Hate speech

Australian who called Jews 'greatest enemy' of nation gets year in jail under new hate crime laws

"They [Jews] are an enemy to Western civilisation," said Brandon Koschel in an Australia Day speech, before being charged with publicly inciting hatred on the grounds of race.

Brandon Koschel delivering a speech in Sydney on January 26, 2026.
An antisemitism hashtag, illustrating online antisemitic hate speech.

Antisemitism is booming – and Big Tech loves it - opinion

People stand near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Australia’s conservative coalition reunites after split over hate speech laws

An antisemitism hashtag, illustrating online antisemitic hate speech.

Online antisemitism grows smarter, faster, and harder to stop, CyberWell report shows


Israelis think Facebook is the most hateful social network, survey finds

82% of Israelis who were exposed to hate speech online said Facebook was the social network where the most instances occurred.

Is Facebook the most hateful social media network? (illustrative)

Elon Musk, France's Macron have 'clear and honest' talk on Twitter hate speech

Macron - on a visit to the United States - said in an interview with the television show Good Morning America that he believed there were "responsibilities and limits" to free speech.

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk smiles at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, US, June 13, 2019.

Why did Israel elect people with hateful views? - opinion

Today, there are those in Israel who seek significant ministerial positions yet appear totally insensitive as to what it means to be a minority within a population.

 Religious Zionist Party leader MK Bezalel Smotrich

Under 1/3 of antisemitic content on LinkedIn removed - FOA report

The survey used the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism to identify over 100 antisemitic posts.

 LinkedIn headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Spotify criticizes Kanye's comments, keeps his music

The streaming giant said that none of Kanye's music violates their anti-hate policies, despite his recent string of antisemitic comments.

Rapper Kanye West smiles during a meeting with then-US President Donald Trump to discuss criminal justice reform at the White House in Washington, US, October 11, 2018.

78-year-old Israeli gets 4-month sentence for threatening Netanyahu

78-year-old Israeli Tzvi Binstein, who issued calls to harm former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over social media, will have his sentence converted to community service on probation.

 FACEBOOK HAS almost halved the amount of hate speech people see on the social networking site over the last three quarters, down to 0.05% of content views, according to the author.

We must stop antisemitism from spreading on digital platforms - opinion

Online hate learned that referring to “killing Jews” triggers an algorithm to remove the content, but calling for “death to Zionists” is acceptable.

 THE WRITER sits alongside President Issac Herzog, who served then as Jewish Agency chairman, at a task force hearing in the Knesset, 2020.

Why is the UK funding Iran’s ideological advances? - opinion

It appears Islamists have benefited from the financial largesse of the UK, giving a whole new meaning to the terms aiding and abetting.

 AN ANTI-ISRAEL demonstration takes place in Tehran. As Iran’s ayatollahs called from their pulpits for the destruction of Israel, it was easy for the West to forget that it too was in the line of fire, says the writer.

Combating antisemitism, delegitimization on social media – do we stand a chance?

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Tisha Be'av: Israel needs less hate, more humility and restraint - opinion

We are repeating too many of the mistakes made by our ancestors in the First and Second Jewish Commonwealth periods which brought about social decay, moral decline and political disintegration.

 READING Megillat Eicha in Jerusalem’s Old City.