![]() ![]() “Indeed, many of these small platforms exist purely to spew such hate, but at present, despite the many measures in the Bill that I support, these sites will be sifted by Ofcom into two major categories based on their size and functionality.” ![]() Percy, who co-chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism, added:” That is the sort of stuff that is on these small platforms, and it is not rare we see it all over. The Brigg and Goole MP – who is himself Jewish – gave the example of “a post from the so-called anti-Jewish meme repository on the platform Gab which showed a picture of goblins, in this instance the usual grotesque representation of those age-old Jewish physical stereotypes, alongside the phrase, ‘Are you ready to die in another Jewish war, Goyim?'” Smaller platforms such as BitChute and 8kun, would escape this demand as they are currently not classed as Category 1 due to their smaller size. Get The Jewish News Daily Edition by email and never miss our top storiesĪt present, the proposals force so-called ‘Category 1’ companies – the largest online platforms with the widest reach including the most popular social media platforms – to address content harmful to adults that falls below the threshold of a criminal offence. Arguing that platforms such as BitChute are where antisemites “gather, converse and share and spew their hate”, the MP called for a “small amendment to enable Ofcom to have powers to draw the small but high-harm platforms, based on its assessments-the so-called super-complaints that we have heard about or other means- into the category 1 status. ” ![]()
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