• San Diego Mosque Attack 2026
    San Diego Mosque Attack 2026

    This report examines the various narratives of hate found online in the immediate wake of the deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego, California on 18 May 2026.

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  • Bondi Report
    Bondi Report

    This report is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre. May their memory be a blessing. Video extracts Press Release New report warns extremist language and public erasure are reshaping Australia’s civic space A new research report by the Online Harm Prevention Institute (OHPI) examining the aftermath of…

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  • Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre
    Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre

    This preliminary report looks at the online response to the Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre. We examine the hate and extremism posted in response to the deadly attack.

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  • Online Anti-Muslim Hate and Racism Against Palestinians and Arabs: October 2023 – February 2024
    Online Anti-Muslim Hate and Racism Against Palestinians and Arabs: October 2023 – February 2024

    Online Anti-Muslim hate surged following the events of October 2023 and the Israel-Gaza war. These online incidents incited offline incidents including hate crimes, reflected the hostile offline environment, and promoted a social acceptability of anti-Muslim hate that sought to normalise this hostility. In response the Online Hate Prevention Institute based in Australia, which tackles all…

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  • Bourke Street Attack November 2018
    Bourke Street Attack November 2018

    This article is referred to in OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2018 Financial Year. Return to the Report. Background At around 4:10 pm on Friday the 9th of November a car was driven into shops on Bourke Street in Melbourne. A man set the car on fire and proceeded to attack members of the public with…

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  • Car Attack in Flinders Street Melbourne
    Car Attack in Flinders Street Melbourne

    On December 21st 2017 a car deliberately drove through pedestrians outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne. 19 people were injured and one later died in hospital. The driver was known to police and had a history of mental health issues and drug abuse. An Australian citizen of Afghan background, he had come to Australia as…

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  • Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate Interim Report
    Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate Interim Report

    This interim report provides some background and data from OHPI’s “Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate” Campaign.  This report is based on over 1,100 items of anti-Muslim hate in social media reported and categorised by the public through our FightAgainstHate.com reporting tool. The vast majority of the hate this report is based on was found on…

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  • Anti-Muslim Hate Interim Report
    Anti-Muslim Hate Interim Report

    This interim report provides some background and preliminary data from OHPI’s forthcoming “Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate Report” due to be released in March 2016. It is released for International Human Rights Day (10th of December 2015) and in light of the need to urgently address this growing problem which threatens the inclusivity of our…

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  • Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo murders
    Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo murders

    The Report Some Extracts OHPI’s Recommendations Media Mentions The attacks in January 2015 in France on the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, a police officer, and a kosher supermarket, have sparked significant discussion. That discussion touches on issues of antisemitism, freedom of speech and expression, a free press, freedom from persecution, human dignity, bigotry, religion, blasphemy,…

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  • How Facebook responded to anti-Muslim Hate
    How Facebook responded to anti-Muslim Hate

    Last year on International Human Rights Day, December 10th 2013, the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) released a major report into the growing problem of online hate targeting the Muslim community. The report, titled ‘Islamophobia on the Internet: The growth of online hate targeting Muslims’, was made freely available via the OHPI website. In the…

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