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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 […]
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Andre Oboler’s article “New media need a new approach to anti-Semitism” in the Jerusalem Post
Andre Oboler, New media need a new approach to anti-Semitism, Jerusalem Post, 28 April 2010, p 15 Why should something condemned by society were it published in print suddenly become legitimate simply because it appears on-line? The US Congress and the Italian parliament deserve credit; last week both held hearings into combatting on-line anti-Semitism. The […]
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Antisemitism 2.0, New Technology, Old dangers and Future challenges, Public lecture in Bucharest
This was a public lecture at the Jewish Community Center in Bucharest, Romania. About half the audience was from the Jewish community, the remained were largely students from the University of Bucharest. The highlight of the talk was an activity based on the Click Against Hate program. The audience were divided into three large groups […]
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Hearing into Online Antisemitism at the Italian Parliament
The following are the prepared remarks of CIE’s Director, Dr Andre Oboler, for the hearing into online antisemitism of the Italian Parliament. The hearing occurred at 8:30am on Thursday April 22nd 2010. I thank the committee and Fiamma Nirenstein, its president, for arranging this opportunity to address you and discuss the important topic of online […]
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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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Antisemitismo Online: Non Cadere Nella Rete, Palazzo Valentini, Provincia Di Roma
This presentation was part of a panel held as a public forum in Rome. Other speakers included Riccardo Pacifici (President of the Jewish Community in Rome), Fiamma Nirenstein (member of of the Italian Parliament and Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee), Stefano Gatti (an antisemitism expert at the Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea – […]
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Antisemitism 2.0, Australia Union of Jewish Students (Executive Conference)
This presentation to the executive conference of the Executive Conference of the Australia Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) highlighted the spread on antisemitism 2.0 and gave a particular focus to YouTube. It included discussion of the Sasha Baron Cohen clip “Throw the Jew Down The Web” and how this was attracting large volume of antisemitism […]
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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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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 […]