Zev Stub
Times of Israel, Apr. 22, 2025
“… threats by the US government that TikTok could be banned in the country, as well as pressure from the company’s pro-Israel investors, have forced its parent company, ByteDance, to make efforts to show that it is taking a new tack.”
Ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 24, social media creators are looking to leverage TikTok to educate younger generations about the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis.
This week, for the second consecutive year, TikTok Israel is bringing 14 of the country’s top content creators to take part in the March of the Living, the symbolic walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau attended by thousands of Jewish teens, adults and survivors from around the world.
The social platform, which has been accused of allowing anti-Israel and antisemitic content to proliferate, is also partnering with a new initiative spearheaded by a Hebrew University professor to use short-form videos to provide information and combat the spread of Holocaust distortion and antisemitism online.
“We have many different initiatives for Holocaust education through different universities and government ministries in Germany and Israel,” a spokesperson for TikTok told The Times of Israel.
“We are committed to eradicating the phenomenon of hatred and antisemitism and digitally preserving the memory of the Holocaust for future generations,” said Lior Weintraub, director of government relations at TikTok Israel. “These principles are expressed in this welcome initiative, which we are making a tradition this year.” …SOURCE