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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…