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It was triggered by the actions of grime music artist Wiley, who shared several posts on Twitter on Friday. Police are now investigating Wiley's tweets, and the so-called"godfather of grime" has been temporarily banned from Twitter and Instagram. The rallying cry was taken up by a diverse cross-section of Twitter users - including television presenter Rachel Riley; comedian Robert Webb; singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor; actor Jason Isaacs; radio presenter and activist Maajid Nawaz; businessman Lord Sugar and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.
Some organisations are also taking part, including the Music Producers Guild, the Jewish Chronicle newspaper and the American Jewish Committee.Karen Pollock, chief executive of the UK's Holocaust Educational Trust, tweeted her organisation's support for the move, writing that Twitter can be"abusive, distressing and so draining".
Good won't have listen or hear from some has beens preaching no and I mean no white black pink yellow gay straight or alien should receive abuse or any other thing the BBC can make up
What exactly do they think this will achieve? If you want action then actually fight for it! Staying silent helps nobody
“Celebs” - what a plastic culture. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
BBCWorld Why didn't they boycott it when Farage KH and Tommeh were spouting hate?
Suspended off Twitter and Instagram not banned and still keeps his MBE 🤔
Brits like the word “obviously” 😆
Looks like the usual attention seeking non-entities have jumped on the bandwagon. Can’t remember any of the celebs condemning tweets that stir up anti Muslim hatred.
I wish they would boycott Israel for killing and tormenting Palestinians and China for engaging Yyghurs?
LabourAntisemitism BLMisAntisemitic
i see the right-wing are joining in-sick.
I also boycott those who weaponise AS. If they are on TV I switch off. I prefer the truth.
Lots of neoliberals not using twitter. When you weaponise AS against innocent people then the real thing comes along. I can see the difference but I will still call those who weaponise AS. They have an agenda.
Bye bye..
BBCWorld Guess I’ll join in. See y’all in 48 hours . NeverAgain NeverForget StopAntisemitism - Pass It On
BBCWorld I haven't seen anything anti-Semitic.
Couldn`t they make it a week , Twitter without leftie gobshites will be ace.
BBCWorld I am inviting all descendants of Isaac to accept Islam religion of your father Abraham what you must know is Moses Handed the key to Heaven to Muhammad 15 centuries a go
You are not allowed to criticize a certain group or they will throw a tantrum, play their victim card and smear you with their crap
Everyone else's reaction to the boycott:
Riley and Sugar are both despicable people and Sugar is an out and out racist.
Jesus wept! Look at the two people who are mentioned as leading the “Who is boycotting’… TAO and RR. Two people that some would say have done more harm than most to the fight against genuine anti-semitism 😡🤮
BBCWorld And a Boycott Israel ? ..for the way Israel abuses Palestinians..when's that going to happen? Or do MPs and celebrities just suck up ..or should it be suck down to Israel?
Seeing the pathetic lefti Labours supporting this,is laughable and beyond belief as they’re the biggest anti-semitism in the first place for decades!The sheer hypocrisy of them!😏🤔🧐👎👎👎👎👎
What are they achieving? Many of them are labour MPs or support labour BUT supported jeremycorbyn in his bid to be PM. The Labour Party under him reminded me very much of another national-socialist party from Germany long long ago. Personal opinion of course but the hypocrisy!
What WileyCEO said about Jews was so extreme that if Katie Hopkins or Tommy Robinson had said it they would have been prosecuted and gone to prison That said Wiley may be ill, or drugged up The real crime is by Twitter and Instagram who promote anti White and Anti Jewish racism
Not twitter, this is a platform were we all pull together to solve the world' s nagging,challenging, difficult problems from different tongues, tribes, clans, ethnicity, countries and continents of the world. The best thing that ever happen to expressions in democratic nations.
Good, maybe they should leave forever.
Hopefully the over 75's tv licence fee will prompt the demise of the current BBC.
Lmao Alan sugar joining in 🙄
The BBC and Lord_Sugar created Katie Hopkins, a full-time professional racist hate-merchant. You know there is far far more black and Islamaphobic racism on Twitter - and is part of it.
BBCWorld And don’t you ever come back👹
BBCWorld I don't see talking about the Zionists burning down a mosque in Palestine? do you think that people actually cares about what you say? you lost your credibility long time ago... it is clear who you are biased towards, people are turning to alternative media where it is unfiltered
Hallelujah
BBCWorld Anything that seek 2 hold EUROPPRESSORS who call themselves JEWS accountable for THEIR sins, is called anti Semitic. I AM NOT ANTI ME. I AM AM ISRAELITE. GOD NEVER FORGETS WHO WHAT WHERE or WHEN. Try shutting ALMIGHTY SUPREME LORD JEHOVAH GOD OF ISRAEL UP! GOD IS NOT MOCKED‼️✝️✡️
Twitter should also take down the accounts which replied back with racist comments to WileyCEO by not taking their accounts down allows their comments also to be justified
A gathering of vile hypocrites no one gives a shit about. Looking forward to the next 48 hours.
Really? Maajid Nawaz, Alan Sugar and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis What a bunch of hypocrites
Please DONT come BACK ALL of you ...with your DoubleStandards...Twitter is a safer environment WITHOUT any of you..
When are you going to condemn Apartheid Israel?.
Have they all gone to parler_app like the fash did?
BBCWorld I've seen a disgusting amount of anti-white hatred from people in high places all over twitter, when do celebs boycott for that?
Are these people for real, are they making a stand against racism or this chosen racism. Do they ever get out of their bubbles and see what happens all over social media.
Why has twitter not apologised yet? Are they racist themselves? Surely we should of had a statement by now?
Silencing views you dont like, does'nt work Its better to knock down their ideas with reason, logic & critical thinking. To be seen to do this publicly allows individuals, & spectators, to correct their position & understand their mistakes. - Censorship is bad for society.
BBCWorld Oh God, not this again. While antisemitism remains a problem especially among the radical islamists, there's little to notice among the common public.
Half the ones in the picture are Anti Semites, especially Sugar .
Should we expect JLM lootings?
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All off to Parler I'm guessing
I think the 48 hours should be extended to 48 years.
BBCWorld Oh dear. Lot's of anti-Semitism in the reply section haivri
I will remain to fight for underdogs and tweet the regular Auschwitz memorial photos. Leave a vacuum and it gets filled.
Alan Sugar AND David Lammy are off twitter? RESULT.
I'm confident that the Conservative PM Johnson won't take this very matter fairly lightly. He will move for Richard Cowie's honorary title to be stripped of. Tories don't have a penchant for anti-Semites, likewise Labour, who have just of recent posed strong teeth in resistance.
Priti Patel order police to get off a knee arrest, interview and charge this the vermin. If she has power do the same to Twitter executives in UK, also consider removing their licence ( if tech poss) in UK. Strip him of his gong, he only got it because of his skin to appease.
Why are Twitter still allowing racism against white people.
Sugar the racist and chief rabbi mirvis who claims Israeli forces should be allowed to carry committing atrocities against civillians without question 😳
Zac Goldsmith blasted So Solid Crew for supporting Wiley's anti-semitism. This is how the far left responded 👇
Now, what's going on in Jewish Land, is more than Antisemitism.
Twitter controlled by someone. Start more social medias controlled by other people. Not fair Twitter only social media controlling all world politics. Start UK royal social media.
David Lammy just wanted a couple of days off.
All the deedumbs left twitter lol curious why there is no outrage like this for the palestinians
Will anyone notice they're gone? 🤔
deedumbs all left twitter lol ,
Is there anything we can do to to keep Alan Sugar off for longer?
They should all stay gone. Half of them are the problem
Do not pay the TV licence
The real question is, why it took Twitter 48 hours to do anything about it.
Twitter seems a much friendlier place without these people.
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