News
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Tackling antisemitic crime
This week our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, has been in The Netherlands working with their Ministry of Justice and Security on the first European Conference of Public Prosecution Services on Antisemitism. The conference which took place in The Hague on Tuesday and Wednesday brought together prosecution service and police prosecutors from across Europe and beyond.…
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Extremist chant at a primary school
On Monday 6th of May a member of the public was walking past Fitzroy Primary School when they were shocked to hear very young children in the playground chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”. They recorded the sound as they walked passed and then shared the video with the Online…
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Network 10 News, X (Twitter) & eSafety
OHPI CEO Andre Oboler was interviewed by Network 10 News on the campaign by Elon Musk and X (Twitter) as they seek to defy Australian law and reject the authority of Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.
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3AW interview, April 24 2024
Andre Oboler, CEO, spoke to the 3AW Breakfast show on April 24, 2024.
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Hate speech and gang attack algorithms ‘adding to school violence scourge’
OHPI’s CEO, Andre Oboler, was interviewed by The Cairns Post as part of an article on social media algorithms promoting hate speech and gang violence.
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Facebook and Instagram take down bishop stabbing videos
Andre Oboler, CEO of OHPI, spoke with The Daily Telegraph (paywalled article) about the recent stabbing in Sydney.
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Study Shows Five-fold Increase in Online Antisemitism Since October 7
Haaretz reports on our new report about the rise in antisemitism since the October 7 attacks. The study gathered examples of antisemitism between October 21, 2023, two weeks after the Hamas massacre, and February 8, 2024, comparing them with antisemitism on the same platforms in the 11 months before October 7. We found five times…
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New study shows five-fold increase in online antisemitism since October 7
The Jewish Independent reports on our new report on online Antisemitism since the October 7 attacks. The study gathered examples of antisemitism between October 21, 2023, two weeks after the Hamas massacre, and February 8, 2024 comparing them with antisemitism on the same platforms in the 11 months before October 7. The report found an…
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Elections, social media, and misinformation
OHPI’s Dr Andre Oboler met with Kate Thwaites MP, Chair of the Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters to discuss problematic social media content in the context of elections.
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Understanding Antisemitism
Since October 7 the Online Hate Prevention Institute has been concerned with the rise of antisemitism, efforts to normalise antisemitism in society, and efforts to undermine or wrongly dismiss concerns about antisemitism. One of the most egregious examples of this occurred in an SBS article where, rather than consulting an expert in antisemitism, SBS asked…