Facebook bans posts denying and distorting the Holocaust

Facebook announced on Monday that it is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust. Read more

Survivors launch online campaign to ban Holocaust denial from Facebook

A group of Holocaust survivors has launched a campaign calling on Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg to take immediate action to remove Holocaust denial from the social media site. Read more

Holocaust denial, purposeful dementia and Israel

Memory loss can be a terrible disease. In the best case, it affects our recall of the minor details of an event, but in the worst case, such as with Alzheimer’s disease, it can lead to complete distortion of the past. Read more

British blogger gets prison sentence for anti-Semitic posts and Holocaust denial

A British blogger, who was found guilty of broadcasting anti-Semitic songs on YouTube and of waging a Holocaust denial campaign, has been convicted and given a two-year suspended prison sentence. She has also been banned from posting anything on social media for 12 months. Read more

Historian travels New Zealand to recount Holocaust Denial experience

History aficionados attended an event at University of Otago’s Wellington Campus on the weekend to hear a famous historian share how he overcame an infamous Holocaust denier. Read more

Amazon removes Holocaust-denial books

World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer has thanked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for removing several Holocaust-denial books flagged by the WJC on multiple occasions since 2013 as being in violation of Amazon’s guidelines prohibiting the sale of material that “promote or glorify hatred.” Read more