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Report of the Inquiry into anti-vilification protections
The Online Hate Prevention Institute warmly welcomes the report of the Inquiry into anti-vilification protections which was tabled today in the Victorian Parliament. The Inquiry undertook extensive consultation. Committee members were deeply engaged and worked in a spirit of cooperation to ensure the best possible outcome could be reached for the Victorian community. The report…
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Tackling denial will be a challenge for Facebook
Our CEO Andre Oboler discusses Facebook’s recent ban on holocaust denial in Australian Jewish News, and outlines some of the challenges that the platform will face when trying to implement this new policy.
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Australian academic claims Facebook victory on Holocaust after a decade-long battle
jmedia.online reports on our CEO’s Andre Oboler’s campaign for Facebook to ban holocaust denial. The article reports on Oboler’s cautious optimism in response to Facebook changing their policies.
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Long lived, now Facebook bans content that denies Nazi Germany’s tragedy of the Jewish Massacre
cyberthreat.id talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about Facebook’s policies on holocaust denial, and on the possibility that Facebook may be on the wrong side of history.
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Facebook bans posts denying and distorting the Holocaust
jwire.com talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about Facebook’s recent ban of holocaust denial on the platform. Oboler talks about his past campaign for this change, and about the changing position and responsibilities of Facebook in our society.
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Australian academic claims Facebook victory on Holocaust after a decade-long battle
The New Daily speaks to our CEO Andre Oboler about Facebook’s recent banning of holocaust denial on the platform. Oboler speaks about the past efforts to get Facebook to change their policy, and explains that he is waiting to see how the policy is implemented before celebrating.
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Oboler appointed as inquiry adviser
Australian Jewish News reported on our CEO Andre Oboler’s appointment as Inquiry Advisor on the Victorian Education Minister’s inquiry into claims of antisemitic abuse at a secondary college.
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Andre Oboler appointed as an adviser to inquiry into antisemitism in Victorian schools
jwire.com reports on our CEO Andre Oboler being appointed advisor to the inquiry on antisemitism in Victorian schools.
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128 Organizations Call on Facebook to Adopt Anti-Semitism Definition
The Media Line talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about an open letter, signed by over 125 organisations, which calls for Facebook to adopt the IHRA’s working definition of antisemitism when moderating hate-speech on the platform.
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Attacking politicians and antisemitism
Graffiti on the road in Donvale (Victoria, Australia) this morning called for Victorian Premier Dan Andrews to be “stopped”. The brief message, presumably opposing the extension of the current lockdown to tackle COVID-19, included antisemitic themes. The Star of David, a Jewish symbol, in the middle of “Dan” suggests that Dan Andrews (who is not…