Not only are Jewish students facing heightened antisemitic incidents at schools, they are facing censorship from school employees and administrators who side to hide what is happening at their public schools.
Menlo Atherton asserted a questionable “copyright” assertion to Youtube and Vimeo, causing the video services to censor the film where Bay Area parent Diana Blum describes the antisemitism faced by her two children at school:
“I hope your family dies and burns in hell.”
“Glory to Hamas.”
“Hamas are freedom fighters.”
“I hope Tel Aviv gets bombed.”
What’s your number? Show me your arm.”
“Will antisemitism be covered in Ethnic Studies? No.”
“How do you fit 6 million Jews in a Volkswagon? In an ashtray.”
“What is the difference between pizza and Jews. The pizza doesn’t scream when you put it in an oven
These were just some of the comments heard by Jewish students by other students and teachers after October 7, 2024.
The M-A Chronicle sent a cease and desist letter to “Killing America” filmmaker Eli Steele last week, saying the film had used “a significant portion of our video coverage and photos of (school) board meetings and screen recordings of one of our short form videos,” according to the newspaper’s posts on social media signed by “The M-A Chronicle Editorial Board.”
Mr. Steele responded by questioning the legality of the Chronicle’s “copyright” assertion. In a Twitter post, he said:
On the Youtube form, the complainant is listed as @TheMAChronicle and on the Vimeo form it is a student. I’m not a lawyer but if the student is a minor, how can minor legally file a challenge to my film? It was also a minor that took down the trailer from Vimeo. We know teachers oversee these student newspapers and bear responsibility. The journalism advisor for this paper is teacher John McBlair. Why is he allowing his students to commit journalism malpractice by ignoring the Fair Use doctrine which allows copyrighted footage to be used under certain guidelines — guidelines that we easily met? I’ve already outlined my Fair Use argument in my responses to Youtube and Vimeo and in my Substack so the newspaper is aware of my argument and has chosen to ignore it.
Mr. Steele responded to the censorship by posting the entire video on Twitter, which you can watch here:
After enduring a week of unwarranted takedowns of the Killing America trailer on @Youtube and @Vimeo as well as receiving a baseless cease and desist letter that seeks to prevent my documentary from being shown in its original form, I’ve decided to release the full (38 min)… pic.twitter.com/KL6RxeJ3KE
Not only are Jewish students facing heightened antisemitic incidents at schools, they are facing censorship from school employees and administrators who side to hide what is happening at their public schools.
Menlo Atherton asserted a questionable “copyright” assertion to Youtube and Vimeo, causing the video services to censor the film where Bay Area parent Diana Blum describes the antisemitism faced by her two children at school:
“I hope your family dies and burns in hell.”
“Glory to Hamas.”
“Hamas are freedom fighters.”
“I hope Tel Aviv gets bombed.”
What’s your number? Show me your arm.”
“Will antisemitism be covered in Ethnic Studies? No.”
“How do you fit 6 million Jews in a Volkswagon? In an ashtray.”
“What is the difference between pizza and Jews. The pizza doesn’t scream when you put it in an oven
These were just some of the comments heard by Jewish students by other students and teachers after October 7, 2024.
The M-A Chronicle sent a cease and desist letter to “Killing America” filmmaker Eli Steele last week, saying the film had used “a significant portion of our video coverage and photos of (school) board meetings and screen recordings of one of our short form videos,” according to the newspaper’s posts on social media signed by “The M-A Chronicle Editorial Board.”
Mr. Steele responded by questioning the legality of the Chronicle’s “copyright” assertion. In a Twitter post, he said:
On the Youtube form, the complainant is listed as @TheMAChronicle and on the Vimeo form it is a student. I’m not a lawyer but if the student is a minor, how can minor legally file a challenge to my film? It was also a minor that took down the trailer from Vimeo. We know teachers oversee these student newspapers and bear responsibility. The journalism advisor for this paper is teacher John McBlair. Why is he allowing his students to commit journalism malpractice by ignoring the Fair Use doctrine which allows copyrighted footage to be used under certain guidelines — guidelines that we easily met? I’ve already outlined my Fair Use argument in my responses to Youtube and Vimeo and in my Substack so the newspaper is aware of my argument and has chosen to ignore it.
Mr. Steele responded to the censorship by posting the entire video on Twitter, which you can watch here: