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SSIT Chapter Lecture-2026


 
This SSIT online event will feature the main talk by Dr Andre Oboler from the Online Hate Prevention Institute, followed by a panel discussion with speakers from the co-sponsoring organisations: the Antisemitism Policy Trust, Tell MAMA, IEEE SSIT, and the Defence & Strategy Circle. 

The main talk will focus on online hate, how it is measured, what reasonable societal expectations are, how recent corporate decisions have reduced protections in recent years, and how national security is impacted by state actors using hate speech and disinformation as an information warfare tactic to damage social cohesion in other countries. Data on antisemitism and Islamophobia after October 7 2023 will be presented, along with more recent trends in antisemitism as presented to the Royal Commission in Australia, and discussion on misogyny from a forthcoming report into online violence against women. The talk will explore how we advance technology for humanity, rather than allowing it to be weaponised to spread division and societal destruction. 
 
 


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  • The host, A G Hessami is the Chair of SSIT Chapter in the IEEE-UK and Ireland Section

  • Starts 01 August 2026 05:30 AM UTC
  • Ends 18 August 2026 05:45 PM UTC
  • No Admission Charge


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Topic:

Online Hate Prevention

This SSIT online event will feature the main talk by Dr Andre Oboler from the Online Hate Prevention Institute, followed by a panel discussion with speakers from the co-sponsoring organisations: the Antisemitism Policy Trust, Tell MAMA, IEEE SSIT, and the Defence & Strategy Circle. 

The main talk will focus on online hate, how it is measured, what reasonable societal expectations are, how recent corporate decisions have reduced protections in recent years, and how national security is impacted by state actors using hate speech and disinformation as an information warfare tactic to damage social cohesion in other countries. Data on antisemitism and Islamophobia after October 7 2023 will be presented, along with more recent trends in antisemitism as presented to the Royal Commission in Australia, and discussion on misogyny from a forthcoming report into online violence against women. The talk will explore how we advance technology for humanity, rather than allowing it to be weaponised to spread division and societal destruction. 

Biography:

 
Dr Andre Oboler is CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute in Australia and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Law School at La Trobe University. A recognised global leader in monitoring and combating online hate, he is currently serving as an expert witness for Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, and as a member of the Australia Government’s Delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). His work in the online hate space over the last 20 years includes the first paper on antisemitism in social media where he coined the term antisemitism 2.0 back in 2008, and the world’s first repot into Islamophobia in social media in 2013, serving as a panellist for the United Nation Forum on Minority issues when it focused online hate in 2020, and a range of advisory roles for national governments, technology companies, and civil society organisations. Dr Oboler is a senior leading within IEEE, previously serving as the global chair for public policy, a Vice President of the IEEE Computer Society, and a Vice President of the IEEE Systems Council. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Lancaster University (UK), and degrees in computer science and law from Monash University (Australia). 

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Agenda

Introductions:

  • 30 minute presentation on online hate and misogyny
  • 30 minute panel discussion in response 
  • 30 minutes audience Q&A with the panel + Andre
  • 30 minutes socialising afterwards