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Campaign against Holocaust denial, distortion and glorification
Launched on January 27, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps at Auschwitz, our campaign against Holocaust denial, distortion and glorification will run until the end of February 2020. As part of this campaign we will be producing a number of briefings looking at examples of online Holocaust denial,…
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Monthly Campaigns for 2020
As we enter our 9th year tackling online hate extremism we are pleased to announce a new approach with monthly campaigns focused on specific areas of online hate. While we will continue to address these and other areas of online hate throughout the year, our focused campaigns will enable forward planning, opportunities for volunteers and…
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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.
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Online Hate Prevention Institute Turns Eight!
The Online Hate Prevention Institute turns 8 today. As we celebrate these 8 years of impact, reducing the risk from online hate and extremism, we are also pleased to announce our plans for the future. Since we were founded in January 2012 the volume of online hate has risen year on year. It has increasingly…
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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.
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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 looking to regulate social media content.
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Annual Report on Activities for FY 2019
The following is a summary of activities discussed in the OHPI Directors Report prepared for our 2019 AGM. It reflects work undertaken between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019. 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.…
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Annual Report 2019 – Software Tools to Combat Hate
This article is an extract based on OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2019 Financial Year. Return to the Report. Software Tools to Combat Hate OHPI’s proprietary software programs are the tools we have developed to support our fight against online hate. The Fight Against Hate monitoring software and its related CSI-CHAT analysis tool have been designed…
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Annual Report 2019 – IHRA Pilot Project – Countering Distortion & Safeguarding the Record Online
This article is an extract based on OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2019 Financial Year. Return to the Report. IHRA Pilot Project On the 4th June 2019 in Luxembourg, Australia officially became the 33rd member state of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. OHPI played a crucial role in Australia’s admission as a full member. Our Managing…
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Annual Report 2019 – Deakin Cyber-Racism Project
This article is an extract based on OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2019 Financial Year. Return to the Report. Deakin Cyber-Racism Project The Deakin Cyber-Racism Project aims to investigate barriers to adoption in empowering community organisations to engage in reporting incidents of online hate. It aims to empower these organisations to play an effective role without…