is celebrated, we invite you to read “The Success of Zionism Despite Rising Antisemitism,” an insightful op-ed by ADL’s Ken Jacobson.
One of the basic principles of the Zionist movement was that since the world was full of antisemitism, the Jewish people had no choice but to re-establish their historic home in the land of Israel as a modern nation-state. … Today, even as war rages and hostages are being held, on this Yom Ha’atzmaut, let us pay homage to those courageous visionaries of the Zionist movement who saw a future for Jews that would enable a people to return home after 2,000 years, and would provide the opportunity for a fulfilling future in their historic homeland. Am Yisrael Chai.
Read Ken’s essay.
Profiting off Holocaust Denial:
Holocaust deniers, their organizations and companies often financially benefit from spreading their hateful lies. These predominantly U.S.-based organizations routinely use mainstream financial and merchandising platforms to capitalize on Holocaust denial and use the profits to support future conspiracy-fueled efforts and underwrite personal expenses. For example, on Amazon, users can buy a book that falsely claims that the Third Reich’s “Final Solution” — the well-documented genocide of Jews — was actually an effort to relocate Jews to Madagascar. Read more in this ADL report on how mainstream platforms have an important role to play in preventing
the spread of virulently antisemitic Holocaust denial. Read the report.
LISTEN: ADL on Countering Antisemitism:
On a new episode of the popular ‘On Brand with Donny Deutsch’ podcast, ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt digs into the importance of civil rights for all and the need for a bipartisan approach to support Israel, while also highlighting the interconnectedness of antisemitism and anti-American sentiments. He also responds to recent events such as hate crimes against Jewish politicians and ADL’s launch of a Jewish ETF to counter BDS movements. Hear the podcast here.
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Israeli Allies in Fighting Hate: ADL was invited to share its 2024 US Audit of Antisemitic Incidents
with the Knesset committee on Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs. The session was attended by Israeli government officials, diaspora community leaders, parliamentarians, student representatives and global experts.
The head of ADL’s Israel office, Carole Nuriel, presented these findings to the committee after opening remarks from CEO Jonathan Greenblatt about the Audit and the state of antisemitism. We also brought in voices from the Jewish communities in the United States, Latin America and Europe to discuss their experiences with antisemitism, which has surged since 10/7. The discussion is particularly timely since 2024 marks the first year in which antisemitic incidents containing elements related to Israel or Zionism made up a majority of all incidents tracked in the Audit.
Israeli MK Gilad Kariv concluded the discussion by thanking ADL and urged the government to intensify efforts toward developing a coordinated, long-term strategy that builds deeper engagement between Israel and youth/student organizations, building faith-based coalitions and closing any gaps between the Israeli government and the lived experiences of Jewish communities in the U.S. and other nations.
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Speak up now with ADL! Tell Nike: “Never Again” Is Not a Marketing Slogan for Sneakers.
Nike’s appalling London Marathon ad featured the phrase “Never Again. Until Next Year.” Nike must take meaningful action including internal education, greater sensitivity and engagement with Jewish organizations. Join ADL in urging Nike to take action to heal the harm they've caused and to make sure "Never Again" truly means never again for Jews and all victims of hate.
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