handling of problematic content and abuses on its existing social media platforms, such as facebook and instagram. the british comedianjimmy carr has been criticised for a joke he made about gypsies being murdered in the holocaust. the comments were made in a stand up comedy special which was released on netflix last year. travellers and holocaust remembrance groups have expressed disgust at carr s comment. the holocaust educational trust said the mass murder of gypsies was no laughing matter. historians estimate that up to 500,000 romani and sinti people were killed by the nazis. i ve been speaking tojewish comedian michael shafar, who is in melbourne, australia, and i asked if there were any topics that should be simply off limits. my personal view is no, i don t think any topic should be off limits. i m a jewish person myself and my grandparents are holocaust survivors. my grandfather survived five years in auschwitz, and even i don t believe
to die, because he spent the last two days of his holiday with us and he made that video. when he was boarding the bus, he said, i have a heavy heart. i don t want to leave. but i said, son, you have to. you made the decision, so you have to go. now, they mourn and worry. their city was shelled in 2015. they fear a new phase of war would dwarf the suffering so far. but for them, the worst has already happened a beloved son is gone. orla guerin, bbc news, kramatorsk, ukraine. the british comedian jimmy carr has been criticised for a joke he made about gypsies being murdered in the holocaust. the comments were made in a stand up comedy special