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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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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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When AI goes full Nazi
The Grok AI chatbot on X.com recently created large amounts of antisemitic and neo-Nazi content in response to any related prompt. Multiple articles have been written over the last day about responses like this. “Noticing” is a commonly used deflection tactic by racist and other bigoted groups to deny responsibility for their words by claiming…
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X does not enforce its policy on hate-speech
A few days ago, at the start of September 2024, Brazil banned X (Twitter) following Elon Musk’s refusal to suspend what Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes described as far-right accounts spreading misinformation. Brazil’s supreme court voted to ban the platform and Moraes has given companies like Apple and Google five days to remove…
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‘Zionist(s)’ as an antisemitic code word
This briefing discusses the use of the term ‘Zionist(s)’ to disguise antisemitism across New Zealand based social media platforms.
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Homophobic Backlash to United Methodist Church
On May 1st, the General Conference of the United Methodist Church made changes to their rules relating to the LGBTQ community. They now allow LBGTQ clergy, and have a new, LGBTQ-inclusive definition of marriage. News of these changes sparked significant debate on X (Twitter)
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An Antisemitic Crusader
This briefing looks at one particular account on X (Twitter). It has been prepared using data collected by members of OHPI’s New Zealand team. Content from this account was found in New Zealand based discussion, but the account itself does not appear to be run from New Zealand.
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Network 10 News, X (Twitter) & eSafety
OHPI CEO Andre Oboler was interviewed by Network 10 News on the campaign by Elon Musk and X (Twitter) as they seek to defy Australian law and reject the authority of Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.
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Hate speech and gang attack algorithms ‘adding to school violence scourge’
OHPI’s CEO, Andre Oboler, was interviewed by The Cairns Post as part of an article on social media algorithms promoting hate speech and gang violence.
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Our support for Safer Internet Day 2023
On Tuesday February 7th, we celebrate the 20th Safer Internet Day, with technology, non-profit, civil society, and governmental organisations around the world.