(Jerusalem Post) Andre Oboler - The U.S. Congress and the Italian parliament both held hearings last week into combating on-line anti-Semitism. Why should something condemned by society were it published in print suddenly become legitimate simply because it appears on-line? Anti-Semitism 2.0 is the spread of the social acceptability of anti-Semitism through Web 2.0 technology. It creates an environment in which to be racist is no worse than to support the wrong soccer team. In such an environment, hate spreads, and society is conditioned to accept it. Incitement to hate is a danger to public order. There is no reason for platforms like Facebook and YouTube to facilitate the spread of hate. The writer is cochairman of the working group on on-line anti-Semitism for the Global Forum to Combat Anti-Semitism.
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