Thursday, July 23, 2020

Antisemitism at Twitter

 Social Publisher Accused of Locking Accounts of Jewish users for Star-of-David Profile Pics

Press Release

Parler, the People-driven social platform, took the occasion of Twitter being accused of locking the accounts of multiple Jewish users who featured images of the Star of David in their profile pictures, to voice its support for users displaying the Star of David, as well as other religious symbols, as symbols of love. According to stories in the Jerusalem Post, Israel National News, and The Yeshiva World, Twitter said the accounts’ displays of “hateful imagery” had violated the publishers’ Terms of Service.

According to the Jerusalem Post, holders of the locked accounts received the following message from the social media publisher: “We have determined that this account violated the Twitter Rules. Specifically for: Violating our rules against posting hateful imagery. You may not use hateful images or symbols in your profile image or profile header. As a result, we have locked your account." 

Users were reportedly told to delete the images in order for their accounts to be restored.

The images in question ranged from a white Star of David in a graffiti style, to a superimposition of the modern blue star on the flag of Israel spliced with the yellow star Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis, to a montage of yellow stars.
 

“The Star of David has been for almost two centuries a symbol of Judaism and Jewish identity for a people who were stateless,” said Parler Strategic investor Jeffrey Wernick. “For me as a Jew, it symbolizes my love for Judaism, which does not conflict in any way with my love for my nation and my love for humanity. To designate it, if the allegations are true, as a hateful image, is not only an act of hate but also likely libelous and slanderous. The desire to remove a symbol of my Jewish identity as “hateful imagery” is, to me, no different than the desire to remove me as hateful just because I am Jewish. And this is true whether I display it physically or not.”


The Star of David has no official biblical authority, but became an important symbol of Jewish people living in the diaspora, and was universally adopted as a symbol of the Jewish People hundreds of years ago. The Star took on even greater significance as a symbol of heroism and sacrifice following the Holocaust and the founding of Israel as a Jewish State.

Twitter has a checkered history concerning anti-semitism. In 2015, the publisher allowed #killalljews to trend on its site. The hashtag is still searchable on Twitter. More recently, the publisher allowed #JewishPrivilege to trend, and the hashtag attracted many anti-semitic tweets.

Parler was founded in 2018 and has over 2.7 million users. The platform is committed to free speech, does not mine or sell user data, and does not censor content based on politics or ideology. Parler continues to stand with the People and against Technocronyism.

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Saturday, July 11, 2020

Conservatives, Christians, More Move to Social Networks USA.Life & Parler


Why Make the Move to USA.Life and Parler?

Recently, some of the leading social media platform have gone out of their way to antagonize some of their most loyal and profitable market. Facebook mods are on record saying they delete and shadow-ban conservative posts. Twitter has censored President Trump and Instagram and even Reddit have stifled conservative voices. 

According to Statista, one of the leading statistics companies on the internet, social media spending in the US was expected to increase to $17.34 billion in 2019. By 2020, social media ad spending is predicted overtake traditional TV ads. Yet these social media platforms have apparently been doing almost everything in their power—not to serve as platforms— but to act as censors for opinions they don’t like and to drive away conservative users, businesses whose politics they don't agree with, as well as potential advertisers. 

Thankfully, there are other options. That's why more and more conservatives, Christians, and Trump supporters are moving to the new USA.Life & Parler platforms.

Conservatives, Christians, Trump Supporters & Others Move to New Social Networks USA.Life and Parler

Conservatives, Christians, family-friendly networkers and supporters of President Trump are joining the new USA.Life and Parler social networks in record numbers, because of left-leaning platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Reddit censoring or banning President Trump's followers and other conservative voices. USA.Life is the answer to left-leaning Facebook, and Parler is the free-speech option to heavy-handed Twitter. Read more at:

Conservatives, Christians, More Move to Social  Networks USA.Life & Parler