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Facebook sanctions Antisemitic content
Our CEO Andre Oboler discusses antisemitism on Facebook in the wake of Facebook sanctioning antisemitic content by dismissing complaints against clear cases of racist hate speech. Oboler argues that the failure to remove these posts takes the problem from one of an inability to quickly control user generated content, to a problem of institutional antisemitism. Oboler…
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OHPI Start Petition to Facebook
This is the text of OHPI’s petition to Facebook demanding that they stop rejecting complaints of Online Hate. This follows our report on this issue. Stop allowing Hate Speech on Facebook; stop ignoring the terms of service! Facebook is failing to live up to its obligations under its terms of service. It is failing to…
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YouTube ‘Too Slow’ Taking Action Against Hate Videos
Isreal National News reports on the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) calling on YouTube to remove hateful material relating to Australian Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben that has been uploaded to the site. They discuss The Online Hate Prevention Institute recently contacting YouTube after we had documented severe hate activity in cyberspace. Our CEO Andre…
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YouTube ‘too slow’ on hate videos
The Jewish Australian News reports on the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) contacting YouTube after the online broadcaster allowed posts of material relating to Australian Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben. They discuss OHPI’s recent report on hate-speech on youtube, which documented serious racial hate activity in cyberspace, and noted how one user in a single…
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JWire reports on OHPI’s Success
JWire reports on OHPI’s recent success with our report hateful content on youtube. The report documents serious racial hatred on YouTube, with one user in a single day uploaded 1710 videos, the vast majority of which were blatant hate speech. YouTube responded by closing the users account within 24 hours of receiving an advanced copy…
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JWire reports on OHPI’s Success
Source: J-Wire Staff, Hate Prevention Institute meets with Success, J-Wire, 2 August 2012 The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has released a report documenting serious racial hatred on YouTube. The report highlights how one user in a single day uploaded 1710 videos, the vast majority of which were blatant hate speech. YouTube responded by closing the…
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Algemeiner reports on Companies Action in response to OHPI and ADL
Source: Atara Arbesfeld, YouTube, Google and Apple Take Steps Towards Combating Online Anti-Semitism, The Algemeiner, 1 August 2012 Although hate and terror groups continue to thrive on the web, recent decisions made by Apple, Google, and YouTube were praised by anti-hate groups as positive steps towards preventing the spread of anti-Semitism on their platforms. A Hezbollah application that streamed videos…
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Jewish Press reports on OHPI’s YouTube Report
The Jewish Press discusses our recent youtube report, which lead to hundreds of videos being removed by the platform. The article reports on the extensive anti-Semitism and racial hatred on YouTube that was exposed by the report. as well as the corrective measures that the report recommends. They spoke to our CEO Andre Oboler, who…