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A Yom Hashoah gift from Dymocks
jwire.com discusses the national bookseller Dymocks decision to remove non-academic versions of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf from its stores, and cites the Online Hate Prevention Institute as first raising the issue.
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Governments advertising was supporting the hosting of terrorist manifesto
jwire.com reports on the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s work removing state-government (tax-payer funded) advertising from website hosting a terrorist manifesto, and talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about this process.
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Why is Instagram still hosting ‘Black Lives Don’t Matter’ accounts?
Our CEO Andre Oboler spoke to the Daily Dot about online racism. Oboler argued that racist accounts that have been inactive for significant periods of time should still be taken down by the platforms hosting them, and spoke about the difficulties involved in relying on algorithms to moderate online hate.
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The other epidemic – anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and the short path to violence
Audiatur Online reports on antisemitic conspiracy theories that have blossomed online during coronavirus, and references the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s work in this space.
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Turning back the tide of antisemitic abuse of Jewish school students
ABC News talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the role that social media and the internet can play in facilitating racist bulling among school children.
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Joining world leaders in Shoah education
Australian Jewish News reports on world leaders in joining in Shoah education, speaking to our CEO Dr Andre Oboler.
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Australia joins the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
J-Wire talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the admittance of Australia as third-third member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
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Australia becomes 33rd member of IHRA
Late on Tuesday night, 4 June 2019, Australia was admitted as the thirty-third membership of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) following a unanimous vote of the plenary in Luxembourg. This has been a four-year process supported by the United Kingdom, as Australia’s mentor, led by Lord Eric Pickles. IHRA is the international and intergovernmental…
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Rabbi Blames US Synagogue Attack on Social Media ‘Encouraging Lone Wolves’
Our CEO Andre Oboler spoke to sputnikglobe.com about the ways that social media can instigate and facilitate violent extremism.
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The Australian Nazi 2.0, and why we need to take the threat more seriously
10 Daily talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the rise of Nazism online, and the challenges that present themselves when combatting hate-speech in the online landscape.