The Jewish Home | AUGUST 6, 2020
the KKK leader vowed to expose the “systemic racism lie” and accused Jewish-owned media outlets of “incitement of violence against white people.” It is not clear what prompted Twitter to ban Duke for life, with the company only saying that Duke “tweeted a harmful link.” The farright activist had already been banned from YouTube in June, while Facebook deleted his account in After President Donald Trump 2018. said he would ban TikTok from operThe move by Twitter was praised ating in the United States, Microsoft by an assortment of Jewish and civ- announced its intention to possibly il rights groups, who said that the purchase the video app. white supremacist should not be givIn a blog post on en a platform to spread hate speech. Sunday, Microsoft said its CEO “For over ten years, Duke used Satya Nadella has talked with Twitter as a megaphone to spread Trump about buying the app, which anti-Semitic conspiracy theories is owned by Chinese start-up ByteDand Holocaust denial,” said the ance. American Jewish Community. “Such “[Microsoft] is committed to hate is unacceptable.” acquiring TikTok subject to a comA native of Louisiana, Duke was plete security review and providpreviously a card-carrying neo-Na- ing proper economic benefits to the zi before leaving the movement in United States, including the United "Advanced technology safe the access to all order to head the Ku Klux Klan.that He enables States Treasury,” company said, thefounded sites and applications you want. from later the “National Associ- that adding that it will Choose “move quickly” to ation for the Advancement of White talk with ByteDance “in a matter of 3 levels of protection as well as many other People” and was elected to Louisiweeks.” customizations." ana’s state legislature in 1989. “During this process, Microsoft
TikTok Tumult
Twitter Bans David Duke
Twitter has permanently banned Klu Klux Klan leader David Duke for running afoul of the social media giant’s policies on hate speech. The company announced on Friday that Duke “has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct.” Duke had been on Twitter since 2009 and frequently tweeted racist and anti-Semitic messages to his 53,000 followers. In his final tweet,
looks forward to continuing dialogue with the United States Government, including with the President,” the company added. TikTok is the fastest growing video app in the world and has more than 80 million users in the U.S., the majority between the ages of 12 and 24. Users commonly use the platform to record 15-second videos that usually involve lip-synching to songs and movie clips. However, its explosive growth has raised concerns that it could be used by China to spy on the U.S. as part of Beijing’s well-documented history of utilizing commercial apps for espionage purposes. In January, the U.S. Defense Department banned the popular app from government-issued smartphones and ordered all serving military personnel to delete their accounts. On Friday night, Trump said that he could use emergency economic powers or an executive order to block TikTok from operating in the United States. On Sunday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the TikTok ban is part of the Trump administration’s effort to roll back Chinese
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