How celebrities like Taylor Swift and even Oprah Winfrey are being send to the 'Digitine' (that's the digital guillotine) - by the social mob if they dare to utter 'pro-Israel' views By Tom Leonard Published: 02:12 BST, 10 June 2024 | Updated: 02:14 BST, 10 June 2024 e-mail View comments Many celebrities live and breathe for a bit of recognition on social media. But there is one form of online acknowledgement that they have started to dread — with good reason. In recent weeks unlucky stars — be they singers, actors or amorphous 'influencers' — have been hauled on to the chopping 'block of the day' and metaphorically executed before a cheering online mob.
Echoes of the bloody French Revolution are entirely intentional. This so-called 'digitine', or digital guillotine, is reserved for unfortunates deemed by the 'people' — in this case self-appointed judges on platforms such as TikTok and Instagram — to have failed in their duty to speak out in support of the Palestinian cause. Although the reputation executioners at blockout2024.
org haven't formally added any offender to its 'block of the day' list since Hailey Bieber , socialite model wife of Justin, was digitined a couple of weeks ago, plenty of others have stepped into the breach and supplied their own villains. Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood currently finds himself the target of pro-Palestinian detractors who claim that he is 'artwashing genocide' by collaborating with an Israeli artist and performing in Tel .