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The Glue, with Eric FingerhutBehind the scenes of TikTok's antisemitism problemTikTok has an antisemitism problem. One study found that people who use TikTok for 30 minutes or more daily are 17% more likely to hold antisemitic or anti-Israel views, compared with 6% for Instagram and 2% for X (formerly Twitter). In late January, TikTok's top government relations professional in Israel Barak Herscowitz resigned in protest, alleging antisemitism on the social network's platform. In the latest episode of "The Glue," Herscowitz tells Jewish Federations of North America President and CEO Eric Fingerhut about what he saw that led him to that decision.
"The Glue, with Eric Fingerhut," is brought to you b...2024-04-0227 minThe Glue, with Eric FingerhutBehind the scenes of TikTok's antisemitism problemTikTok has an antisemitism problem. One study found that people who use TikTok for 30 minutes or more daily are 17% more likely to hold antisemitic or anti-Israel views, compared with 6% for Instagram and 2% for X (formerly Twitter). In late January, Barak Herscowitz was the company’s top government relations professional in Israel. Herscowitz was a former advisor to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, and had been with the company for about two years when Hamas perpetrated the October 7th massacre. What he saw in the following months led him to resign in protest.Today, he joins us on...2024-03-2927 min