Publications
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Anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate on Facebook
In this briefing, we summarise our findings of anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian hate on Facebook.
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Antisemitism in a New Zealand neo-Nazi Telegram channel, Part II
In this briefing we examine the antisemitism that is prevalent in a New Zealand neo-Nazi Telegram channel.
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“Transvestigation” and Online Hate
“Transvestigation” is transphobic, and also leans into other forms of hate, such as homophobia, misogyny and antisemitism.
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Widespread and normalised misogyny on social media
In this briefing we explore some of the themes that we have seen in misogynistic discourse online.
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Antisemitism in a New Zealand neo-Nazi Telegram channel, Part I
In this briefing we examine the antisemitism that is prevalent in a New Zealand neo-Nazi Telegram channel.
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Xenophobia: Them vs us
Britannica defines xenophobia as “fear and contempt of strangers or foreigners or of anything designated as foreign, or a conviction that certain foreign individuals and cultures represent a threat to the authentic identity of one’s own nation-state and cannot integrate into the local society peacefully.” Xenophobia has existed as far back as people could differentiate…
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X does not enforce its policy on hate-speech
A few days ago, at the start of September 2024, Brazil banned X (Twitter) following Elon Musk’s refusal to suspend what Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes described as far-right accounts spreading misinformation. Brazil’s supreme court voted to ban the platform and Moraes has given companies like Apple and Google five days to remove…
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The Baby-Killer trope
This briefing presents a small sample of the antisemitic trope of ‘baby killer’ or ‘child killer’ that is widespread on X (Twitter) in New Zealand (NZ) in the context of the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Where does it come from? The claim of ‘baby-killer’ and ‘child-killer’ is reminiscent of the blood libel against the Jews which…
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Online hate pile-on targeting b-girl Raygun
We examine the online hate targeting b-girl Raygun and dispel some of the disinformation that has contributed to her being cyberbullied.
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Antisemitism on LinkedIn
We examine antisemitism on LinkedIn and look at whether the platform is doing enough to remove antisemitism from their site.