-
An Antisemitic Crusader
This briefing looks at one particular account on X (Twitter). It has been prepared using data collected by members of OHPI’s New Zealand team. Content from this account was found in New Zealand based discussion, but the account itself does not appear to be run from New Zealand.
-
Antisemitic disinformation from the Sydney Knife Attack
On Saturday April 16, 2024, an attacker with a knife killed 6 people in the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction in Sydney. The attacker was shot dead by a police officer. Police said on Saturday that the attacker was known to them and this was not a terrorist attack nor ideologically linked. The name…
-
Elections, social media, and misinformation
OHPI’s Dr Andre Oboler met with Kate Thwaites MP, Chair of the Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters to discuss problematic social media content in the context of elections.
-
Holocaust denial and distortion on this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day
On Holocaust Memorial Day, 4 OHPI Analysts documented antisemitism and Holocaust denial and distortion on social media. This is a summary of our findings.
-
Targeting Jews is antisemitic
By Andre Oboler Friday was an exceptionally busy day as the Online Hate Prevention Institute was pushed into crisis mode. Here’s what happened: Yesterday a list of Jews, an archive of their private WhatsApp group conversation, and their photographs and social media accounts, was published online by Clementine Ford. She previously promoted a smaller list…
-
Understanding Antisemitism
Since October 7 the Online Hate Prevention Institute has been concerned with the rise of antisemitism, efforts to normalise antisemitism in society, and efforts to undermine or wrongly dismiss concerns about antisemitism. One of the most egregious examples of this occurred in an SBS article where, rather than consulting an expert in antisemitism, SBS asked…
-
Help stop the online incubator for antisemitism
The latest data presented to IHRA November 28, 2023 on online Antisemitism and how it changed after OCtober 7.
-
Documenting a Moment in Hate
The Online Hate Prevention Institute (Australia) and Online Hate Task Force (Belgium) are “documenting a moment of hate” as both antisemitism and Islamophobia rise sharply.
-
Burgertory, online incitement, and StopZionistHate
In the morning of Friday 10 November 2023, the Caulfield branch of the hamburger chain Burgertory burned down. Police have said the fire was suspicious, but that it was not a hate crime. The store is part of a chain owned by a Palestinian man who has been in the news recently after video spread…
-
Waseem Razvi’s Antisemitism
We very rarely name people whose hate we document unless they are public figures. Waseem Razvi, the Founder and President of Islamic Research & Educational Academy (IREA) has been a controversial figure previously covered by the media. Waseem Razvi also including in a news.com.au article on “Hate preachers in Australia” published in 2014. It described…