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In the latter part of July 2020, some Twitter users began complaining that the social media platform was disabling accounts that used depictions of the six-pointed Star of David, a symbol of Judaism, branding such usage to be a display of hateful imagery: Arutz Sheva reported of the issue that: Twitter explained via their Public Policy account that they had not intended to interfere with all depictions of the Star of David — specifically only those reminiscent of the yellow stars and badges used to identify Jews in Nazi Germany, symbols which are often employed in the modern era by anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi groups in a manner that violates Twitter's Hateful Conduct Policy: However, according to the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), Twitter was locking the accounts of users who display the Star of David in their profiles even when such usage was not in violation of Twitter's policies: Arutz Sheva and others also stated that Twitter appeared to be taking action against accounts displaying the Star of David in ways that did not constitute hateful conduct: Twitter admitted they had erroneously taken action against some accounts displaying the Star of David, but that those instances were mistakes and had since been rectified:
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