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February 24, 2024, 12:34 pm
Show your kids you know about 2024
Jewish parents like all parents don't always know what their grown kids are into, so we asked for help
By Madison Grant-Gold
Social media apps (Kon Karampelas/Unsplash)
December 21, 2023, 5:00 pm
OPINION: When it comes to free speech, our rights must be right
The right of expression has been magnified but our sense of responsibility lags far behind, warns the founder and chairman of the PR Office.
By Shimon Cohen
December 6, 2023, 10:53 am
TikTok ‘fuels antisemitism’, despite telling JN it’s deleted 12m hate videos since 7 October
Survey links social media platform to a surge in anti-Israel bias among young people as Pro Palestinian content appears to dominate the narrative
By Candice Krieger
TIKTOK (Photo by Kon Karampelas on Unsplash)
November 23, 2023, 10:40 am
OPINION: Big tech is hiding behind the free speech mantra
AI ought to offer the tools to kill internet hate. It won’t because the tech tribes have no interest in interrupting traffic, writes Alex Brummer
By Alex Brummer
Social media (Photo by Adem AY on Unsplash)
October 10, 2023, 3:35 pm
Yavneh Head urges kids to come off TikTok
Mr Lewis concerned students will be exposed to “distressing” Israel content
By Michelle Rosenberg
September 14, 2023, 10:34 am
Meet the 24-year-old Youtuber helping Adidas, Netflix and Disney talk to the world
Content creator Brandon Baum’s virtual videos have clocked up more than eight billion views. He tells Candice Krieger how he does it
By Candice Krieger
Bacari Ogarro, known as ‘Mizzy’, films himself trespassing in people’s houses, making unsolicited approaches in public, and even running away their dogs, before posting the clips on YouTube and TikTok. He does not limit his “pranks” to Jews.
May 23, 2023, 10:58 am
Teenager arrested after posting videos of himself harassing Orthodox Jews
Bacari Ogarro films himself trespassing in people’s houses, making unsolicited approaches in public and even running away their dogs, before posting the clips online.
By Jewish News Reporter
May 10, 2023, 12:50 pm
The TikTok influencer teaching the masses about her Orthodox lifestyle
Miriam Ezagui has 1.6 million followers on 'JewTok'
By Elizabeth Karpen JTA
May 3, 2023, 5:14 pm
Couples caught at Tel Aviv airport smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel
The country is experiencing a dire shortage of the snack due to a TikTok craze.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
April 13, 2023, 9:52 pm
The Jewish TikTok phenomenon – THREE BILLION views and counting…
Who are the leading content creators driving the #JewishTikTok trend on the world's most popular social media platform... and what are they saying?
By Alesia Fidler
Protestors, some of whom were QAnon believers, storm Capitol Hill
January 10, 2023, 10:50 pm
US Capitol attack probe: just 75 minutes for new TikTokers to see Nazi content
Riot enquiry plants fake social media profile to test how quickly users are exposed to "rabbit hole" of right-wing content
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Left: Dov and Lily with some of the 2,500 cards. Right: Lily with her birthday cake celebrating 98!
December 29, 2021, 2:36 pm
Piers Morgan, Rachel Riley and TikTok among 2,500 to wish survivor Lily Ebert a happy 98th!
Thousands send cards to celebrate Auschwitz survivor Lily Ebert's birthday following appeal on social media by her 18-year-old great-grandson
Food Tryb helps  creators in the food business make money
July 9, 2021, 3:01 pm
Online innovators who turn passion into profit
The founder of a foodie platform tells Candice Krieger why it’s no longer enough for those wanting to monetise content to post on platforms like Instagram or TikTok
By Candice Krieger
Lly and Dov celebrate with balloons after reaching 1m followers on their TikTok account (Image: Dov Forman)
June 23, 2021, 10:27 am
Auschwitz survivor’s Holocaust testimony videos hit 1m TikTok followers
Lily Ebert, 97, has reached a million followers on TikTok with videos on her experiences surviving the Holocaust after setting up an account with great-grandson.
By Josh Salisbury
A screenshot from the video originally shared by the user @nellylikejelly on TikTok
May 20, 2021, 1:32 pm
Video appearing to incite violence ahead of Israel rally removed from TikTok
Clip posted by 19-year-old Australian Muslim features a poster for the rally, with a caption reading: “If you’re from Victoria, Australia, you know what to do.” 
By Jewish News Reporter
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