YouTube
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Algemeiner reports on Companies Action in response to OHPI and ADL
Source: Atara Arbesfeld, YouTube, Google and Apple Take Steps Towards Combating Online Anti-Semitism, The Algemeiner, 1 August 2012 Although hate and terror groups continue to thrive on the web, recent decisions made by Apple, Google, and YouTube were praised by anti-hate groups as positive steps towards preventing the spread of anti-Semitism on their platforms. A Hezbollah application that streamed videos…
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Jewish Press reports on OHPI’s YouTube Report
The Jewish Press discusses our recent youtube report, which lead to hundreds of videos being removed by the platform. The article reports on the extensive anti-Semitism and racial hatred on YouTube that was exposed by the report. as well as the corrective measures that the report recommends. They spoke to our CEO Andre Oboler, who…
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YouTube, Google and Apple Take Steps Towards Combating Online Anti-Semitism
The Algemeiner reports on recent decisions made by Apple, Google, and YouTube, which were praised by anti-hate groups as positive steps towards preventing the spread of anti-Semitism on their platforms. They discuss the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s recent report documenting one YouTube user who uploaded over one thousand videos in a single day “the majority of which were blatant hate…
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Press Release: Severe Hate Speech on YouTube
Melbourne, Australia, August 1, 2012… The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) today 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 user’s account within 24 hours of receiving…
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Multiple and Severe Hate Speech on YouTube
The primary aim of this report is to demonstrate and discuss the problem of multiple and severe instances of hate speech on the YouTube platform. Aspects of this analysis apply equally to other forms of social media content and to other platforms. The report both describes the problem and provides some recommendations to mitigate and…