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The 11th International Seminar on Antisemitism
In October, with the support of an ROI “Go Speak” micro-grant, I travelled from Melbourne, Australia to Warsaw, Poland, to present at the 11th International Seminar on Antisemitism. The seminar series has been run every second year for over two decades now. This year the seminar was a partnership between Tel Aviv University’s Kantor Center and the […]
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Egypt’s Internet Blackout
Source: Andre Oboler, Egypt’s Internet Blackout, The Cutting Edge, 30 January 2011 The Egyptian Government has become the first in the world to turn off its the internet. As of January 28, almost all internet servers in Egypt are offline. Homes, businesses, foreign embassies, and Egyptian government departments are without internet access. Text messaging services […]
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Andre Oboler’s article about YouTube banning Palestinian Media Watch at Honest Reporting’s Backspin Blog
Andre Oboler, Palestinian Media Watch Still Gamed By YouTube, Backspin Blog (Honest Reporting), 20 December 2010 On Sunday, YouTube acted to close a channel on their service run by Palestinian Media Watch. The explanation YouTube gave related to a video from 2006, originally taken from Hamas’s website, which shows a suicide terrorist says his goodbyes […]
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Andre Oboler’s article, “The iFascists”, from the Jerusalem Post’s Blog Central
Andre Oboler, The iFascists , Blog Central at the Jerusalem Post, 2 February 2010 Efforts to rehabilitate Fascism via technology have already made great strides in 2010. On Holocaust Memorial day, the second most downloaded application for the Apple iPhone in Italy is a collection of speeches by Benito Mussolini, the Fascist dictator of Italy. […]
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Andre Oboler, Recognising hate and the right to freedom from persecution, Harry’s Place
In a July article I argued Facebook was giving hatred a hand by explicitly allowing Holocaust denial on their site in spite a ban they place on “hateful” content. I suggested regulation was needed and if self regulation didn’t work, then government intervention is needed to prevent an internet-powered surge in racial hatred. Out in […]
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Andre Oboler, Holocaust Denial: Yes Facebook, it is Hate Speech, Z-Word Blog
My new report into Facebook and Holocaust denial has just been published. The report provides in-depth background and then delves into the reasons why Holocaust denial is hate speech, why counter speech is in this case not an option, and why Facebook as a private company does indeed have both the right and a moral […]
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Andre Oboler, Gaza: NGO’s, the Times, the World Bank, and the facts, Israpundit
A December 17 article Israeli sanctions ‘will ruin plans to rebuild Palestinian economy’ in the Times (UK) caused concern for many who care about fair reporting, human rights and effective assistance to the Palestinians. The article stated that Oxfam, the World Bank and the Red Cross reported that Israeli restrictions on movement have “strangled the […]