From Zero to Hate in Just a Tik and a Tok
I created a new TikTok account to see how long it would take for the algorithm to go down the “alt-right pipeline.” The result was shocking.
I created a new TikTok account to see how long it would take for the algorithm to go down the “alt-right pipeline.” The result was shocking.
A discordant and disturbing playfulness animates antisemitic content on TikTok. To be sure, there are more nefarious forms of antisemitism on the wildly popular video-sharing app, as well as content that attempts to counteract it.
Lipstadt is the U.S. special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism and Moment’s 2022 RGB Human Rights Award.
What is Zionophobia and how is it different from Antisemitism—and what can be done about it? Is Israel key to the survival of the Jewish people? Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein speaks with Judea Pearl, who grew up in Israel and is the father of journalist Daniel Pearl who was killed by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002.
This program is part of a Moment series on antisemitism supported by the Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation.