According to a recent Pew survey, about half of Americans get some of their news via social media. Curation teams “find and highlight great Tweets,” according to Twitter. AdvertisementWe’ve just taken a closer look @twitter’s new MENA Editorial Curation Lead @FadahJassem ⛔️ She uses antisemitic Farrakhan quotes. The incident follows other recent controversies in which public-facing employees have attracted scrutiny and sometimes backlash for social media posts about Israel. Earlier this year, the Associated Press fired Jewish staffer Emily Wilder for tweets about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that the news organization said violated its social media policy on bias.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 04, 2021 20:05 UTC