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==Facebook campaigns== |
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⚫ | '''The Jewish Internet Defense Force''' ('''JIDF''') is an online organization that |
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The JIDF created a Facebook group entitled, "FACEBOOK: Why do you aid and abet terrorist organizations?"<ref name="arutzsheva_facebook_jewishactivist">{{cite news|title=Jewish Activist Battles For Israel on Facebook|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125783|publisher=[[Arutz 7]]|date=[[April 3]], [[2008]]}}</ref>, where it [[Internet activism|mobilized]] its members to report to Facebook administrators the existence of groups which they accused of violating Facebook's terms of use. Over 100 of these groups were subsequently closed.<ref name="arutzsheva_facebook_jewishactivist" /><ref name="jidf_responsetowikipedia" /> |
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==Background== |
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:'''See also [[Social Networking]]''' |
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The JIDF have indicated that they began seizing control of a number of groups, most notably the [[Facebook group]] "Israel is not a country! Delist it from Facebook as a country" after Facebook administrators declined to delist them. According to the JIDF, Facebook's inaction came "despite thousands of user complaints over the course of eighteen months".<ref name="JIDF_telgraph">{{cite news|title=Facebook: 'Anti-Semitic' group hijacked by Jewish force|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2478773/Facebook-Anti-semitic-group-destroyed-by-Israeli-hackers.html|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=[[July 31]], [[2008]]}}</ref> JIDF has described "Israel is not a country! Delist it from Facebook as a country" as "one of the most vile, antisemitic, pro-terrorist sites on the internet" and "the most active hate group of all".<ref>{{cite news|title=Jewish Internet Defense Force 'seizes control' of anti-Israel Facebook group|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331137728&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter|publisher=[[JPost|The Jerusalem Post]]|date=[[July 30]], [[2008]]}}</ref><ref name="JIDF_telgraph" /><ref name="jidf_responsetowikipedia" /> |
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[[Image:Jidf_fb_sample.jpg|thumb|Example of [[Facebook]] content that JIDF members try to remove]][[Social networking]] web sites allow users to create content. Often, such content is created without [[moderation]] by [[site administrators]] because of the large number of users and the large amount of content created by them. Often, other users are quicker to act against content that could be deemed to be contrary to a site's [[Acceptable Use Policy]] than the administrators; or such users could inform the administrators about such content before the administrators notice it themselves. |
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===Response=== |
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It is possible for groups that promote hate to use social networking sites as a forum to express their views without administrators of those sites noticing it right away. |
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The administrators of the Facebook group ""Israel" is not a country!... ... Delist it from Facebook as a country!" have indicated that their site was created in response to an earlier Facebook group that sought to delist [[Palestine]] as a country. They also assert that racism toward Jews, Muslims and Arabs will not be tolerated on the site, and are critical of the JIDF for creating fake administrator accounts.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2221448894 "Israel" is not a country!... ... Delist it from Facebook as a country!], Facebook [public site], accessed 16 August 2008.</ref> |
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==Activities== |
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The JIDF (which has a name that is similar to the [[Israeli Defense Force]]) encourages e-mail campaigns to site administrators<ref name="Sample E-mail Activism Letter">{{cite blog|title=Sample E-mail Activism Letter|url=http://www.thejidf.org/2008/05/sample-email-activsm-letter-media.html|publisher=|date=[[May 20]], [[2008]]}}</ref> to inform them about content which they deem to be objectionable and contrary to that site's acceptable use policies. Its members also join Facebook groups (which are similar to forums) to "take over" that group by means which the JIDF does not specify on their site. They state that such methods do not violate a site's acceptable use policies. |
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The JIDF created a Facebook group entitled "FACEBOOK: Why do you aid and abet terrorist organizations?"<ref name="arutzsheva_facebook_jewishactivist">{{cite news|title=Jewish Activist Battles For Israel on Facebook|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125783|publisher=[[Arutz 7]]|date=[[April 3]], [[2008]]}}</ref>, where it [[Internet activism|organized]] its members to communicate with Facebook administrators about a number of Facebook groups which they accused of violating Facebook's [[terms of use]], successfully leading to the closure of over 100 of these groups.<ref name="arutzsheva_facebook_jewishactivist" /><ref name="jidf_responsetowikipedia" /> The JIDF says they began taking control of a number of groups, most notably the [[Facebook group]] "Israel is not a country! Delist it from Facebook as a country" after Facebook administrators declined to shut the group down. According to the JIDF, Facebook's inaction came "despite thousands of user complaints over the course of eighteen months".<ref name="JIDF_telgraph">{{cite news|title=Facebook: 'Anti-Semitic' group hijacked by Jewish force|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2478773/Facebook-Anti-semitic-group-destroyed-by-Israeli-hackers.html|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=[[July 31]], [[2008]]}}</ref> Editorials from the JIDF, [[Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs]] and ''[[The Jewish Week]]'' had previously described the "Israel is not a country…" group as anti-semitic.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jewish Internet Defense Force 'seizes control' of anti-Israel Facebook group|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331137728&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter|publisher=[[JPost|The Jerusalem Post]]|date=[[July 30]], [[2008]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anti-Semitism 2.0 Going Largely Unchallenged|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c37_a4553/News/National.html|publisher=[[The Jewish Week]]|date=[[February 20]], [[2008]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite paper| last=Oboler | first=Andre | title=Online Antisemitism 2.0. "Social Antisemitism" on the "Social Web" | publisher=[[Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs]] | date=2008-04-01 | url=http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=3&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=624&PID=0&IID=2235&TTL=Online_Antisemitism_2.0._ | accessdate=2008-08-14 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 07:26, 16 August 2008
Template:Icu The Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) is an online organization that seeks to remove content it regards as anti-Semitic and promoting "violence and Islamic terrorism."[1] The group has focused its attention specifically on Facebook, YouTube, Google Earth, and Wikipedia.
Facebook campaigns
The JIDF created a Facebook group entitled, "FACEBOOK: Why do you aid and abet terrorist organizations?"[2], where it mobilized its members to report to Facebook administrators the existence of groups which they accused of violating Facebook's terms of use. Over 100 of these groups were subsequently closed.[2][1]
The JIDF have indicated that they began seizing control of a number of groups, most notably the Facebook group "Israel is not a country! Delist it from Facebook as a country" after Facebook administrators declined to delist them. According to the JIDF, Facebook's inaction came "despite thousands of user complaints over the course of eighteen months".[3] JIDF has described "Israel is not a country! Delist it from Facebook as a country" as "one of the most vile, antisemitic, pro-terrorist sites on the internet" and "the most active hate group of all".[4][3][1]
Response
The administrators of the Facebook group ""Israel" is not a country!... ... Delist it from Facebook as a country!" have indicated that their site was created in response to an earlier Facebook group that sought to delist Palestine as a country. They also assert that racism toward Jews, Muslims and Arabs will not be tolerated on the site, and are critical of the JIDF for creating fake administrator accounts.[5]
See also
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Arab-Israeli conflict and the Internet
- Internet activism
References
- ^ a b c "JIDF Response to Wikipedia". Aug 5, 2008.
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(help) - ^ a b "Jewish Activist Battles For Israel on Facebook". Arutz 7. April 3, 2008.
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(help) - ^ a b "Facebook: 'Anti-Semitic' group hijacked by Jewish force". The Telegraph. July 31, 2008.
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(help) - ^ "Jewish Internet Defense Force 'seizes control' of anti-Israel Facebook group". The Jerusalem Post. July 30, 2008.
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(help) - ^ "Israel" is not a country!... ... Delist it from Facebook as a country!, Facebook [public site], accessed 16 August 2008.
External links
- The Jewish Internet Defense Force (Official website)
- The Jewish Internet Defense Force (Facebook group)