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"Australia has spent much of the past two years responding to anti-Jewish and
anti-Muslim hate as separate problems. But our latest research suggests they
have something important in common.
Both changed fundamentally after the Hamas attacks of October 7 2023 and the
subsequent war in Gaza. Both became more persistent online. Both became much
more closely connected to events happening in the real world.
That matters because Australia is now debating how best to respond. The Royal
Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is underway, and the federal
government has appointed Special Envoys to tackle antisemitism and
Islamophobia.
Today, the Tackling Hate Lab, a research group bringing together experts in
social science, psychology, data science, engineering and economics, released
two reports examining these changes.
We analysed more than two million Australian social media posts, most of them
from X (formerly Twitter), together with hundreds of verified offline incidents
of vandalism, harassment and physical violence targeting Jewish and Muslim
Australians between 2021 and 2026.
The findings suggest Australia is dealing with something more than occasional
spikes in hate. They point to a lasting shift in how hate spreads and how it
interacts with events in the real world."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
