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‘Really serious’: YouTube slammed over Bondi video

YouTube has been criticised at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion after allowing a video questioning whether...

Big tech grilled over vile slurs unchecked on platforms

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

Online calls for violence against Jews surged after Bondi

Calls for violence against Jews surged on social media after the Bondi Beach terror attack, the Royal Commission on...

Commission told online hate response remains too slow

Delays in online safety reform and gaps in the law came under renewed scrutiny at the Royal Commission on...

Antisemitism surged on X after Musk takeover, inquiry told

Elon Musk’s takeover of X weakened the platform’s response to antisemitism and allowed previously banned users to return, an...

‘We were lost’: Jewish MP recalls attack on electorate office

Federal Labor MP Josh Burns has detailed the antisemitic abuse directed at him and his partner, including the violent...

Al-Qaeda affiliate glorifies Bondi massacre and calls for copycat attacks

A Yemen-based affiliate of Al-Qaeda has glorified the Bondi Beach massacre and urged supporters in Western countries to carry...

Royal Commission to examine online hate and media antisemitism

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

Inside Australia’s long fight against antisemitism

Australia’s antisemitism crisis did not begin with the Bondi terror attack on 14 December 2025, but that night forced...

NSW man charged over alleged Nazi symbol and online threats

A man from Armidale in NSW has been charged by the Australian Federal Police over the alleged display of...

Think tank warns social media outrage fuelling distrust and division

Online outrage and disinformation spreading across social media are emerging as a serious threat to Australia’s social cohesion, according...

Bondi Beach massacre sparks online hate storm, report warns of normalised antisemitism

In the aftermath of the terrorist shooting at Bondi Beach, online platforms erupted in antisemitism and Islamophobia, according to...

Conspiracies flooded social media within minutes of Bondi massacre

Within 15 minutes of Sunday's deadly shooting at a Bondi Beach Chanukah celebration, antisemitic conspiracy theories claiming Jews orchestrated...

A deep-dive into online antisemitism

Jewish people are scared. A hostile environment has been created in which targeting Jews seems to be once again...

Online Hate Prevention Institute reaches the 10-year mark

The Online Hate Prevention Institute has celebrated its 10th anniversary. All the initial directors are still members of the organisation...

Online Hate Prevention Institute welcomes Victorian Government’s response to the anti-vilification inquiry but sounds a warning

The Online Hate Prevention Institute has welcomed the Victorian Government’s response to the Inquiry into anti-vilification protections but warned that the critical issue of online hate, which is fuelling much of the vilification the inquiry investigated, may not be receiving the urgent attention it needs.

The return of populist antisemitism

Ben Cohen: Corona has exacerbated a new virus online, touching on the regulation of the Internet, global restrictions on hate speech, national security measures and the prospect of tougher legal sanctions against both individual extremists and the platforms that host them.

Online hate

Violent antisemitic attacks are on the rise, particularly in Europe.

Handling online hate

A new initiative is being launched to handle online hate

New Briefing from the Online Hate Prevention Institute

The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has released a new briefing which examines in more depth the images of antisemitism and Holocaust denial as shown in its recent video.