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YouTube turns 14: A look at the many instances when YouTube got things wrong
Kshitijp •The past 14 years haven't exactly been easy for YouTube. Here's a peek at what that was like.
FBI report says hate crimes in US rose by 17 percent last year; more than half motivated by bias against race, ethnicity
•There were 7,175 reported hate crimes last year, up from 6,121 in 2016. The FBI's annual hate crimes report defines hate crimes as those motivated by bias based on a person's race, religion or sexual orientation, among other categories.
Last year, Twitter was host to over 4.2 mn anti-semitic Tweets: Study
Ians •At least 4.2 million anti-Semitic tweets were shared or re-shared in English on Twitter over the 12-month period ending 28 January 2018
US, Israel officials condemn Mahmoud Abbas over 'anti-Semitic' comments, accuse him of fuelling hatred
•US and Israeli officials have condemned Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas over alleged anti-Semitic comments, after he suggested the "social function" of Jews in the banking sector had led to past massacres. Israel's foreign ministry today accused him of fuelling "religious and nationalist hatred against the Jewish people and Israel."
Thrashed by 'Arabic-speaking group', video of alleged anti-Semitic attack sparks outrage in Germany
•German political and religious leaders expressed shock over an alleged anti-Semitic attack on two men wearing traditional Jewish skullcaps in central Berlin filmed by one of the victims.
Google disables a "majority" of the ad keywords that Buzzfeed reported to be racist and anti-semitic
•Google says it has disabled offensive keywords that could be used by advertisers to target people searching for racist and anti-Semitic topics.
App used with wearable tech like Google Glass can coach children with ASD claims research
•Facebook initially responded to the ProPublica report by removing the topics in question from its ad system.
Facebook stops advertisers from targeting people interested in Jew-hate groups
•Facebook said it shut down 470 “inauthentic” accounts as part of an internal investigation into those ads.
Swiss man fined $4,000 for 'liking' controversial Facebook post
Ians •The liked comments on Facebook suggested that Erwin Kessler, who runs an animal rights group, holds racist and anti-Semitic views.
Disney severs ties with YouTube's biggest star PewDiePie on revelation of his anti-semitic videos
Tech2 News Staff •Arguably YouTube’s biggest star, PewDiePie has been booted from Disney’s Maker Studio following following revelations that he had posted anti-semitic videos in the past.