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Spanish article from Diario Z (Argentina): Homofobia, racismo y antisemitismo en Facebook
Irina Sternik, Homofobia, racismo y antisemitismo en Facebook, Diario Z (Argentina), 19 May 2010 Las redes sociales acumulan páginas de racismo, antisemitismo y odio entre sus grupos de fanáticos. Hasta no ser denunciados masivamente, el contenido sigue vigente. La historia del grupo “Yo también odio a los judíos”, “yo también mataría a un villero si […]
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The Australian Jewish News reports on the ADC’s Click Against Hate program designed by Andre Oboler
Peter Kohn, Clicking to Fight Against Online Hate, The Australian Jewish News, 7 May 2010, p 3 Empowering students to respond effectively when they encounter online anti-Semitism is the aim of a new program to be launched in Victorian Jewish schools next term. The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has devised Click Against Hate, a […]
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Honest Reporting’s Alex Margolin comments on Dr Oboler’s call for greater accountability from social media platforms
HonestReporting’s social media editor, Alex Margolin, contributes occasional posts on social media issues. He oversees HonestReporting on Facebook. Andre Oboler, the leading authority on anti-Semitism on the Internet, recently called for greater accountability from social media platforms that allow anti-Semitic material to appear on their sites. Oboler points out that standards of acceptable speech differ […]
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The Australian Jewish News gets Andre Oboler’s views on an Australian summit on cyber-racism
Peter Kohn, Taking a Stand Against Web Hate, The Australian Jewish News, 30 April 2010, p 3 Quelling racism and anti-Semitism in the trash-and-treasure environment of the world wide web is looming as a great social challenge. That was clear at a landmark Australian summit on cyber-racism this week. A balanced strategy might be the […]
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Rai News 24 has this Italian report on online antisemitism and Dr Andre Oboler’s visit to Italy
Boom dell’antisemitismo on line, Rai News 24, 24 April 2010 GUARDA IL VIDEO: intervista all’On. Fiamma Nierenstein e Stefano Gatti L’antisemitismo non e’ un problema ebraico, e’ un problema che riguarda la societa’. Questo il messaggio chiave dell’esperto Andre’ Oboler, coordinatore del Comitato per la lotta all’antisemitismo online per il ‘Forum globale contro l’antisemitismo’, intervenuto ad un […]
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Il Velino reports in Italian on efforts by Dr Oboler, Fiamma Nirenstein and Stefano Gatti to combat hate
POL – Antisemitismo, Nirenstein: Capire diffusione fenomeno su internet, Il Velino, April 21, 2010 (In Italian) Il fenomeno dell’antisemitismo online, specie con la costante diffusione dei social network, costituisce uno degli aspetti piu’ rilevanti dell’antisemitismo odierno. La polizia postale e rapporti di esperti indicano come ci sia un boom di siti che diffondono un vasto […]
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Israel Ban’s the iPad, Andre Oboler suggests some solutions to The New York Jewish Week
Sharon Udasin, Israel Versus iPad, The Jewish Week, April 20th 2010 Israel may be in a tense standoff with U.S. President Barack Obama, but the high-tech-savvy country seemed to be picking a fight this week with another formidable foe: Apple. And the Jewish state’s decision to ban the iPad, Apple’s vaunted new e-tablet, had tech […]
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Pesach and Twitter, the Jewish Week gets Andre Oboler’s views on tradition and technology
Sharon Udasin, Let My People … Tweet , The Jewish Week, March 24th 2010 Welcome to the Tweder. Can Twitter and the Passover seder coexist? Last Passover, Dan Berkal spent the first seder dining with family and friends at the James Hotel in Chicago — chanting the prayers and songs of the Haggadah, sipping the […]
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Bigotry Monitor’s Quote of the Week comes from Dr Andre Oboler
Charles Fenynesi, Quote of the Week: The need to limit hatred’s spread, Bigotry Monitor, 10(5), Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, Feb 5 2010 Surveying efforts by “iFascists” to exonerate Fascism on the Internet, Australian media and computer expert Andre Oboler defined in an op-ed published on the Internet the challenge […]
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Jennifer Hanin writes a feature on Dr Andre Oboler for her popular blog
Jennifer Hanin, A Salute to Standouts Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism, Jennifer’s Blog, 14th of January 2010 Many of us lead sheltered lives. We go to work, spend time with family, visit friends, enjoy hobbies and spend a fair amount of time online. But how many of us know that the internet is also a hotbed […]