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Today’s Social Media Campaigns
Originally published as: Andre Oboler, Today’s Social Media Campaigns, Jerusalem Post Blogs, 28 August 2011 Everyone wants a social media campaign; they’re just not quite sure what it is. Every marketing student, blogger and self styled activist wants to be known as a “social media expert”. This post looks at two social media campaigns of […]
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Antisemitism 2.0, WUJS 3G – Unlocking our Future, Congress of the World Union of Jewish Students
I assisted the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) with their 2009 congress, “WUJS 3G”. The Congress, based in Jerusalem, was themes on emerging technology. I moderated the track online antisemitism which included a presentation from myself as well as presentations from Amos Hermon (head of the Jewish Agency’s task force to combat antisemitism), Aryeh […]
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Andre Oboler, The Rise and Fall of a Facebook Hate Group, Covenant: Global Jewish Magazine
This was published as an updated version of the popular First Monday article by the same name. Abstract: One Facebook group has repeatedly caught the media’s attention. The group was called “Israel” is not a country! … Delist it from Facebook as a country! Despite the opinions of experts who highlighted the racist nature of […]
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Andre Oboler, The rise and fall of a Facebook hate group, First Monday 13(11 )
One Facebook group has repeatedly caught the media’s attention. The group was called ‘”Israel” is not a country! … Delist it from Facebook as a country!”‘ Despite the opinions of experts who highlighted the racist nature of the group, Facebook refused to take action. After unsuccessfully lobbying Facebook for intervention, an organization known as the […]
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Germany’s F.A.Z. focuses on Online Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial with expert commentary from Dr Andre Oboler
The original German Language version of this article was published as: Christoph Gunkel, Facebook and Google Earth: Anti-Semitism in Web 2.0, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 14 2008. This English version was translated by Ricarda Krenn. It was the massacre of seven youths and one adult that turned David into an internet warrior. In March a […]
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The Jerusalem Post gets Dr Andre Oboler’s analysis on the Jewish Internet Defense Force’s Facebook campaign
Stephanie Rubenstein, Jewish Internet Defense Force ‘seizes control’ of anti-Israel Facebook group, Jerusalem Post, Jul. 29, 2008 The Jewish Internet Defense Force, a group that claims to have 5,000 members worldwide, says it is steadily removing members from a viciously anti-Israel and anti-Semitic group on Facebook, having taken control of the group on Sunday. “Facebook […]
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Andre Oboler interviewed on the ZOA Middle East report on WNWR – New World Radio, Philadelphia
In this radio interview, WNWR’s ZOA Philly Middle East Report interviews Dr Andre Oboler and the JIDF’s David Appletree on Google Earth, Facebook and YouTube. Broadcast on WNWR, July 9th 2008
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Jerusalem Post get’s Dr Oboler’s analysis on the Google Earth ‘Nakba’ dots
Stephanie Rubenstein, Google Earth highlights the ‘Nakba’, Jerusalem Post, July 2nd 2008 Anti-Israel activity on the Google Earth application has been stepped up this week, with the message “Nakba – The Palestinian Catastrophe” now appearing when users scroll over the orange dots that speckle locations across the entire map of Israel. Google spokesperson Jessica Powell […]