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LONDON: Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen has criticized Twitter and its CEO, Jack Dorsey, over the platform’s failure to take action over antisemitic posts.
In a message posted on Saturday, Cohen wrote: “The surge in antisemitism on the streets is fueled by antisemitism on social media. @Jack @Twitter Why do you allow #HitlerWasRight?! Those who celebrate the Holocaust aim to perpetuate another. #StopHateForProfit.”
The award-winning actor also provided a link to a report published last week by the Anti-Defamation League that found more than 17,000 tweets “used variations of the phrase ‘Hitler was right’” between May 7 and May 14.
Meanwhile the BBC has announced that it is investigating one of its journalists, Tala Halawi, after media-monitoring website Honest Reporting on Sunday highlighted a Tweet she posted several years ago that included the hashtag “HitlerWasRight”.
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