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Recap 2015: How to Combat Online Antisemitism (e-book / book)
In our Recap 2015 series, we look at some of our major achievements during 2015. On July 1, 2015, OHPI published an e-book giving guidance on combating online antisemitism as well as step-by-step instructions on reporting hate to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and OHPI’s independent online hate reporting system FightAgainstHate.com. The book also helped readers understand…
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Recap 2015: Spotlight on Antisemitism
In our Recap 2015 series, we take a look at some of our major achievements during 2015. On March 3, 2015, OHPI launched its first major campaign “Spotlight on Antisemitism” using our new online hate reporting tool FightAgainstHate.com. The tool was launched on December 9, 2014, the evening before the International Human Rights Day. The…
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Recap 2015: Je Suis Humain report & paper
In our recap 2015 series, we take a look at some of our major achievements during 2015. OHPI started 2015 by publishing a major report “Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo murders”. The report, published on January 19, 2015, explored the different approaches to the line between freedom of…
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Report “The Holocaust Fraud Exposed” YouTube video
This briefing highlights the antisemitic video “The Holocaust Fraud Exposed” on YouTube. It was uploaded on March 7, 2014 and has been viewed 15,173 times since. More concerning is the fact that it has received 216 thumbs up as against 25 thumbs down. The video promotes Holocaust denial. It claims that the Holocaust never took…
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Europe acknowledges online hate speech as a serious threat
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has just released its annual report. The Annual Report always starts by discussing the main trends in the fields of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in Europe. The first finding in its latest annual report is on “online hate”, and here is what it says:…
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Reporting Google + community “Jew Watch”
In this briefing, we examine the Google+ community Jew Watch (ID# 118209629236555838349). While most of its content is antisemitic, it also promotes white supremacist, homophobic and anti-Muslim content. In this briefing, we will examine the antisemitic character of this community illustrating it with several examples from the community page. We divide the antisemitic content into…
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Prof. Wistrich on Antisemitism in 2015
Prof Robert Wistrich, one of the world’s leading experts on antisemitism and the Head of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, died of a heart attack on May 19 2015. He died in Rome on a trip to address the Italian Senate on the rise of antisemitism in Europe. A few…
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Holocaust denial & YouTube
OHPI has consistently fought for Holocaust denial to be recognised by social media platforms as a form of hate speech, and hence banned. We examined the topic in previous briefings such as Holocaust Denial & Social Media and Reporting Holocaust Proud Deniers. Holocaust denial used to be the preserve of fringe groups in society, but…
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Success! OHPI gets hate removed
On Harmony Day, March 21, 2015, we initiated a social media campaign asking our supporters to report three hateful images on Facebook. One was antisemitic, another anti-Muslim and the third image was anti-Aboriginal. A big thanks to all our supporters who participated in the campaign by reporting the images to both Facebook and to our…
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Modern antisemitism: The Holocaust and other genocides
On January 27, 2015, the Holocaust Memorial Day, OHPI published a briefing discussing how Holocaust denial is a well recognized form of antisemitism, and why social media companies’ poor response in dealing with it as part of their policies on hate speech must change. While we expected discussion in response to our new briefing, we…