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The line between Academic Freedom and Antisemitism
This article looks at some of the antisemitism found on X / Twitter being disseminated by accounts belonging to academics from New Zealand.
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Racism on X, Gab & TikTok
While the most widely regulated form of hate speech, thanks to the UN’s International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), online racism continues to be a growing problem in social media. This briefing gives current examples of it across X (Twitter), TikTok and Gab. We also examine their terms of…
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Generative Hate
Generative Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being used to promote online hate. It has been particularly visible in online antisemitism content in recent months. This is an additional problem to problematic uses of AI generated content to build followers, gain views, and scam people. In this briefing we share some of the ways AI is being…
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Antisemitism in New Zealand pro-Palestinian Facebook groups
This briefing outlines some of the antisemitism that is present in Facebook groups and pages dedicated to solidarity for Palestine in New Zealand.
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Online Denial of Antisemitism
Denial is a common theme in antisemitic discourse – from the ever present Holocaust denial to the current case of October 7 denial. This briefing explores online denial of antisemitism itself – both in terms of denying the concept as a whole and denying specific instances of antisemitism.
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Antisemitic Google Reviews
In late 2023 we responded to a number of fake reviews being left on Jewish businesses. We documented these cases and met with YouTube to discuss them. The reviews were removed by Google as hate speech.
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Denial of Jewish people’s right to self determination
Claims that Israel’s very existence is racist, colonialist, apartheid, and/or ‘malicious’ are often made in order to advocate for the destruction or disestablishment of Israel. These claims deny the Jewish people’s right to self determination, a right guaranteed to all peoples under the founding charter of the United Nations.
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Right wing extremism in 2024
The Online Hate Prevention Institute collected over 4,000 items of hate across ten social media platforms. This articles looks at right-wing extremism in this data.
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‘Zionist(s)’ as an antisemitic code word
This briefing discusses the use of the term ‘Zionist(s)’ to disguise antisemitism across New Zealand based social media platforms.
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Follow up on antisemitic disinformation about the Westfield Bondi Junction attacker
In this briefing we explore antisemitic disinformation about the Bondi Junction attack in further depth, focusing on discourse from New Zealand and Australia.