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18C helped beat Facebook hate page
The Australian Jewish News reports on section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA), which community leaders say helped them to persuade Facebook this week to close down
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More on freedom of speech: the case of Ben Garrison
April 30, 2014: Sarah AB, More on freedom of speech: the case of Ben Garrison, Harry’s place, http://hurryupharry.org/2014/04/30/more-on-freedom-of-speech-the-case-of-ben-garrison/ In this interesting post cartoonist Ben Garrison describes how his work was maliciously
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PRESS RELEASE: OHPI’s S 18C Submission
In a submission to the Australian Government’s consultation on proposed changes to Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has warned of serious and unforseen
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Submission to the Commonwealth Attorney-General on the Proposed Amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)
This report discusses OHPI’s views on the proposed amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. We argue that the revisions would lead to a loss of sovereignty, in
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Who Is Behind ADL’s Racist Violence
April 23, 2014, Andy Fleming, New Matilda, Who Is Behind ADL’s Racist Violence, https://www.newmatilda.com/2014/04/23/whos-behind-adls-racist-violence Two shootings on opposite sides of the world show that far right groups pose a
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Do You Hate to be Online?
April 8, 2014: Do you Hate to be Online?, Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, http://caama.com.au/2014/04/page/7 Online hate is all around us nowadays. Facebook, Twitter and even YouTube are filled
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Social Media Users more open to racism with law changes
April 7, 2014: Warren Barnsley, Social Media Users more open to racism with law changes, National Indigenous Radio Service The Online Hate Prevention Institute is concerned proposed changes
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Normalising Holocaust Denial, Aboriginal Memes and more
The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), the national harm prevention charity dedicated to online hate issues, today warned that proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act will have
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ABC gives green light to hate speech
A couple of weeks ago the Online Hate Prevention Institute called out the ABC for sparking Facebook hate and then assuming that having moderators automatically meant there was
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Potential Fight Over Federal Racial Discrimination Act s 18C: Unbolting “Bolt”
February 25, 2014, www.timebase.com.au, http://www.timebase.com.au/news/2014/AT097-article.html Recent press has reported that Federal Attorney-General George Brandis (the Attorney) has said that the Federal criminal laws banning racial violence “have been too narrowly