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Facebook algorithm amplifying Holocaust hate – OHPI in J-Wire
J-Wire has reported on renewed scrutiny of Meta after Yahoo News Australia found Facebook ranking antisemitic comments as among the “most relevant” responses beneath a Holocaust remembrance post. The post, published by the Israeli Embassy in Ghana for Yom HaShoah, attracted close to 3,000 comments between April and June, including Holocaust denial, praise for Hitler,…
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Queensland Holocaust Denial Videos
Why this content may be considered offensive or harmful The first video is a Holocaust denial video. It shows a man dressed up as a Rabbi refers to “six million headlights”. He is rubbing his hands in glee and holding a bag of money, a visual instantiation of the most common antisemitic meme on the…
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Dr Oboler Addresses Caulfield Shule on Online Antisemitism
Saturday 18 April. Dr Andre Oboler, CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), was the guest speaker at Caulfield Shule’s Seudah Shlishit, where he addressed the growing challenge of online antisemitism and the structural factors driving it. Drawing on more than two decades of experience combating online hate, Dr Oboler spoke about why antisemitism…
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OHPI advises Herald Sun on Holocaust Denial Video
OHPI strongly condemns two deeply antisemitic videos circulated online on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), describing them as harmful, offensive, and designed to cause distress to the Jewish community. As reported today in the Herald Sun, Dr Andre Oboler, CEO of OHPI, described the clips as “Holocaust denial” drawing on “the most common antisemitic meme…
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Fighting Talk: Online Hate-Speech in Mixed Martial Arts
In my spare time I do a martial art called Jiu Jitsu. Jiu Jitsu is a kind of grappling which was propelled into notoriety when Royce Gracie won the first ever Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 1993. The UFC was established to determine which martial art was most effective, and when Royce Gracie won UFC…
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Case Study: Far-left incitement
Following a weekend of antisemitic attacks in Melbourne, we examine the incitement of one far-left activist.
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Election Interference
WHAT HAPPENED People in the electorate of Goldsten who have corflutes (posters) showing support for Zoe Daniel MP (Independent, Teals) received an anonymous letter caliming to be from “Your Jewish Neighbour” accusing them of antisemitism and of igniting fear in Holocaust survivors by reminding them of Nazi Germany. FACT CHECK There is nothing about the…
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Elon Musk and the ADL: Nazi salutes and Holocaust jokes
I suspect Elon Musk only made his recent post of Holocaust jokes because the ADL failed to give him the condemnation he was seeking when he did a Nazi salute. The Nazi salute Here is Elon at an inauguration event making a Nazi salute, then turning and repeating it to also salute those behind him:…
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A comment from a cloaked antisemite
After we broke the news on a Neo-Nazi rally on the steps of the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne and identified their leader, our Facebook page was inundated with stupid and antisemitic comments, which we then shared and deconstructed. There was one comment which we did not share as the comment, and the person behind it,…
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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.