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Facebook, Holocaust Denial, and Anti-Semitism 2.0

August 27, 2009 | Andre Oboler

In May 2009, Facebook went into damage control in response to the media interest in Holocaust-denial groups it hosted. This occurred six months after Facebook was notified that such groups not only breached its Terms of Service but were illegal under national laws banning Holocaust denial in several countries.

Secondary Anti-Semitism: From Hard-Core to Soft-Core Denial of the Shoah

November 2, 2008 | Dr. Clemens Heni

The core principle of secondary anti-Semitism is the refusal or rejection of remembrance of the unprecedented crime which Germans committed during the Second World War, namely the Shoah.

Holocaust Denial as an Anti-Zionist and Anti-Imperialist Tool for the European Far Left

January 9, 2008 | Dave Rich

Iranian state promotion of Holocaust denial is an example of anti-Semitism being used to generate anti-Zionism, the reverse of the normal dynamic. It has given a boost to Holocaust-denial activities worldwide. Mainstream Holocaust commemoration is increasingly under attack as a Zionist or imperialist tool. For some leftists, the contradiction between their antifascism and their anti-Zionism is solved by casting Jewish communities and the European far Right as political allies.

Denial of the Holocaust and Immoral Equivalence

August 1, 2003 | Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt