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Streaming platform Twitch bans the word ‘Zionist’ as a proxy for spreading hate toward Jews and Israelis

JL;DR SUMMARY Twitch, a leading livestreaming platform, has updated its hate speech policy to ban the use of the term 'Zionist' when employed as a slur against Jews or Israelis. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Hate SpeechZionismSocial MediaJewish CommunitiesRitchie TorresPolicyDigital PlatformsTwitch

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Tokyo, Japan
"Online streaming platform Twitch branding seen at the Tokyo Game Show 2023."
New York, United States
"Earlier this month, Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who is known as one of the most vocal pro-Israel advocates in the Democratic party, called on Twitch to rein what he characterized as rampant antisemitism on the platform or face potential Congressional scrutiny."
Israel
"Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who is known as one of the most vocal pro-Israel advocates in the Democratic party, called on Twitch to rein what he characterized as rampant antisemitism on the platform or face potential Congressional scrutiny."

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