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Media coverage & Press releases
The following coverage comes from: ABC News, ABC News Tonight, ABC Religion & Ethic, The Australian, 10 Daily, South China Morning Post, The Daily Dot, Audiatur Online, J-Wire, Buzzfeed News, Medium, J-Air Radio, The Australian Jewish News, The Media Line, SBS World News, ECAJ, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sputnik International, Griffith News, China Daily Global, The New Daily, Australian Financial Review, 7:30 Report, Business Insider, Illinois Times.
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‘Playground for anti-Semitism’: Social media platforms slammed at royal commission
News.com.au writes: “Elon Musk was labelled as “dangerous” as his “toxic” social media platform was the subject of bruising testimony at the royal commission into anti-Semitism following the Bondi terror attack.” Several experts, including OHPI CEO Dr Andre Oboler, condemned the way X (formerly Twitter) has been run since Elon Muck bought the platform. X…
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Is Meta underreporting hate speech?
Meta’s claim that hate speech prevalence remains “consistently low” is undermined by its own transparency data. Speaking to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, Meta’s global policy director Benjamin Good called prevalence the most important metric and claimed it remained low since the January 2025 changes, when Meta largely stopped its automated removal…
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Royal commission told antisemitism flourishes on Elon Musk’s X, as online hate routinely gets a leave pass on social media
Tech focused news site Startup Daily has covered OHPI CEO Dr Andre Oboler’s testimony to the Royal Commission. They discuss how social media platforms X and Reddit only remove a fraction of antisemitic posts, citing figures presented to the commission by OHPI, as well as the challenge of AI. “But AI was presenting new challenges,…
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Elon Musk accused of fuelling social media bigotry by antisemitism expert
The Australian, in it’s live coverage of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion on 2 July, covered expert witness testimony given by OHPI CEO Dr Andre Oboler during the first week of the Hearing Block 3. The Australian writes “Dr Oboler said changes to hate laws suggested on Tuesday by Labor MP Josh…
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Migrant communities ‘scapegoated’ after Bondi massacre
Sarah Schwartz, director of the progressive Jewish Council of Australia, has argued that protest movements and migrant communities are being unfairly targetted, when facing the Royal Commission on Thursday. CountryNews has covered the initial days of the the third block of public hearings for the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. OHPI’s expertise has…
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Social Media Fails to Curb Online Antisemitism
The Jewish Independent has covered the way the social media platforms are failing to detect and deal with online antisemitism. In their article on the first week of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Hearing Block 3, they cover testimony explaining the nature of the online hate received, and expert witnesses on the…