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The Roundtable: The challenge of being a ‘former’
On ABC Radio National’s The Roundtable, Exit Australia participated in a discussion featuring “formers”—individuals who have successfully left extremist movements. The segment explores the complexities of reconciling with the past and highlights effective strategies for reaching out to those who can still be helped.
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Technology’s capacity for harm
The IEEE‘s flagship publication, Spectrum Magazine, has noted the work of the Online Hate Prevention Institute in an article in its March issue which looks at the use of technology by the Nazis and lessons for today. The article by Allison Marsh is titled “Inside the Third Reich’s Radio“. It looks in-depth at how the…
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Report of the Inquiry into anti-vilification protections
The Online Hate Prevention Institute warmly welcomes the report of the Inquiry into anti-vilification protections which was tabled today in the Victorian Parliament. The Inquiry undertook extensive consultation. Committee members were deeply engaged and worked in a spirit of cooperation to ensure the best possible outcome could be reached for the Victorian community. The report…
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Facebook resorts to intimidation as publishing paradigms clash
Overnight Facebook ramped up its efforts to pressure the Australian Government into dropping a proposed law that would see online platforms pay media companies for the use of their content. The latest move saw all content linking to the sites of Australian news organisations vanish from Facebook. This has left the Facebook pages of a…
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Extremism in Australia
An Australia Day weekend camping trip in the Grampian Ranges by neo-Nazis has caused rising concern. In media coverage on this story today, our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, was interviewed by ABC Australia’s The World Today on Radio National, then separately in a live TV interview on ABC News. The radio segment can be heard…
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What threats to far-right extremists pose to our safety?
The World Today discusses a recent gathering of Neo-Nazis in regional Victoria, and the threat to national security posed by right-wing extremism. They talk to our CEO Andre Oboler, who clarified the history of the groups involved in the incident, and the underlying motivations behind it. Oboler discussed the role of alternative online platforms in…
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Daniel Andrews warns of rising antisemitism after neo-Nazi gathering in Victorian national park
The Gaurdian reports that Daniel Andrews has warned that “evil” and “wicked” antisemitism is on the rise after a meeting of neo-Nazis in Victoria’s Grampians national park on Saturday. The spoke to our CEO Andre Oboler, who said a similar Grampians tour was attempted by one of the group’s precursors. “This was really just a…
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Holocaust denial and extremism
Today is International Holocaust Memorial Day. It is a day when we remember the victims of the Holocaust, and where words of hate can ultimately lead. As the Ontario Court of Appeal in Canada said in 1989, “The Holocaust did not begin in the gas chambers. It began with words, with racial incitement”[1]. This warning…
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Annual Report on Activities for FY 2020
The following is a summary of activities discussed in the OHPI Directors Report for 2020. It reflects work undertaken between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020. The report itself contains further details on each section, which may be seen if you click for more information within each of the sections below. The Online Hate…
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WUJS Congress 2020
The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) held its 2020 conference online due to COVID. We were please to be invited to participate in a panel on the topic of “Online Hate and Antisemitism” coordinated by B’nai B’rith International. Our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, presented on the work of the Online Hate Prevention Institute and…