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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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New ‘Anti-trolling’ laws to stop online abuse and harassment
10 Daily reports on recently introduced ‘Anti-trolling’ laws that are designed to stop online abuse and harassment. They talk to our CEO Andre Oboler about the consequences this
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New ‘Anti-trolling’ laws to stop online abuse and harassment
10 Daily reports on Victorian MP Fiona Patten’s push to update the state’s anti-vilification laws, broadening the legislation to include hate speech focusing on characteristics like gender, disability,
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Live TV interview on the Prime Minister’s efforts to tackle extremism at the G7
ABC News Tonight interviews our CEO Dr Andre Oboler live about the Prime Minister’s efforts to tackle extremism at the G7.
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Blocking 8Chan just ‘baby steps’ in fighting racist extremism, Experts Say
10 Daily talk to our CEO Dr Andre Oboler about the potential impacts that blocking 8Chan might have on reducing hate-speech and violent extremism.
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Crackdown on Chinese accounts shows US social media giants becoming ‘more proactive’
The South China Morning Post talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the reaction of social media platforms to combat the disinformation campaign in Hong Kong.