{"id":446671,"date":"2021-04-23T17:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T21:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446671"},"modified":"2021-04-23T17:35:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T21:35:58","slug":"anti-semitic-tiktok-trend-fuels-violence-in-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-semitic-tiktok-trend-fuels-violence-in-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Semitic TikTok Trend Fuels Violence in Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-semitic-tiktok-trend-fuels-violence-in-jerusalem%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"31.285714285714\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">The popular social network has ties to the Chinese government<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3506.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3506.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232482525-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232482525-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232482525-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1232482525-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tIsraeli security forces disperse Palestinian protesters outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City on April 23, 2021, amid tensions following yesterday&#8217;s clashes between Palestinians and far-right Jews. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI \/ AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI\/AFP via Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/santi-ruiz\/\" title=\"Posts by Santi Ruiz\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Santi Ruiz<\/a> \u2022 April 23, 2021 5:30 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"91.709583736689\">\n<p>Videos depicting anti-Semitic violence are trending on TikTok in Israel, encouraging Arab assaults on Jews amid ongoing violent protests in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>The videos, which show Arab teens assaulting unsuspecting Jews, have stoked violent conflicts in the Old City of Jerusalem. Tensions came to a head Thursday night as the far-right Jewish group Lehava organized a street march in protest, chanting &#8220;death to Arabs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TikTok began removing anti-Semitic videos Friday. The popular social media company has come under fire for censoring content critical of the Chinese Communist Party. TikTok\u2019s parent company, ByteDance, is a Chinese tech giant.<\/p>\n<p>Fights broke out in Jerusalem earlier this week after Israeli police blocked Palestinians from congregating at Damascus Gate, a popular spot for evening prayers during Ramadan. The brawls intensified after the release of a TikTok showing Arab teens assaulting an Orthodox Jewish man on the Jerusalem light rail.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night, the clashes between Jewish and Arab protesters roiled the Old City of Jerusalem, injuring over 100 people. Police arrested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/dozens-hurt-at-old-city-clash-as-extremist-jews-march-chanting-death-to-arabs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a> than 50 people for throwing rocks and assaulting police. According to police, protesters on both sides set trash cans on fire. Videos showed beatings of unarmed Jews as well as police breaking up groups from Lehava with riot grenades.<\/p>\n<p>This is not TikTok\u2019s first brush with anti-Semitism. Users with symbols of Judaism in their bios report being inundated with anti-Semitic comments. In July 2020, a song mocking Holocaust victims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-53327890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went viral<\/a> on the app, and videos with the song were viewed millions of times. TikTok eventually removed the video and reiterated its commitment to user safety.<\/p>\n<p>While anti-Semitic content proliferates on the app, TikTok also frequently censors criticism of the Chinese government. Documents leaked to the <em>Guardian <\/em>in 2019 revealed TikTok maintained internal policies of banning videos that advocate greater freedom for Tibet or that reference Tiananmen Square or the pro-independence group Falun Gong. Observers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2019\/09\/15\/tiktoks-beijing-roots-fuel-censorship-suspicion-it-builds-huge-us-audience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believe<\/a> TikTok censored videos supportive of protests against the regime in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>The platform similarly censors videos that mention the oppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Many Uyghurs who have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodaStory\/status\/1176874863241420800?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used<\/a> TikTok to share their plight found their accounts shuttered soon after.<\/p>\n<p>Users also suspect the app\u2019s algorithm promotes pro-China content. In the summer of 2020, many users with low follower counts saw their views <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tiktok-users-gush-about-china-hoping-to-boost-views-11592386203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skyrocket<\/a> after creating tongue-in-cheek &#8220;ilovechina&#8221; videos with the Chinese flag prominently featured.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s ties to the Chinese government are well-known. The Justice Department alleged that ByteDance\u2019s founder has shown he is &#8220;committed to promoting&#8221; the agenda of the Chinese Communist Party, and that the company employs 130 Party members in its Beijing office. A former Party official ran the company\u2019s global content policy team for five years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9dffdb8f-f00e-4305-a69a-158b845f6970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the <em>Financial Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration attempted to ban TikTok from app stores in the U.S. in 2020, citing the app\u2019s ties to the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular social network has ties to the Chinese government  Israeli security forces disperse Palestinian protesters outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276588,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3506.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Anti-Semitic TikTok Trend Fuels Violence in Jerusalem","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3506.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Anti-Semitic TikTok Trend Fuels Violence in Jerusalem","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}