The event, held by the US State Department, will feature US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and will be the first of its kind in the department’s history.
Google and Twitter will not participate in an event dealing with ways to counter antisemitism on the Internet and social media, JNS reported.
The event, held by the US State Department and featuring US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, will be the first event of its kind in the department’s history.
Facebook and Tiktok will send representatives to the event. Facebook had previously come out with a statement that they will begin banning people who would deny the events of the Holocaust.
“Holocaust denial or distortion is absolutely antisemitic. It meets the [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance] definition of antisemitism,” US Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism Elan Carr told JNS on Thursday. “I welcome Facebook’s recognition that Holocaust denial or distortion is antisemitism.”
The event, to be titled “Ancient Hatred, Modern Medium,” will be pre-recorded and will air October 21-22.
