OHPI in the Press
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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 on SBS News
An interview with the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, has featured on the SBS TV News accross Australia, as well as in an online articles on the SBS website. Dr Oboler’s comments appear in the News bulletin of Friday 17 August can be seen below. The story focuses on the Aboriginal Memes incident…
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OHPI’s YouTube Success reported in Argentina
OHPI’s efforts to clean up YouTube also made news in Argentina where the Jewish News Agency shared the story in Spanish. YouTube es “demasiado lento” en tomar acciones contra los videos de odio AJN.- El Consejo Ejecutivo del Judaísmo Australiano le pidió al sitio web que elimine el material de incitación que propaga la negación…
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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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YouTube ‘Too Slow’ Taking Action Against Hate Videos
By Rachel Hirshfeld in Arutz Sheva The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has called on YouTube to remove hateful material relating to Australian Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben that has been uploaded to the site, The Australian Jewish News (AJN) reported. ECAJ executive director Peter Wertheim told AJN that while three specific videos had been removed, “the same content remains…
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YouTube ‘too slow’ on hate videos
By Peter Kohn in the Australian Jewish News THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has contacted YouTube after the online broadcaster allowed posts of material relating to Australian Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben. ECAJ executive director Peter Wertheim told The AJN that after the national roof body complained to YouTube last month, three specific videos…
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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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Jewish Press reports on OHPI’s YouTube Report
Source: Jewish Press Staff, YouTube Removes Hundreds of Videos in Response to New Report on Online Anti-Semitism, The Jewish Press, 1 August 2012 The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) on Wednesday released a report documenting extensive anti-Semitism and racial hatred on YouTube, prompting the popular video-sharing website to close the account of the most egregious culprit.…