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Social Media and the Normalisation of Hate: October 7 Two Years On
This OHPI report examines changes to antisemitism across ten social platforms from the year before October 7 through to the second anniversary of the attack. It reflects a sharp rise in the months after October 7, a decline later in 2024, then a renewed rise in antisemitism during 2025. On four platforms the level of…
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Responses to the Melbourne Synagogue Attacks in 2024 & 2025
In November 2024, the Addas Synagogue in Melbourne was set alight. In July 2025 the entrance to the East Melbourne Synagogue was set alight. These attacks on places of worship are just part of the rise in antisemitism in Australia since the October 7, 2023. This report examines soem of the online responses to these…
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New Zealand Antisemitism Report
Between April and September 2024, a group of New Zealand university students were hired by the Astor Foundation and seconded to the Online Hate Prevention Institute for training and management in a project to collect online antisemitism, particularly content originating in New Zealand. The full report is presented here and can also be downloaded. In…
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Online Antisemitism Before October 7
A report on online antisemitism compiled just before the October 7 attack in partnership with the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. This report provides a baseline of where we were before the post October 7 flood of antisemitism. We are releasing this report together with the new report as it provides not only the statistical…
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Online Antisemitism After October 7
A groundbreaking new report examines 27 types of antisemitism across 10 platfroms with shocking results that need our urgent attention. Antisemitism surged following the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. Antisemitism on social media incited offline incidents including hate crimes, reflected the hostile offline environment, and promoted a social acceptability of antisemitism normalised this…
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The Online Antisemitism in Australia 2023 Report
This report from the Online Hate Prevention Institute, in partnership with the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, examines online antisemitism in Australia. It is based on a sample of antisemitic content manually collected by experts between November 3, 2022 and June 2, 2023. The report provides both quantitative and qualitative analysis of this data including…
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Neo-Nazis April Fools’ Day
When researching extremism, particularly online extremism, one needs to be conscious of many layers of depth. Peeling that onion takes time, effort and expertise. Experts are needed to raise the alarm when there is an emerging threat, but also not to play into the hands of neo-Nazis when they engage in attention-seeking publicity stunts.
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Submission on Anti-Vilification Protections
The Online Hate Prevention Institute was one of 42 organisations to make a submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry Into Anti-Vilification Protections. Our submission, dated January 17, 2020, […]
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HATE AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM FROM AN ONLINE SUBCULTURE: The Yom Kippur Terrorist Attack in Halle, Germany
A new form of terrorism emerged in 2019. Incubated by a globalised, toxic, anonymous online culture, incitement to hate now all too frequently leads to violent extremism that manifests offline, […]
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Poway Synagogue Attack
This article is referred to in OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2016 Financial Year. Return to the Report. On the last day of the Jewish festival of Passover, on […]