A lawsuit over anti-Semitic posts left online on Twitter

 

Vetter is being sued by two groups in Germany who claim the social network failed to remove six posts attacking Jews and denying the Holocaust.

But his tweets, which now represent the majority of the company's communication output, have not mentioned the issue.

A 'hateful content

"Twitter has betrayed our trust," said Avital Grinberg, president of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS), which has taken civil action with Hate Aid.

"By allowing hateful content to spread, the company fails to protect consumers, and Jews in particular."

The case will seek to determine whether Twitter is contractually obligated to remove such content.

Hate Aid's head of legal Josephine Balan said: "Twitter assures that it will not tolerate violence on its platform. Users should be able to trust that.

Big fines

In 2021, before Mr. Musk bought Twitter, the Campaign Against Antisemitism, which he partnered with, said the company's policies were failing — and it removed 1,000 posts containing hateful content that attacked Jews. Only 400 of my tweets have been removed

Last year, Twitter was criticized for being too slow to remove tweets from UK musician Willie, which he later apologized for, saying they were "perceived as anti-Semitic".

Then-prime minister Boris Johnson said social networks "need to move more quickly to remove content like this".

Other major social networks including Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok have also faced similar allegations.

Under the UK Online Safety Bill, technology companies will face hefty fines for failing to remove hateful content quickly enough.

Culture Secretary Michelle Donnellan hopes the bill will become law this summer