Our Impact
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Campaign to Tackle Antisemitism
Throughout June 2020, the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) is running a campaign to Tackle Antisemitism. OHPI stands against Antisemitism in all form. Since our inception, in 2012, OHPI has worked hard to combat online Antisemitic hate speech We have produced many reports, articles, briefings and commentary on tackling Antisemitism. Our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler,…
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Campaign to Stop Online Misogyny
Throughout May 2020, the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) will be running a campaign to stop online Misogyny. OHPI stands against misogynistic speech online, particularly through social media. We stand against all forms of online Misogyny such as: rape jokes, threats and intimidation, slut-shaming, cyber-mobbing of any woman to push her out of the discussion,…
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Campaign on Islamophobia
Throughout April 2020, the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) will be running a campaign tackling online Islamophobia. Our 2013 work on Islamophobia on the Internet, produced in consultation with the Islamic Council of Victoria, was highlighted in 2014 to a range of Foreign Ministers by the OIC, and in 2018 the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Committee…
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Briefing the Minister
On Friday the Online Hate Prevention Institute met with the Hon. Paul Fletcher MP, Federal Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts. In the meeting we briefed the Minister on the recent work of the Online Hate Prevention Institute, particularly in the area of Cyber Safety. Contributing to a safer online world Our discussion…
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Impact on Islamophobia: OHPI in UK Parliamentary Report
A few weeks ago the All Party Parliamentary Committee on British Muslims released a detailed and extremely important report “Islamophobia Defined“. The report is the result of “widespread consultation with parliamentarians, experts, lawyers, community activists and victim-led organisations” (page 8). The report also reviews past work in the field and its impact. Speaking of our…
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OHPI cited in the United Nations
In June 2017 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance presented a report on his mission to Australia to the Thirty-fifth session of the UN Human Rights Council (6-23 June 2017). The report, UN document AHRC/35/41/Add.2, on page 15 makes use of and cites the Online Hate…
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Submission to the Commonwealth Attorney-General on the Proposed Amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)
This report discusses OHPI’s views on the proposed amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. We argue that the revisions would lead to a loss of sovereignty, in which case the Australian public may be exposed to hateful content that would have otherwise been illegal. We also raise concerns about the elevation of some forms…