News
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“Online antisemitism at record levels” – Article in The Australian Jewish News
A new article from the Australian Jewish News discusses our recent report which on the trends in online antisemitism two years after the October 7 attacks. They discuss the report’s finding that antisemitism has reached record or near-record levels on social media, with four platforms now recording levels that exceed those in the months immediately…
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Countering Hate on Social Media – Promotional Feature in Australian Jewish News
OHPI recently had a full page promotional feature in Australian Jewish News. The feature discussed some of our internationally recognised work in monitoring the volume and nature of antisemitic content across 10 different social media platforms, which shows an increase in “traditional antisemitism” on Tiktok and Instagram. It also discussed some of our past wins,…
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How the terminally online are radicalised
The Age today carries an article by David Swan, “Radicalisation rise of the ‘terminaly online’ generation“. The article discusses the online radicalisation and how it ensnares young people. For many of these people the online world has become so dominant in their lives it has pushes real world connections, engagement and norms to second place.…
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Two Reports, Unequal Standards: Australia’s Fight Against Hate Risks Stalling – The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel have recently cited our work monitoring the volume of Antisemitism and Islamophobia content on social media. The article discusses the two recent reports from the Special Envoys to Combat Antisemitism and Islamophobia respectively, and compares the prevalence of each problem in Australia. They cite our work, which shows a greater volume…
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2025 Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism
Over 300 mayors, councillors, and community leader gathered in the Gold Coast for the first Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism. The event was jointly run by the Australian Board of the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and the City of Gold Coast and chaired by the Gold Coast’s Mayor, Tom Tate. The event featured presentations and…
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Cape Town
In August our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, visited Cape Town to speak at the G20 Interfaith Forum. He participated in two panels, one focused on Ethical Issues for Artificial Intelligence and the other on “Positives and Negatives of Modern Communications: Addressing Disinformation and Related Social Tensions“. While in Cape Town he also delivered a seminal…
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Addressing Hate and Disinformation
On August 11th 2025 our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, presented on a panel at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, on the topics of “Positives and Negatives of Modern Communications: Addressing Disinformation and Related Social Tensions”. Panel Description: Social media is revolutionizing community relations, including within and among religious communities. This session…
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Ethical issues for Artificial Intelligence
Dr Andre Oboler’s presentation at a panel for the G20 Interfaith Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, on the topics of “Ethical issues for Artificial Intelligence”.
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“The creeping normalisation of antisemitism in Australia” – Article in The Jewish Independent
The Jewish Independent recently published an article about antisemitism in Australia by our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler. The article discusses our new report on the online response to the recent synagogue attacks in Melbourne. Oboler discusses a variety of problematic online responses to the attack that are discussed in our report, including users who celebrate the…
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New report on the normalisations of antisemitism after Synagogues attacked
Melbourne, 21 July 2025 – A new report released today examines online responses to two antisemitic arson attacks targeting synagogues in Melbourne. The most recent attack, earlier this month, saw the entrance to the East Melbourne Synagogue set on fire. The earlier attack in late 2024 saw the Addas Synagogue gutted by fire. The report…