• OHPI on The Project

    On January 19, 2015, OHPIโ€™s CEO Dr Andre Oboler was invited to Channel 10โ€™s popular talk show The Project to talk about hate speech on YouTube.

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  • OHPI on The Project

    On January 19, 2015, OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler was invited to Channel 10’s popular talk show The Project to talk about hate speech on YouTube. You can view the episode here.

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  • OHPI discusses the use of Social Media to expose racism with SBS News
    OHPI discusses the use of Social Media to expose racism with SBS News

    OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, discussed the use of social media to exposes racism with SBS News. This discussion takes place in response to a racist incident on bus, which was videoed through the use of a smart phone and later released online. In the UK similar racist events on public transports have led to…

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  • OHPI’s YouTube Success reported in Argentina

    OHPI’s efforts to clean up YouTube also made news in Argentina where the Jewish News Agency shared the story in Spanish. YouTube es โ€œdemasiado lentoโ€ en tomar acciones contra los videos de odio AJN.- El Consejo Ejecutivo del Judaรญsmo Australiano le pidiรณ al sitio web que elimine el material de incitaciรณn que propaga la negaciรณn…

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  • YouTube โ€˜Too Slowโ€™ Taking Action Against Hate Videos

    Isreal National News reports on the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) calling on YouTube to remove hateful material relating to Australian Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben that has been uploaded to the site. They discuss The Online Hate Prevention Institute recently contacting YouTube after we had documented severe hate activity in cyberspace. Our CEO Andre…

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  • YouTube โ€˜too slowโ€™ on hate videos

    The Jewish Australian News reports on the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) contacting YouTube after the online broadcaster allowed posts of material relating to Australian Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben. They discuss OHPI’s recent report on hate-speech on youtube, which documented serious racial hate activity in cyberspace, and noted how one user in a single…

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  • YouTube ‘Too Slow’ Taking Action Against Hate Videos
    YouTube ‘Too Slow’ Taking Action Against Hate Videos

    Byย Rachel Hirshfeld in Arutz Sheva The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has called on YouTube to remove hateful material relating to Australian Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben that has been uploaded to the site,ย The Australian Jewish News (AJN)ย reported. ECAJ executive director Peter Wertheim toldย AJNย that while three specific videos had been removed, โ€œthe same content remains…

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  • JWire reports on OHPIโ€™s Success

    JWire reports on OHPI’s recent success with our report hateful content on youtube. The report documents serious racial hatred on YouTube, with one user in a single day uploaded 1710 videos, the vast majority of which were blatant hate speech. YouTube responded by closing the users account within 24 hours of receiving an advanced copy…

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  • JWire reports on OHPI’s Success
    JWire reports on OHPI’s Success

    Source: J-Wire Staff,ย Hate Prevention Institute meets with Success, J-Wire, 2 August 2012 The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has released a report documenting serious racial hatred on YouTube. The report highlights how one user in a single day uploaded 1710 videos, the vast majority of which were blatant hate speech. YouTube responded by closing the…

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  • Jewish Press reports on OHPI’s YouTube Report
    Jewish Press reports on OHPI’s YouTube Report

    Source: Jewish Press Staff, YouTube Removes Hundreds of Videos in Response to New Report on Online Anti-Semitism, The Jewish Press, 1 August 2012 The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) on Wednesday released aย report documenting extensive anti-Semitism and racial hatred on YouTube, prompting the popular video-sharing website to close the account of the most egregious culprit.…

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