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Facebook and Instagram take down bishop stabbing videos
Andre Oboler, CEO of OHPI, spoke with The Daily Telegraph (paywalled article) about the recent stabbing in Sydney.
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Live ABC Radio Interview discussing what’s been done since the Christchurch attack to tackle online extremism
On March 13th 2020, our CEO Dr Andre Oboler went on ABC National radio to discuss the Christchurch attack, and the effect that it has had on efforts to combat online extremism.
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Muslim Group Calls Out Facebook’s Failure To Combat Hate After Christchurch
10 Daily reports on Facebook’s failure to combat hate after Christchurch, which was recently highlighted by a Muslim group. The article references the Online Hate Prevention’s work in the space.
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Christchurch Mosque Shooting ‘Inspiring’ Aussie Far-Right Extremists And White Supremacists
10 Daily reports on the Christchurch shooting and the effect that it has had on encouraging extremists and white supremacists. The article talks about the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s work in this space.
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After Christchurch, it’s impossible to separate the ‘okay sign’ from white supremacy
10 Daily reports on the Christchurch shooting and the white supremacist “okay” sign that has since gained in popularity. They talk to our CEO Andre Oboler about online extremism.
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How The Bourke Street Rampage Was Quickly Claimed To Be ‘Islamic Terrorism’
HuffPost reports on the recent attack on Bourke Street, and false claims that it was a case of Islamic Terrorism. Within minutes of the first reports filtering through that there had been a terrible incident, social media and blogs immediately branded it an act of religiously-motivated terror. They talk to our CEO Dr Andre Oboler…
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Ignorance and Bigotry
An excellent opinion piece by Jenna Price in The Age last Tuesday looked at bigotry and ignorance in Australian society. The article “Ignorant Australians are the threat to my society – Fear of the other is alive and well, and damaging” comments on new research by Matteo Vergani at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and…
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Anti-Muslim hate speech ‘fuels extremism’, experts say
The Sydney Morning Herald talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the role that hate-speech can play in fuelling violent extremism, following the Baird Government’s refusal to legislate against anti-Muslim hate-speech.
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A special investigation into extremism
Over the last few weeks I have been exchanging e-mails with Paul Toohey a journalist from News Corp. The e-mails let to the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s offices by him and a photographer as part of a special investigation into extremism in Australia. The article, “Extremism taking us to dark places” was published in various…
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Anti-Muslim Internet Hate: Interim Report to mark International Human Rights Day
To mark the International Human Rights Day today, the Online Hate Prevention Institute has released an interim report into anti-Muslim hate in social media. The report is evidence based and draws on a sample of over 1100 items reported by the public between September 24 2015 and November 24, 2015. The report is particularly timely with…