In the lead-up to ANZAC day 2013 an internet troll created a series of pages mocking the ANZACs and causing public outrage in both Australia and New Zealand.
Facebook's reluctance to remove Holcoaust denial is used as a shield to mock memorial pages to a young girl cyberbullied into suicide.
The Online Hate Prevention Institute has released a ground breaking report into Online Hate against Aboriginal people in Australian
An interview with the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler
THE ONLINE HATE PREVENTION INSTITUE
OHPI was created in 2012 as a dedicated institute for addressing online hate. It builds on six years of work in combating Online Hate by CEO Dr Andre Oboler.
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OHPI continues to serve as a line of defense by tracking all forms of online hate, monitoring online environments to include social media platforms. This covers both “hate speech” directed against groups or individuals, as well as cyberbullying which can involve hateful content directed against an individual. Using classic risk analysis approaches, the institute tracks the content, develops in-depth reports, and does everything in its power to have it removed.
“The aim is to try and clean up social media. If we do that, we can start changing social values so that hate is again seen as not acceptable in society.”
- Dr. Oboler
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OHPI aims to examine the full breadth of internet communication and to demonstrate where hate manifests and how those in control of different types of platforms can mitigate the problem. We aim to promote debate about the type of society we, the internet-using public, wish to see. We also seek to raise awareness about the dangers that hate, whatever form it takes, can have on individuals and their physical and emotional health.
Ultimately, OHPI’s vision is to change online culture so hate in all its forms becomes as socially unacceptable online as it is “in real life”.
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Help us fight against online hate by signing our petition against Facebook on Change.org
Facebook is failing to prevent their platform from being used to spread hate. By signing OHPI’s petition demanding Facebook to stop ignoring reports of racism, you are helping push social platforms to take responsibility for the hate content they are allowing to be published.
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If you would like to contribute to the fight against online hate, we are now accepting donations through Paypal. You can donate by clicking on the Donate button to the right.
For larger contributions or to get involved, please contact us and we will get in touch with you shortly.
