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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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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…
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Royal Commission hears the social media platform X is amplifying antisemitic content
The SBS News evening bulletin for 1 July mentioned OHPI during their coverage of the Royal Commission third round of hearings. “A charity, which monitors and reports on online antisemitic content, has told the Royal Commission that the social media platform X is failing to stop antisemitic content on its platform.” Later, they quoted OHPI…
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OHPI Royal Commission evidence shows infrastructural failure to manage online hate
The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has returned to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Its evidence demonstrates that online antisemitism has become more persistent, more violent, and increasingly laundered through what often presents as legitimate political discourse. OHPI CEO Dr Andre Oboler appeared before the Commission on Wednesday during its third block…
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Jewish girl feels safer in Israeli bomb shelter than in Australia
J-Wire has covered public hearings to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion with witnesses giving their experiences of antisemitism in the media and online. J-Wire has reported, “Mr Ostrovsky told the commission his daughter, who had spent much of her life in Israel, felt safer there during wartime than she did in Australia.…