Competition of anti-Semitic and racist jokes on Twitter

Alert DateJanuary 25, 2013 Country: France Address: Paris Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-semitism, Afrophobia
General Type: Racist discourse Groups affected / Interested in: Religious minorities, Africans/black people Strands: Racism Key Areas: Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation

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  • Competition of anti-Semitic jokes on Twitter

      Since last week the keyword # unbonjuif (a good Jew) causes a flood of anti-Semites’ tweets giving place to a doubtful competition of anti-Semitic jokes.   Source: Le Monde, 14.10.2012, #UnBonJuif : un concours de blagues antisémites sur Twitter (# UnBonJuif: a competition of anti-Semitic jokes on Twitter), http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2012/10/14/unbonjuif-un-concours-de-blagues-antisemites-derape-sur-twitter_1775233_651865.html, Accessed on...

On October 2012 a doubtful competition of anti-Semitic jokes using the keyword # unbonjuif (a good Jew) took place on Tweeter. The social network withdrew these tweets, but other ones appeared such as # unbonnoir (a good Black) and # sijetaisnazi (if I was a nazi). The association “Union of Jewish Students of France” and other NGOs filed a complaint and the tribunal (TGI de Paris) ordered the Tweeter to communicate identification data of the tweets’ authors. The tribunal also ordered the social network to set up an easily accessible and visible device allowing users to report illegal content, including falling within the scope of the apology of crimes against humanity and incitement to racial hatred.

Sources:

  1. Le Monde, 14.10.2012, #UnBonJuif : un concours de blagues antisémites sur Twitter (# AgoodJew: a competition of anti-Semitic jokes on Twitter), http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2012/10/14/unbonjuif-un-concours-de-blagues-antisemites-derape-sur-twitter_1775233_651865.html, Accessed on 23.10.2012
  2. Liberation, 24.01.2013, #unbonjuif : Twitter sommé d’agir (# AgoodJew: Twitter ordered to act), http://www.liberation.fr/medias/2013/01/24/unbonjuif-twitter-somme-d-agir_876619, Accessed on 31.01.2013