She is tasked with shaping the company’s hate speech policy and serving as TikTok’s internal and external expert on antisemitism, according to her LinkedIn profile and job description. Mindal joined the Israeli military, where she spent two and a half years as a madrichot shirion – an instructor in the Armored Corps. “I am a proud American Jew,” she said.TikTok updated its guidelines 15 days after hiring a “former IDF soldier & proud Zionist” to fight antisemitism.
— Wally Rashid (@wallyrashid) August 14, 2025
Calling the IDF terrorists now violates community guidelines.
They also changed “all racial supremacy” as hate speech to only “White supremacy.” pic.twitter.com/jOeOsoRLwT
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— ADAM (@AdameMedia) August 23, 2025
TikTok is enforcing new speech laws.
They’re banning users from calling the IDF “terrorists” and now the only supremacy that can be called out on TikTok is “White supremacy.”
This comes just 15 days after they hired Erica Mindel, former IDF and “proud Zionist,” as… pic.twitter.com/VgD813rxhd
