Mark Zuckerberg
Three candidates proposed by Bill Ackman and one by Mark Zuckerberg would have pushed for greater action against antisemitism.
Joshua Newton said the tech giant’s move hurt his film’s prospects.
Nine of the recipients are based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The other two are national: OneTable, which helps Jews host Shabbat dinners; and PJ Library, which provides free books to Jewish families.
The platform had moved to ban several pro-Trump groups comprised of Russian American Jews, raising questions over the role social-media companies play in the current free exchange of ideas.
The #NoDenyingIt campaign spotlights Holocaust survivors urging Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg to remove Holocaust-denying groups, pages and posts
“We cannot be removed by Facebook,” they penned in a “New York Times” opinion piece. “Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has also personally committed to this arrangement.”
Amid claims on the right that the social-media giant has been targeting right-wing accounts, Israel’s premier calls Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to ask that he treat all parties equally ahead of the March 2 elections.
