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/PRNewswire/ -- New speakers have been announced for Mitigating Societal Harms in a Social Media World, an IEEE Computer Society Tech Forum taking place...
Hate speech is a problem for many social media companies Social media companies must do more to address rising levels of hate speech in society, an interfaith conference including participants from countries including Israel and Palestine has agreed. They took part in a workshop designed to offer training on different forms of hate, the impact it has on individuals as well as communities, and how they can identify and combat it. Young people from Australia, Israel, Germany, Turkey, the United States, Nigeria, Palestine, France, and Switzerland were among those taking part. Andre Oboler, chief...
In just the last week, The Age reported on a group of neo-Nazis burning crosses in the Grampians, a Singaporean teen was arrested for allegedly planning a Christchurch-inspired terror attack, and Enrique Tarrio, leader of far-right gang the Proud Boys, appeared on the ABC. The three incidents are a reminder of the fascist threat that will not go away. But they’re also chips in a larger debate rippling through the Australian media landscape: how do journalists explain and interrogate the rise of the far right without amplifying and legitimising the views of its protagonists? Can Nazis ever ...
Last modified on Wed 27 Jan 2021 21.22 EST Daniel Andrews has warned that “evil” and “wicked” antisemitism is on the rise after a meeting of neo-Nazis in Victoria’s Grampians national park on Saturday. The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald reported that dozens of far-right extremists gathered in the Grampians and Halls Gap over the Australia Day weekend, chanting white supremacist slogans, raising their arms in Nazi salutes and some wearing army fatigues. The group’s activities prompted complaints to local police, who told local ABC news that they attended but could not identify a...
YouTube's far-right alternatives are more popular than ever "The migration to other websites has existed for a while. We've seen a lot of content splitting off into smaller channels as a result of previous crackdowns that were happening on YouTube from as early as 2019," Dr. Andre Oboler — CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute — told Insider. Last week's suspensions, however, have sped up the process. "The far-right's gravitation towards these platforms for has now certainly been accelerated," Oboler said. BitChute, a British video hosting website founded in 2017, has drawn in t...