New Matilda columnist Michael Brull has written two columns about the anti-racism group – here and here. It’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler responds to the criticisms:
Michael Brull, an author at New Matilda, has been hard at work creating news. Not reporting it mind you, but creating it.
He appears to have made shutting down the Online Hate Prevention Institute his goal. Why New Matilda, a left leaning publication, would support an effort to dismantle a leading charity with a record for tackling racism against Indigenous Australians, the Muslim community, misogyny, homophobia and other forms of hate remains a mystery.
I don’t really follow New Matilda, but those who do, and who have supported it in the past have seen this as part of a downwards trend at the publication.
The Online Hate Prevention Institute began almost five years ago. It grew out of the project within the Zionist Federation of Australia for tackling online anti-Semitism. After two years of world class work on that topic, the decision was made to go independent and change the mandate.
Read the full response from Dr Andre Oboler at New Matilda.