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Big tech grilled over vile slurs unchecked on platforms

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Social media giants have faced intense questioning today at the Royal Commission over whether they are doing enough to...

How online hate speech slips through the cracks at Meta

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Meta has revealed it shifted its platforms to "reactive" moderation of posts containing hate speech, including antisemitism, to allow...

Coalition vows to block wider hate speech laws over free speech concerns

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The Coalition has warned it will oppose any new federal hate speech laws that threaten free speech, despite renewed...

Secret emails expose Biennale’s antisemitism crisis and artist payout

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Secret emails between the Biennale of Sydney and Creative Australia reveal how one of Australia's leading publicly funded arts...

Jewish Australians threatened with gas chambers and firebombing

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Jewish Australians have told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that their participation in the inquiry has...

ABC and SBS called before Antisemitism Royal Commission over Middle East reporting

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Senior representatives of the ABC and SBS are expected to appear before the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social...

Jewish girl feels safer in Israeli bomb shelter than in Australia

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Australian Jewish families have described their experiences of online and antisemitic hatred to a royal commission, including attacks directed...

Man sentenced over antisemitic death threats to Albanese and Minns

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A West Australian man who sent an antisemitic message threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier...

Antisemitism is a ‘light sleeper’ in Australia, ECAJ president warns royal commission

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The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion received more than 20,000 submissions, one of the largest public responses...

Royal Commission to examine online hate and media antisemitism

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The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will turn its attention to online hate speech, social media platforms...

Buried in the algorithm

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TikTok did not invent antisemitism; it gave it speed. It gave ancient hatred a stage small enough to fit...

NSW passes laws to shut down illegal places of worship in response to Bondi

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The NSW Parliament has passed legislation giving local councils stronger powers to shut down unlawful places of public worship,...

Former Age editor calls out antisemitism in submission

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Veteran journalist Michael Gawenda has written a submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, drawing on...

Sydney ‘globalise the intifada’ forum moves to outdoor venue after council venue cancelled

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A controversial Sydney forum defending the slogan “Globalise the Intifada” has been forced out of a City of Sydney...

Minns won’t intervene as ‘intifada’ event heads to council hall

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Senior state and federal politicians have declined to intervene in a controversial pro-Palestinian forum scheduled to be held at...

Children’s book scrapped after illustrator’s remarks on Bondi victims

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The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has cancelled a forthcoming children's book after concluding it could not proceed without...

Activist pleads insanity in latest test of Queensland hate speech laws

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A 70-year-old activist has mounted an unusual legal challenge to Queensland’s new hate speech laws today, telling a Brisbane...

Victorian Multicultural Commission forced to change charter after antisemitic statements

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A Melbourne Jewish community advocate has secured changes to the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC)’s charter. The changes follow a...

Police find no offence at neo-Nazi rally as government keeps hate speech review secret

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A neo-Nazi leader who promoted a conspiracy theory about the Jewish community during a protest outside NSW Parliament did...

Report warns of coordinated disinformation after London attack on Jewish ambulances

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A new study has revealed a surge of antisemitic responses from Australian social media users following a suspected terrorist...

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