News
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Melbourne Neo-Nazi ‘Race War’ Group Expands To Sydney
Josh Butler from 10 Daily talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about a neo-Nazi group that talks of a “race war” to “take our continent back” that has expanded to Sydney. Oboler explained how these groups had been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and explained: “They’re jumping on what’s topical. It’s the same as the…
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COVID-19 has prompted a spike in racist attacks. We need to start tracking them better
ABC news cites The Online Hate Prevention Institute’s work tracking data on online hate-speech when discussing the spike in racist attacks since the COVID-19 outbreak.
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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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Dymocks removal from sale of editions of Mein Kampf
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry discuss Dymocks’ decision to remove non-academic copies of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf from its stores, and cites the Online Hate Prevention Institute as first raising this issue.
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A Yom Hashoah gift from Dymocks
jwire.com discusses the national bookseller Dymocks decision to remove non-academic versions of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf from its stores, and cites the Online Hate Prevention Institute as first raising the issue.
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Victims of coronavirus-fuelled racism in Australia are speaking out about its impact
SBS News discusses The Online Hate Prevention’s work with the Human Rights Commission in trying to establish a more centralised approach to reporting racial hatred.
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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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Media
The Online Hate Prevention Institute regularly appears in the media. Media organisations wanting a comment can contact us, please provide your work e-mail when doing so. Media coverage & Press releases The following coverage comes from: ABC News, ABC News Tonight, ABC Religion & Ethic, The Australian, 10 Daily, South China Morning Post, The Daily…
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Governments advertising was supporting the hosting of terrorist manifesto
jwire.com reports on the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s work removing state-government (tax-payer funded) advertising from website hosting a terrorist manifesto, and talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about this process.
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Live ABC Radio Interview discussing what’s been done since the Christchurch attack to tackle online extremism
On March 13th 2020, our CEO Dr Andre Oboler went on ABC National radio to discuss the Christchurch attack, and the effect that it has had on efforts to combat online extremism.