NEW YORK (VINnews) — Allison Josephs, founder of “Jew in the City”, discovered numerous antisemitic stock photos and images on Shutterstock. She posted a video showing those images on social media, however Instagram banned it at the company’s request, claiming copyright infringement.
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According to Josephs, Shutterstock has pledged to remove the images but has not apologized.
On TikTok, Josephs posted the video and wrote: “We typed the word “Jews” into @shutterstock and found some really #antisemitic images. They allegedly have a screening policy. It does not seem to be working for their Jewish content. @shutterstock #cleanupyouract #apologize and let us know how you’ll make sure this doesn’t happen again. #jewishrepresentationmatters #endjewhatred”
We saw @Shutterstock was full of antisemitic pics & we made vid noting this. They had instagram pull it for copyright violation. We won’t be silenced when commentary is fair use. Shutterstock said they’d remove images but we’re waiting for an apology & a better screening policy. pic.twitter.com/OTMu1egGO5
— Allison Josephs (@jewinthecity) January 30, 2023
She posted the same video to Twitter and wrote: “We saw @Shutterstock was full of antisemitic pics & we made vid noting this. They had instagram pull it for copyright violation. We won’t be silenced when commentary is fair use. Shutterstock said they’d remove images but we’re waiting for an apology & a better screening policy.”
Allison Josephs, founder of “Jew in the City”, has been involved in Jewish Outreach for over twenty years and is the Partner in Torah mentor to actress and Jeopardy! co-host Mayim Bialik.
This is the problem with social media. Go on any platform and you’ll find hate, and it’s not just against Jews. Society is soaked in hatred.
You will find the same & worse on every platform out there. As soon as they delete it, other users upload more. Thats the issue with public sourced content & social media and no consequences to any thing like this.
Under capo do they have a picture of Chuck FJCC endorsed schumer?
I’m a graphic designer, and I’ve been baffled for a while on how some of these pictures are allowed.
Though, not all these pictures are specifically anti-semitic, some are just poorly thought out photoshoots, or just ok illustrations with an ignorant artist.
Boycott Shutterstock !!!
Blue, please stop posting these images on shutterfly.