Holocaust forum focuses on social media role in antisemitism
ABC News
A one-day conference will focus on the receding memory of the Holocaust as Sweden marks the 20th anniversary of a conference on remembering the genocide
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A one-day conference starting Wednesday will focus on the receding memory of the Holocaust as Sweden marks the 20th anniversary of a conference on remembering the genocide, with participants focusing on how social media is contributing to a rise in antisemitism.
“There is a dangerous rise of antisemitism all over the world mainly because of the new social media,” said Nachman Shai, Israel’s diaspora affairs minister, upon arrival at the International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance in Malmo, southern Sweden.
The media are "inciting and increasing the level of hate, and they have to take responsibility for that not to remain so-called neutral or objective, Shai said.
The German European Affairs Minister Michael Roth said “the situation worldwide” is "extremely worrying,” in reference to recent anti-Jewish attacks in Germany.
