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Community experts lambast activists using antisemitism to intimidate – J-Wire
J-Wire published the following letter from our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler and Professor Emerita Suzanne Rutland send in their capacities as expert members of the Australian Government’s Delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), and members of IHRA’s Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial: The recent letters claiming to come from “Your Jewish Neighbour”…
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Experts condemn false antisemitism claims – Australian Jewish News
The Australian Jewish News published an article on a letter sent by Adjunct Associate Professor Andre Oboler (also CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute) and Professor Emerita Suzanne Rutland in their capacities as Australia’s Experts to the International Holocaust Remebrance Alliance’s Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial. The AJN explained: “Jewish experts have condemned…
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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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By popular demand: Political Speech and Hate on Facebook
The Facebook boycott in the United States is deeply concerning. It is a symptom of popularism and the modern post-fact world – not a solution to those problems. The demands attached to it in fact endager democracy. Action by European regulators, and particular Germany, on hate speech led to significant improvements by Facebook over recent years. Action…