At Yeshiva University, Israeli Tech Experts and Jewish Leaders Advance New Front Against Digital Antisemitism
As the world commemorated Yom HaShoah, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, WJC's Executive Director of WJC's Technology and Human Rights Institute (TecHRI), Yfat Barak-Cheney, led a fireside chat with Ben Good, Meta’s Public Policy Director, during Hack the Hate NYC 2026, a global initiative by the 8200 Alumni Association and Generative AI for Good. The conversation focused on Meta's approach to not only to identify and counter online hate, Holocaust denial, and distortion of the October 7th attacks, but also to ensure that new AI systems are trained on more accurate and representative understandings of Jewish life, identity, and history.
The event was organized in New York by Generative AI for Good and the 8200 Alumni Association in partnership among the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, Geshser Israel, Maccabee Ventures, President Isaac Herzog’s Voice of the People initiative, the World Jewish Congress’s TecHRI, and Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business.