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Dr Andre Oboler giving evidence at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Photo: screenshot
July 9, 2026, 11:31 am
Hate continues to climb
Dr Andre Oboler told the Royal Commission antisemitism is rising across platforms and urged stronger laws.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Photo: supplied
July 9, 2026, 8:00 am
Social media giants face the Royal Commission
The commission's focus shifted to social media companies, exposing serious questions over accountability and online hate.
By AJN STAFF
Some of the wares for sale.
October 30, 2023, 9:03 am
Supporting Israeli businesses in tangible ways
‘The street shops are closed and a lot of people around the world want to support Israel in many ways. This is one way.’
By Jessica Abelsohn
Sali (left) with Dr Nurit Zussman.
June 1, 2023, 12:06 pm
Ethiopian-Israeli wears white coat
Hadassah Hospital acknowledged the invaluable support provided by the Achotenu program, which aims to empower students from the Ethiopian-Israeli community
By Mia Gardiner
Former senator Fraser Anning at the protest at St Kilda beach in January 2019. Photo: AAP Image/Kenji Wardenclyffe / Wardenclyffe Photography
August 4, 2022, 9:09 am
Social media giant pulls antisemitic comment
'We look forward to a time when comments of this nature are removed automatically without the need for higher-level intervention.'
By Peter Kohn
March 31, 2022, 10:15 am
Facebook finally acts
After a review, an antisemitic comment equating Jews with Nazis has been removed by Facebook.
By Gareth Narunsky
Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook's rebrand. Photo: Video screenshot
November 15, 2021, 6:00 am
Facebook’s name change face-plant
Facebook’s new name caused a stir in Israel, where the company’s new name “Meta” is similar to the Hebrew word for “dead”.
By AJN STAFF
Dvir Abramovich at the Raoul Wallenberg Garden next to St Kilda Town Hall. Photo: Peter Haskin
February 25, 2021, 9:00 am
Facebook unfriends Dvir Abramovich
ADC chair: 'I was punished, without an opportunity for appeal, for presenting the antisemitism I have directly experienced'.
By Evan Zlatkis
Survivors at the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne protesting against Facebook in July 2018. From left: Joseph De Haan, David Prince, Abe Goldberg and Lusia Haberfeld. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 22, 2020, 9:00 am
Tackling denial will be a challenge for Facebook
'Changing the policy is only the first step, implementing it will be the real test'.
By Dr Andre Oboler
October 15, 2020, 12:00 am
Time for real change
It took two years too long, but Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are to be commended for taking the right course of action and barring any content claiming the Holocaust didn't happen.
By AJN STAFF
Survivors at the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne protesting against Facebook in July 2018. From left: Joseph De Haan, David Prince, Abe Goldberg and Lusia Haberfeld. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 15, 2020, 12:00 am
Holocaust deniers denied a platform
Facebook announced that it will now ban any posts that deny or distort the Holocaust, a landmark change from its previous policy.
By Evan Zlatkis
A post on the Protocols of the learned elders of Zion Facebook page.
August 13, 2020, 12:00 am
Push against antisemitism on Facebook
This week, more than 120 organisations signed an open letter calling on Facebook to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism.
By Peter Kohn
Photo: Dreamstime.com
August 11, 2020, 6:34 pm
Facebook needs the IHRA definition
'What Facebook needs is a specific policy on antisemitism that captures all the ways it manifests. Ideally one supported by international experts, governments, and civil society'.
By Dr Andre Oboler
Companies are boycotting Facebook and demanding the platform take stronger measures to weed out hateful content. Photo: EPA/Sascha Steinbach
July 16, 2020, 12:00 am
Facebook ‘failing miserably’ on hate speech
Calling on Facebook to improve its handling of racist and violent content, hundreds of companies have suspended their Facebook advertising for one month as part of a new campaign.
By Sophie Deutsch
A Holocaust denial post on Facebook.
July 26, 2018, 12:00 am
Facebook is stuck in denial
If Facebook doesn’t revise its outdated policy on Holocaust denial, regulators will inevitably change it for them. That will leave Facebook and the Zuckerbergs not just stuck in the past, but on the wrong side of history.
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