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 a page run by the Australian branch of the far-right Greek political party Golden Dawn. They report how The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) presented the social networking site and the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) with a briefing on Golden Dawn in Australia and on the Australia First Party, and talk to our CEO Andre Oboler about social media use and extremism.