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Jeremy Jacobowitz, a food creator with more than 485,000 Instagram followers, held back from posting about the Israel-Hamas conflict, at least at first. But in the last month, Jacobowitz, who is Jewish, has been flooded with aggressive messages from people wanting him to speak out about the war. “Especially because I’m outspoken, but I choose my battles wisely, I don’t say things just to say things,” he said in an interview.
“To me, being on the right side of history is much more important than having a few extra thousand dollars because a brand was like, ‘Oh, she’s neutral enough to work with,’” Govindan said in an interview. Three Jewish influencers also told NBC News they’ve received backlash from followers and even seen their follower counts drop after posting about the conflict.
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