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Google Street View Entering Israel, Despite Security Concerns
Source: Alison Diana, Google Street View Entering Israel, Despite Security Concerns, InformationWeek, February 22, 2011 Some fear that terrorists could use information in the mapping service to carry out attacks, while others believe it could enhance the nation’s tourism industry. Google has long-battled concerns that its Street View offering infringes on individual privacy, but the […]
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Anti-Semitism 2.0
Source: Mara D’Angeli, Anti-Semitism 2.0, Il Nord, 28 January 2011 Never underestimate the Internet. We soon hear of the importance and potential of this medium, but the risks of the medium are too often unknown or unexplored. The Internet changes so fast that somethings will inevitably get out of hand. Holcoaust Memorial Day uses formal […]
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Andre Oboler’s CIE to Deconstruct the web of hate – if funding can be found
Adam Kamien, Deconstructing a web of hate, Australian Jewish News, 7 January, 2011. Pg 4. A NEW website aimed at mobilising world Jewry, governments and community organisations against the proliferation of online anti-Semitism will be launched on January 24. The Community Internet Engagement (CIE) site is the brainchild of social media expert Andre Oboler, who […]
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Jerusalem Post reports PMW’s channel back online, but Dr Oboler warns YouTube still being played
Ron Friedman, YouTube reinstates Palestinian Media Watch channel, Jerusalem Post, 20 December 2010. The video sharing website originally removed the PMW video channel for violating its community guidelines. Following a report in The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, video-sharing website YouTube reinstated Palestinian Media Watch’s channel on Monday. YouTube had removed the channel, which exposes anti- […]
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Jerusalem Post gets Andre Oboler’s take on the rise of Foursquare in Israel
Sharon Udasin,Vying for control of the Temple Mount – on Foursquare, Jerusalem Post, December 16, 2010. For Ariela Ross, being the “mayor” of Al-Aksa Mosque and the Old City’s entire Muslim and Christian Quarters is quite natural – as these are the places where she spends much of her spare time. With 66 total “check-ins” […]
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The New York Jewish Week reports on Yahoo Maps and Israel, with expert analysis from Dr Andre Oboler
Sharon Udasin, Yahoo Maps Reunite Jerusalem, The Jewish Week, June 15th 2010 Jerusalem has been reunited without gunfire, 43 years after the Six Day War — this time, by Yahoo! Angering the international Jewish community, the Internet search giant recently enacted its own two-state solution by dividing Jerusalem into “East” and “West” on its Weather […]
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Honest Reporting uses Dr Oboler’s analysis to explain Yahoo’s virtual division of Jerusalem
Honest Reporting, Yahoo Divides Jerusalem, COMMUNIQUE: 10 June 2010 Yahoo uses iPhone weather application to make a political statement. A few weeks ago, many iPhone users, including HonestReporting’s Managing Editor, noticed that something had changed on their pre-installed weather application. The data for Jerusalem, as supplied by Yahoo, simply stopped updating. But this was no bug […]
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The Jewish Week looks at the Gaza Flotilla’s online battle on Twitter with comments from Dr Oboler
Sharon Udasin, The Gaza Flotilla Battle – On Twitter , The Jewish Week, June 2nd 2010 Shaping public opinion on the Gaza blockade, 140 characters at a time. Just moments after the Israeli navy boarded the Turkish Mavi Marmara ship in the Mediterranean en route to Gaza, an explosive battle of another kind was playing […]
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An Interview with Andre Oboler in Diario Z (Argentina) (Spanish)
Entrevista con Andre Oboler, Diario Z, 19 May 2010. Entrevista exclusiva con el Doctor Andre Oboler, co-presidente del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Antisemitismo online para el Foro Global de Lucha contra el Antisemitismo. ¿Por qué Facebook demora semanas o meses en dar de baja los grupos que fomentan el odio? Facebook puede tardar tanto una […]
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English translation of an interview with Andre Oboler in Diario Z (Argentina)
Originally published in Spanish as: Interview with Andre Oboler, Diario Z, 19 May 2010 Interview with Dr. Andre Oboler, co-chair of the Working Group on Anti-Semitism online for the Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism. Why does Facebook takes weeks or months to terminate groups promoting hate? Facebook can take any where from an hour to […]