LONDON – Some Twitter users are staging a 48-hour boycott of the platform over its handling of a stream of anti-Semitic comments that were posted on British rapper Wiley’s social media accounts.The boycott, under the hashtag #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate, followed complaints that Twitter was too slow to remove offensive material.
Some offensive material was also posted on Instagram.U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to the social media companies demanding an explanation as to the speed of their response.
Some of Wiley’s posts were visible for more than 12 hours before being removed.Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not take part in the boycott, as he needed to communicate “important public health messages,” his Downing Street office.