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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…
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Facebook ‘failing miserably’ on hate speech
The Australian Jewish News spoke to our CEO Andre Oboler about a boycott by advertisers on Facebook over the platform’s handling of racist and violent content. Oboler recognised Facebook’s shortcomings but raised concerns about the motivations behind the boycott.
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ADL joins with other civil-rights groups in calling for July boycott of Facebook
jwire.com spoke with our CEO Andre Oboler about the Anti-Defamation League joining the call for corporations to boycott Facebook advertising over its policies on hateful conduct. Oboler welcomed this move from the ADL, and discussed the relationship between ADL and Facebook.
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Live TV interview on Facebook’s efforts to use Exit Australia to combat extremism
Our CEO Dr Andre Oboler was interviewed for ABC news on September 19 about Facebook’s efforts to use Exit Australia to combat extremism.
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‘We have more work to do’: Facebook battles hate, terror, child abuse and bots
The Sydney Morning Herald talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about Facebook’s issues with online hate-speech, and discusses strategies for combatting hateful content online.
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Anning in firing line from new FB ban
SBS News talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about Facebook’s new policies on racist content, and about the importance of local knowledge when regulating social media platforms.
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Facebook Donations
On the 15th of November 2018 Facebook launched their charitable giving tools in Australia. This involves a partnership with PayPal who at the same launched the PayPal Giving Fund Australia. The PayPal Giving Fund Australia is GDR Type 2 Australian Charity. That is, a charity approved by the Australian Taxation Office to collect tax deductible…
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Facebook is stuck in denial
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes for the Australian Jewish News about the need for Facebook to revise its outdated policy on holocaust denial.
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Facebook is stuck in denial
IT was back on October 16, 2008, when I gave advice a to Jewish activist about to be interviewed by a German newspaper on the topic of anti-Semitism in social media. “In Germany you have the added advantage that Holocaust denial is a criminal offence … what the Holocaust deniers do is illegal and threatens…
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Live radio interview on Facebook and Holocaust denial
Radio Sputnik Interviews our CEO Andre Oboler live on the 22nd of July 2018 about Facebook and Holocaust denial.