A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from September 01, 2018
Jewtropolis (Jew + metropolis)

New York City has many people who are Jewish. The nicknames of “Jew York” (Jew + New York) and “Hymietown” have infrequently been used by some people.
 
In August 2018, online apps such as Snapchat, Citi Bike and Street Easy were hacked, and New York City was briefly called “Jewtropolis” (Jew + metropolis). The hack was quickly corrected, and “Jewtropolis” was replaced with “New York City” again.
   
     
Twitter   
Jon Scharfman
@JonScharfman
Any reason Manhattan is now “Jewtropolis”???? @Snapchat
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7:16 AM - 30 Aug 2018 from Bellmore, NY
   
Twitter
j
@johnmeetsworld
did snapchat get hacked because on the map new york got changed to jewtropolis
7:17 AM - 30 Aug 2018
   
Twitter
saintconfucius
@saintconfucius
@CitiBikeNYC why is the E Village called “Jewtropolis” on your app
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7:56 AM - 30 Aug 2018
 
Twitter
The Volatile Mermaid
@OhNoSheTwitnt
Whoever came up with Jewtropolis thought it was a solid own that would upset the Jews but most of us are just annoyed that they used such lazy wordplay because we’re actually funny and clever.
10:24 AM - 30 Aug 2018
 
Zero Hedge
Snap Slumps After Map Hack Renames New York City, “Jewtropolis”
by Tyler Durden
Thu, 08/30/2018 - 12:45
(...)
As The New York Times reports, users of a variety of popular apps and services, including Snapchat, awoke Thursday morning to find that New York City had been relabeled “Jewtropolis” on maps displayed in the apps. People on Twitter quickly posted screen shots of the maps, calling them racist and anti-Semitic.
 
Maps on Snapchat, Citi Bike, StreetEasy and even The New York Times all appeared to be affected.
 
All of those affected appeared to use embeddable maps from a third-party company called Mapbox.
 
The Right Scoop
OOPS! Snapchat Map shows New York City as JEWTROPOLIS – Here’s why it happened…
AUG. 30, 2018 2:43 PM BY THE RIGHT SCOOP
Snapchat is embroiled in a controversy today where their map program actually showed New York City as ‘Jewtropolis’.
 
Snapchat has apologized for the label, but also blamed it on the fault of third-party data they use in their mapping system being compromised.
(...)
Mapbox then released a statement on their website, explaining what happened in more detail:
 
Mapbox has a zero-tolerance policy against hate speech and any malicious edits to our maps. This morning, the label of “New York City” on our maps was vandalized. Within an hour, our team deleted and removed that information. The malicious edit was made by a source that attempted several other hateful edits. Our security team has confirmed no additional attempts were successful.
 
Daily News (New York, NY)
New York renamed ‘Jewtropolis’ on apps like Snapchat and Citi Bike after map hack
By RACHEL DESANTIS
AUG 30, 2018 | 3:10 PM
A map data company has apologized to customers after New York City was briefly labeled “Jewtropolis” Thursday morning on apps like Snapchat, Citi Bike and Street Easy.
 
Mapbox, a third-party company from which the apps embed maps, called the incident a “disgusting attack” in a statement and said that whoever vandalized the New York City label also tried make other “hateful edits” that were thwarted.
     
Mashable
August 31, 2018
NYC renamed ‘Jewtropolis’ on Snapchat and other apps that use same map startup
BY MATT BINDER
Snapchat users were greeted with an alarming change to Snap Maps this morning: New York City had been renamed “Jewtropolis.”
 
Even worse, social media was filled reports of maps on other websites and services with the same change, including Zillow, The Weather Channel, Citibike, and Streeteasy.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityNicknames/Slogans • Saturday, September 01, 2018 • Permalink


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