OHPI in the Press
-
Ramping up the battle against online hate
jwire.com reports on the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s roll out of 11 month-long campaigns designed to combat online hate.
-
Online Hate Prevention Institute turns eight
jwire.com reports on the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s eighth birthday, and explains some of our key achievements since our inception.
-
Australia Won’t Ban Manifestos Similar To The Christchurch Shooter’s Because They Didn’t Go As Viral
Buzzfeed.com reports on online manifestos in the wake of the Christchurch shooting, and talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the dangers that these manifestos can pose.
-
Hate Speech or Free Speech: Can we regulate social media?
Medium talks to our CEO Andre Oboler on the topic of free speech and hateful content. Oboler discusses some strategies that could be employed by governments who are
-
Turning back the tide of antisemitic abuse of Jewish school students
ABC News talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the role that social media and the internet can play in facilitating racist bulling among school children.
-
Australia Won’t Censor 8chan Unless It Hosts The Christchurch Video, Says Internet Watchdog
Buzzfeed News talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the way that online message-boards like 8chan can facilitate extremism in light of its role in the Christchurch shooting.
-
Responding to Extremism
Since posting Wednesday’s live interview on ABC News with our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, we have had to ban two people from our Facebook page. Our Facebook page
-
Live TV interview on Facebook’s efforts to use Exit Australia to combat extremism
Our CEO Dr Andre Oboler was interviewed for ABC news on September 19 about Facebook’s efforts to use Exit Australia to combat extremism.
-
Live radio interview on countering online hate
Our CEO Dr Andre Oboler was interviewed live on JAir Radio about the Online Hate Prevention Institute and our efforts to combat online hate.
-
Stopping Trolling and Gendered Based Hate
Victorian Member of Parliament and leader of the Reason Party Fiona Patten has announced a push to introduce a bill to the Victorian parliament “designed to stop trolling