Mu-Meson
07-29-2008, 05:24 PM
The Jewish Internet Defense Force, a group that claims to have 5,000 members worldwide, says it is steadily removing members from a viciously anti-Israel and anti-Semitic group on Facebook, having taken control of the group. "Facebook wouldn't do anything about it so we did what had to be done," the group posted on its Web site. "We're not sure how long this can or will last, so we're fast moving to do what needs to be done."
The Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) describes itself as a group of Jewish activists who fight anti-Semitism and terrorism trends throughout the Internet. It says it formed as a grassroots effort in 2000, mainly to mount mass e-mail campaigns, in response to the second intifada. It then began operating on various Web sites, including Facebook, to spread news about Israel and Jewish issues.
"As we used Facebook, we noticed many of the issues began literally to stare us in the face, as many various anti-Semitic and pro-Jihadist groups were springing up everywhere," said David, the spokesperson for the JIDF, who asked that his last name not be published. He said he had received four death threats since beginning his activities.
In the JIDF's latest efforts, the group has been working around the clock to dismantle the group on Facebook titled, "Israel is not a country! Delist it from Facebook as a country." That group had tens of thousands of members. "This was one of the most vile, most anti-Semitic, most pro-Jihad and most disgusting, and most importantly, most active hate groups on the Internet," the JIDF posted on the anti-Israel page on Facebook. "It actively promoted hatred, violence, murder and genocide. Despite tens of thousands of complaints, Facebook wouldn't remove it."
"Facebook's negligence and abdication of responsibility gave us no option but to take matters in our own hands," the JIDF added.
The JIDF would not specify what technological methods it used to gain access to thegroup, but said it succeeded in doing so after the old administrators left. "Ultimately, it was a result of our enemies' stupidity and our timing, persistence and determination more than anything else," David said
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331137728&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Took a look at Facebook, and, lo and behold!, the group has indeed been seized, and is losing members everytime I refresh the page.
Information
Basic Info
Type:Geography (http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=200000010&c1=6) - Countries (http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=200000010&c1=6&c2=94)
Description:ב"ה
Genesis 12:3
Contact Info
Website:http://thejidf.org/ (http://thejidf.org/)
Location:Jerusalem, Israel
Recent News
This group is being destroyed, thanks to John Cohen and The JIDF:
At the height of its popularity, there were:
Over 120,850 wall posts
Over 48,000 members
Over 1500 discussion topics
Over 1000 posted items
Over 150 videos
Over 100 photos
This group was one of the most vile, antisemitic, pro-terrorist sites on the internet. Moreover, it was the most active hate group of all, heartily promoting hatred, murder, and genocide while proliferating abominable propaganda paralleled only by the fables of Goebbels. While such content clearly violates Facebook's own Terms of Use and Code of Conduct, provisions that users agree to abide when they register on the site, Facebook refused to take action. Despite thousands of user complaints over the course of eighteen months, Facebook allowed this group and its ubiquitous antisemitic lies to flourish. Facebook's own negligence and abdication of responsibility gave us no option but to take matters in our own hands.
We wish to be clear – we have no issues with legitimate political discourse so long as it is contextual, comparative and truthful. However, when it comes to encouraging the murder of Jews and purposefully disseminating misinformation to demonize Jews and to delegitimize Israel, there is a moral obligation to remove the platform of such repugnant hate-mongers. Unfortunately, we do not need to search too far back into history to realize that such evils have a real cost in terms of human lives.
Nice work. wootwootwoot
The Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) describes itself as a group of Jewish activists who fight anti-Semitism and terrorism trends throughout the Internet. It says it formed as a grassroots effort in 2000, mainly to mount mass e-mail campaigns, in response to the second intifada. It then began operating on various Web sites, including Facebook, to spread news about Israel and Jewish issues.
"As we used Facebook, we noticed many of the issues began literally to stare us in the face, as many various anti-Semitic and pro-Jihadist groups were springing up everywhere," said David, the spokesperson for the JIDF, who asked that his last name not be published. He said he had received four death threats since beginning his activities.
In the JIDF's latest efforts, the group has been working around the clock to dismantle the group on Facebook titled, "Israel is not a country! Delist it from Facebook as a country." That group had tens of thousands of members. "This was one of the most vile, most anti-Semitic, most pro-Jihad and most disgusting, and most importantly, most active hate groups on the Internet," the JIDF posted on the anti-Israel page on Facebook. "It actively promoted hatred, violence, murder and genocide. Despite tens of thousands of complaints, Facebook wouldn't remove it."
"Facebook's negligence and abdication of responsibility gave us no option but to take matters in our own hands," the JIDF added.
The JIDF would not specify what technological methods it used to gain access to thegroup, but said it succeeded in doing so after the old administrators left. "Ultimately, it was a result of our enemies' stupidity and our timing, persistence and determination more than anything else," David said
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331137728&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Took a look at Facebook, and, lo and behold!, the group has indeed been seized, and is losing members everytime I refresh the page.
Information
Basic Info
Type:Geography (http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=200000010&c1=6) - Countries (http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=200000010&c1=6&c2=94)
Description:ב"ה
Genesis 12:3
Contact Info
Website:http://thejidf.org/ (http://thejidf.org/)
Location:Jerusalem, Israel
Recent News
This group is being destroyed, thanks to John Cohen and The JIDF:
At the height of its popularity, there were:
Over 120,850 wall posts
Over 48,000 members
Over 1500 discussion topics
Over 1000 posted items
Over 150 videos
Over 100 photos
This group was one of the most vile, antisemitic, pro-terrorist sites on the internet. Moreover, it was the most active hate group of all, heartily promoting hatred, murder, and genocide while proliferating abominable propaganda paralleled only by the fables of Goebbels. While such content clearly violates Facebook's own Terms of Use and Code of Conduct, provisions that users agree to abide when they register on the site, Facebook refused to take action. Despite thousands of user complaints over the course of eighteen months, Facebook allowed this group and its ubiquitous antisemitic lies to flourish. Facebook's own negligence and abdication of responsibility gave us no option but to take matters in our own hands.
We wish to be clear – we have no issues with legitimate political discourse so long as it is contextual, comparative and truthful. However, when it comes to encouraging the murder of Jews and purposefully disseminating misinformation to demonize Jews and to delegitimize Israel, there is a moral obligation to remove the platform of such repugnant hate-mongers. Unfortunately, we do not need to search too far back into history to realize that such evils have a real cost in terms of human lives.
Nice work. wootwootwoot