In the Media
Financial Review, 10 July 2026
‘Shocking disrespect and disregard’: Bondi inquiry blasts Musk’s X
By Paul Karp
The barrister leading the Bondi terror attack royal commission has blasted Elon Musk’s social media platform X for what he called a shocking disregard for the Australian community in refusing to account for its failure to crack down on online hate.
Australian Jewish News, 9 July 2026
Honours Club session focuses on Royal Commission
By AJN Staff
Blicblau explained that combating antisemitism requires more than responding to individual incidents.
City Hub, 8 July 2026
Royal Commission Examines YouTube Response To Bondi Attack Misinformation
By Patrick Lenton
YouTube has defended its decision to keep online a video that falsely questioned whether Bondi Beach terror attack survivor Arsen Ostrovsky was a genuine victim, as technology platforms faced questioning at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
News.com, 8 July 2026
YouTube review results in smear campaign remaining online
By Amy Jackson
A video targeting a Jewish Bondi terror attack survivor has survived YouTube’s moderation review, with the platform conceding re-reporting it would result in “absolutely nothing” changing.
The Australian, 7 July 2026
‘Serious deficiency’: YouTube refuses to pull Bondi conspiracy video despite RC pressure
By James Dowling
TikTok’s trust and safety global policy safety head Zachary Hecht was called before the antisemitism royal commission.
ABC, 7 July 2026
YouTube says video calling Bondi Beach terror attack a 'false flag' does not violate hate speech policies
By Phoebe Pin
YouTube policy manager Rachel Lord said a video from a creator claiming the Bondi Beach terror attack was a "false flag" does not breach its hate speech policies.
ABC News, 6 July 2026
ABC 7.30 - Social media giants front royal commission into antisemitism
ABC News Afternoons, 7 July 2026
Hearings to probe how YouTube, TikTok manage risk of online hate
News.com, 7 July 2026
YouTube defends video labelling Bondi shooting victim crisis actor
By Paul Karp
YouTube has said a video labelling the Bondi terrorist attack a false flag event and suggesting one of its victims was a crisis actor did not violate its policies because it questioned his motives but did not deny deaths had occurred.
Australian Jewish News, 7 July 2026
TikTok and YouTube appear at Royal Commission
By AJN staff
TikTok and YouTube appear, as the Royal Commission continues its focus on the dissemination of antisemitic content and other forms of hateful speech in the media.
The Courier, 30 June 2026
Jewish Australians threatened with firebombing, gassing
By Lucinda Garbutt-Young
Witnesses giving evidence to the anti-Semitism royal commission have endured violent threats - including calls for gassing - as social media monitoring struggles to keep up.
An online comment suggesting disused oil refineries be repurposed as "makeshift concentration camps" had been reported several times over the past week but still remained live, Dor Foundation chief executive Tahli Blicblau told the inquiry on Tuesday.
Australian Jewish News, 30 June 2026
Dor Foundation reports on antisemitism targeting witnesses
Dor Foundation CEO Tali Blicblau told the Royal Commission her foundation has been monitoring the response online to witnesses giving evidence during Hearing Block One of the commission’s work and prepared a report as evidence.
ABC News, 30 June 2026
Witnesses targeted in offensive online posts
By Phoebe Pin
Dor Foundation CEO Tahli Blicblau returned to the commission on Tuesday to discuss the organisation's analysis of offensive social media posts and comments against inquiry witnesses who appeared during the first hearing block.
The West Australian 30 June 2026
CEO of The Dor Foundation Tahli Blicblau says royal commission witnesses have been targeted
By Rhiannon Lewin and Amy Jackson
Witnesses who have given evidence into a hate inquiry sparked by the Bondi terror attack have since borne the brunt of hundreds of abusive online posts, which are largely still online.
Some of the hateful posts have included calls for the reinstation of Holocaust gas chambers.
CEO of The Dor Foundation Tahli Blicblau revealed on Tuesday at the Royal Commission on anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion that data collected by the not-for-profit organisation suggested a minimum of 26 witnesses in the first hearing block had been attacked online in 275 posts across seven platforms.
The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, AFR 30 June 2026
‘Biggest arena of antisemitism’: Jewish MP Josh Burns slams social media companies
Tahli Blicblau, the chief executive of the Dor Foundation, also gave evidence on Tuesday, her second appearance before the commission. She detailed a report her not-for-profit organisation wrote capturing some of the online abuse directed at witnesses after they had appeared at the commission.
Blicblau said witnesses from the first hearing block, which focused on the lived experience of Jewish Australians, had been “subjected to more targeted and abused online, at volume”. One witness was targeted by 225 posts.
The Australian, 30 June 2026
Witnesses targeted with antisemitic abuse after giving evidence, inquiry told
By James Dowling
Dor Foundation chief executive Tahli Blicblau has revealed how antisemites on social media have targeted past witnesses to the royal commission, collating hundreds of threats, including calls to kill Jews.
Ms Blicblau has previously given evidence and provided the inquiry during its proceedings with a tranche of evidence on social media hate directed towards the 74 witnesses in its first hearing block.
AFR, 30 June 2026
Antisemitism commission hears of online abuse aimed at witnesses
By Paul Karp
Tahli Blicblau, from the Dor Foundation, has returned to the antisemitism royal commission to discuss a report it wrote capturing some of the online abuse directed at other witnesses after they had appeared.
Never Again: The Fight Against Antisemitism
In early 2024, Josh Frydenberg led a documentary on the rise of antisemitism in Australia.
Click below to watch.
