Community Engagement
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Talk at the Council of Christians and Jews
On February 1, 2015, Dr Oboler spoke at the Council of Christians and Jews ( Victoria) on the re-emergence of old antisemitism through new media. The talk looked at how social media was being used to spread afresh traditional forms of antisemitism, such as deicide and blood libel, as well as the spread and promotion…
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Talk at the North Eastern Jewish Centre
On January 31, 2015, Dr Oboler gave a talk on responsible free speech after the events in France at the North Eastern Jewish Centre. The talk discussed the recent report by OHPI “#Jesuishumain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo” and the impact of the resulting discussion on the freedom of speech from…
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OHPI participates in the AGM of JCCV
At the Annual General Meeting of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) on November 24, 2014, Dr Andre Oboler, CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) was presented with the Marion and Kurt Lippmann Scholarship. He was also elected to join the JCCV Executive Committee. Community leaders, Rabbonim, members of parliament, including the leaders of…
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OHPI at the Facing Today’s Reality Seminar in New Zealand
OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler was invited by the Jewish Federation of New Zealand to participate in a seminar organised by them “Facing Today’s Reality” on October 26-27. Dr Oboler launched the booklet “Fighting Online Antisemitism” which was co-branded with the Jewish Federation of New Zealand. He also held workshops with the participating youth on…
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Women in mosque peace talk
Frankston Times, September 22, 2014, News Desk. Jo Silver, Director of Online Hate Prevention Institute, participates in the Serving Humanity Symoposium organised by the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Victoria.
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Presenting Fight Aagainst Hate to FECCA
On September 6, 2014, Dr Oboler presented Fight Against Hate to the Youth Committee of the Federation of Ethnic Community Councils of Australia . He discussed how it works, and how the Youth Committee could help roll it out across Australia.
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Talk on Cyber-Racism & Social Media
Dr Andre Oboler gave a public lecture on Social Media & Cyber-Racism on August 21st. The talk was organised by IEEE and focused on the roles and responsibilities of software engineers in combating hate speech on social media.