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Facebook bans Holocaust denial
In a major announcement overnight Facebook has reversed a long standing policy and announced that Holocaust denial will now be banned on their platforms. The Online Hate Prevention Institute has been tackling Holocaust denial on Facebook and other platforms, and pushing the company to alter this policy, since we were founded in 2012. We strongly…
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Long lived, now Facebook bans content that denies Nazi Germany’s tragedy of the Jewish Massacre
cyberthreat.id talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about Facebook’s policies on holocaust denial, and on the possibility that Facebook may be on the wrong side of history.
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Facebook bans posts denying and distorting the Holocaust
jwire.com talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about Facebook’s recent ban of holocaust denial on the platform. Oboler talks about his past campaign for this change, and about the changing position and responsibilities of Facebook in our society.
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Australian academic claims Facebook victory on Holocaust after a decade-long battle
The New Daily speaks to our CEO Andre Oboler about Facebook’s recent banning of holocaust denial on the platform. Oboler speaks about the past efforts to get Facebook to change their policy, and explains that he is waiting to see how the policy is implemented before celebrating.
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Banning QAnon
The Online Hate Prevention Institute welcomes Facebook’s move to ban QAnon. The QAnon movement, which started on 4chan and 8chan (see our Halle report for more on them), has been rapidly absorbing and spreading conspiracy theories including those based on the infamous Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and more recently those based on conspiracy…
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128 Organizations Call on Facebook to Adopt Anti-Semitism Definition
The Media Line talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about an open letter, signed by over 125 organisations, which calls for Facebook to adopt the IHRA’s working definition of antisemitism when moderating hate-speech on the platform.
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Push against antisemitism on Facebook
The Australian Jewish News spoke to our CEO Andre Oboler about the open letter, signed by over 120 organisations, which calls for Facebook to adopt the IHRA’s working definition of antisemitism in order to combat antisemitic content on the platform.
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Why Facebook Needs to Adopt the IHRA Definition
The Online Hate Prevention Institute, together with over 120 other organisations, has called on Facebook to adopt the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. Further to this call, below is an op-ed from our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, which looks at why Facebook needs the definition if it is to close the gaps in its understanding…
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Facebook needs the IHRA definition
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes in The Australian Jewish News about an open letter, signed by 125 organisations, which calls for Facebook to adopt the IHRA’s working definition of antisemitism when moderating hate-speech on the platform.
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Boycotting Facebook is not the answer
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes in jwire.com about a proposed boycott of Facebook. Oboler argues that, in light of significant progress made by Facebook to combat hate speech, the boycott is not justified, and may in fact threaten democracy.