Tag Archives: Facebook

Branding Facebook: Power and Impact

Posted on March 25, 2013 by admin

When updating the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s Facebook page to announce the new report into antisemitism on Facebook, OHPI were automatically offered the option of making the announcement a promoted post in return for paying Facebook a fee. Given the importance of … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s blind spot to Antisemitism

Posted on March 25, 2013 by admin

Facebook’s refusal to recognize Holocaust denial as hate speech, and ban it from the social media platform, is today well known. I have monitored this and other manifestations of antisemitism on social media platforms since first exposing the problem of … Continue reading →

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Oboler on We Act Radio (USA)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by admin

On Saturday, March 23, 2013, Dr Oboler appeared on “Take Action News with David Shuster” on We Act Radio. The show discussed Dr Oboler’s new report into antisemitism on Facebook and the dis-empowerment of people when their reports to Facebook are wrongly rejected … Continue reading →

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Recognizing Hate Speech: Antisemitism on Facebook

Posted on March 21, 2013 by admin

My report for the Online Hate Prevention Institute into antisemitism on Facebook was released to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21st 2013. The report tracks the response to a number of antisemitic items on Facebook. … Continue reading →

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The Hitler Shield: Mocking the Dead at Facebook

Posted on October 22, 2012 by admin

Facebook is sliding into moral decay. I would say slowly, but the pace of detrimental change appears to be increasing. The change between 2008 and today is truly shocking; the more facebook grows, the less regard it appears to have for … Continue reading →

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Facebook Forced to Pull Hate Page

Posted on September 21, 2012 by admin

By Timna Jacks in The Australian Jewish News Bowing to pressure from the Human Rights Commission, Facebook has agreed to block an antisemitic fan page that calls for the destruction of Israel and brands Jews as fodder for gas chambers and mass … Continue reading →

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Charge: Facebook Pages Spew Blood Libels, Attack Jews and Aborigines, Mock Anne Frank

Posted on September 11, 2012 by admin

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus in The Jewish Press Is there anything Facebook has determined to be sufficiently offensive that it will be removed? There is no scientific equation to determine what is hatred, but a Facebook picture of a smiling Anne … Continue reading →

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Facebook sanctions antisemitic content

Posted on September 10, 2012 by admin

The social media platform Facebook is in now eight and a half years old. For over half that time I have been researching and writing about Facebook’s potential to spread antisemitism and other forms of hate. I warned of the … Continue reading →

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