Danny Swibel

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Aug 13, 2018, 2:37 PM

Alex Jones, Holocaust Denial, Hate Speech and Tech

The removal of content from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Facebook (not Twitter) is only the latest controversy for the tech world whose policies on hate speech - whether viewed positively or negatively - are...

Apr 13, 2018, 9:49 AM

Facebook, technology, & the end of the World

The great knowledge spreading, democratizing tool that the internet was created to be has also revealed its down sides. Technology unveiled to help the world can also be abused. Surprise, surprise. Society’s frustration with social media and the internet is...

Sep 7, 2017, 3:20 PM

Combating extremism on social media

The invention of the internet has been a groundbreaking technology, with its powerful reach, ability to share knowledge, and giving voice to those who had previously been voiceless. However, the internet has been identified as a tool which is...

Sep 6, 2017, 1:35 PM

Bankrupting Terrorism — One Lawsuit at a Time

Terrorist attacks continue to claim news headlines worldwide. Government and concerned citizens are still battling to understand who these terrorists are, what they want, and how to fight against them. It is evident that social media outlets have become ideal...

Aug 23, 2017, 3:18 PM

Barcelona, Terror, and Muslim Identity in 2017

After ISIS attacks claimed fatalities in London, Paris, Nice, Berlin, Brussels, and Istanbul (as well as the often less discussed, often times more deadly ones throughout Iraq, Syria and other parts of the Middle East), familiar pleas are voiced...

May 14, 2017, 5:00 PM

Observing the writing on the wall

Every year during Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Day, a siren sounds for two minutes, calling on us to pause in commemoration of the hatred perpetrated against the Jewish people during the days of the second World War. The siren implores us...

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About Me

Danny Swibel is a Tel Aviv based reporter and analyst with They Can't, an organization that tracks and fights to remove anti-Semitic & extremist content online. He researches issues related to Iraq, Syria, Islamist groups, as well as security issues related to the Israel/Palestinian conflict. He was an analyst in the counter-terrorism firm Terrogence and reporter at i24News. He holds an MA from Tel Aviv University's Middle Eastern Studies Program.