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☆ TikTok Pushes Back Against Claims It Fuels Antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sapna Maheshwari | More About Sapna Maheshwari | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok pushed back on Thursday against growing claims in recent weeks that it had failed to to protect Jewish users and had pushed pro-Palestinian content in the United States. Many social networks have come under criticism for spreading misinformation and hate speech during the Israel-Hamas war. TikTok has the added scrutiny of being owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. While Beijing has pitched itself as a neutral broker in the dispute, a surge of antisemitism and anti-Israeli sentiment is proliferating across the Chinese internet and state media. The company said it started offering such data to academic researchers and will include other groups in the future.

Persons: TikTok, Jeff Morris Jr, Israel hashtags, Israel, “, Marco Rubio, Rubio, Morris’s, ” TikTok, standwithisrael, Morris didn’t, Amy Schumer, Michael Rapaport, Debra Messing, Yaël, Eisenstat Organizations: Twitter, Jewish, Defamation, Defamation League Locations: United States, Israel, Beijing, Florida, China

Matthew Perry, the beloved actor who starred as Chandler Bing on “Friends,” has died. “We are devastated by the passing of our dear friend Matthew Perry. Matthew Perry at the 2022 GQ Men Of The Year Party on November 17, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. (l-r) Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry (second row) Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston. Reisig & Taylor/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty ImagesOn “Friends,” Perry starred alongside Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow in the comedy about a tight knit group of friends living in New York City.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Chandler Bing, ”, Perry, Matthew, Warner, Brian Humphrey, Humphrey, Gregg DeGuire, Perry’s, Robert ”, “ Charles, Tracey Ullman, Jimmy Reardon, ’, Chandler, Joe Quincy, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Reisig, ” Perry, Doctors, “, haven’t, ’ ”, ” Matthew Perry, Mark J, Terrill, Molly Hurwitz, Molly, Matthew Perry’s, ” Maggie Wheeler, Chandler’s, Janice, Mathew Perry, ” Selma Blair, Matty, ” Michael Rapaport, Gary, Yvette Nicole Brown, Perry “ Organizations: Police, CNN, Los Angeles Times, Warner Bros . Television Group, ” Los Angeles Fire Department, Party, Getty, Warner Bros . Television, Warner Bros ., NBCU, Bank, Perry’s, “, CBC Locations: Los Angeles, West Hollywood , California, Williamstown , Massachusetts, Ottawa, Canada, Beverly Hills, New York City, Pasadena , California, American

☆ Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt's 2000 wedding is still remembered fondly by one of their guests
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt treated guests at their lavish 2000 wedding like VIPs. Actor Michael Rapaport was a guest on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” earlier this week, where he revealed he was among the roughly 200 invited guests at the Malibu wedding. “I was at Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s wedding. Pitt and Aniston were married for five years before they announced their divorce but remain friendly. Michael Rapaport Recounts Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s Wedding | WWHLWatch Rapaport talk caviar here.

Persons: Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, Michael Rapaport, Andy Cohen ”, “, Erin Lichy, ” Rapaport, Jennifer Aniston’s, ” Cohen, I’ve, Aniston, Pitt Organizations: CNN, “ Real Housewives, New, Hamptons Locations: New York City

☆ Fact Check-Michael Rapaport added audio to video of Marjorie Taylor Greene, duping some
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

In the video, Greene is called a “filthy animal” and a “QAnon lunatic.” A search for the video shows an April 4 tweet by Rapaport with more than six million views at the time of writing (here). Rapaport shared the clip on his other social media accounts (here), (here) and (here). “As far as I can tell, [Rapaport] added the audio,” Mack said, adding that he shot it with his phone as Greene was leaving Collect Pond Park. The video shared on social media includes edited audio of Michael Rapaport and was originally shot by a BuzzFeed reporter. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts (here).

☆ Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards fined $40,000 for anti-gay video
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The NBA has fined Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards $40,000 for making anti-LGBTQ remarks in a video on his Instagram account. The video, apparently from the weekend of Sept. 10, was posted to his Instagram account but soon deleted. The NBA on Tuesday called Edwards' language "offensive and derogatory." In 2011, the Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah was fined a similar amount for hurling an anti-gay slur at a fan. “We are disappointed in the language and actions Anthony Edwards displayed on social media,” the team’s president of basketball operations, Tim Connelly, said in a statement.

☆ Baschetbalistul Kevin Durant, amendat pentru un comportament nesportiv în afara terenului
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-03 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Starul echipei Brooklyn Nets va plăti 50 de mii de dolari, după ce i-a adresat insulte cu caracter homofob actorului Michael Rapaport într-o discuție privată pe care a purtat-o cu acesta pe rețelele de socializare.Rapaport a făcut publice imagini cu discuția avută cu celebrul baschetbalist, iar NBA s-a autosesizat și l-a amendat pe Kevin Durant.Schimbul de replici dintre cei doi a venit în urma unui interviu pe care Durant l-a acordat, iar Rapaport a criticat modul în care baschetbalistul a răspuns la întrebări.Dublul campion NBA a confirmat disputa cu artistul și a transmis un mesaj prin care își cerea scuze fanilor pentru cuvintele folosite.Kevin Durant este dublu campion NBA cu Golden State Warriors, iar din 2019 evoluează la Brooklyn Nets.El mai are în palmares un titlul mondial și 2 olimpice cu echipa națională a Statelor Unite.

Persons: Michael Rapaport, Kevin Durant.Schimbul, Durant, Rapaport Organizations: Brooklyn Nets, NBA, Golden State Warriors Locations: Brooklyn, Statelor Unite

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