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Interview about SAMIH on SBS Hindi
An interview with OHPI about its SAMIH campaign was broadcast on the SBS Hindi radio channel on September 17, 2015. You can listen to the podcast here: http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/hi/content/campaign-stop-online-hate-against-islam?language=hi
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OHPI on SBS Hindi
On September 17, OHPI’s communications officer Chetna Prakash was interviewed on SBS Hindi about its campaign Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate. The radio clip can be heard here: http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/hi/content/campaign-stop-online-hate-against-islam?language=hi.
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Facebook’s new “dislike” button open to abuse
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook will soon be adding a dislike button feature to its system. We welcome the addition of a dislike button which users have been calling for over many years. At the same time we believe there were good reasons to not have such a feature and that it’s addition poses risks…
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Sept 11 and today’s rising anti-Muslim hate
Today, on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States we remember the victims of terrorism. We remember the devastation and human tragedy that extremist ideology can cause. We reflect as today Daesh (ISIS) with its brutal extremist ideology attacks civilians in Iraq and Syria causing an international refugee crisis as large…
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OHPI’s work get a positive mention in the Victorian Parliament
Last Thursday, Inga Peulich MLC, the Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, raised the importance of our work in the Victorian Parliament. She was discussing the Victorian Government’s announcement last July to allocate $25 million to develop a community-based approach to enhance social cohesion and community resilience to counter all forms of violent extremism. She encouraged…
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OHPI interviewed on 3AW
Tom Elliot interviews Dr Andre Oboler. “Calls for online trolls to face harsher legal consequences”, 3AW, September 1, 2015. http://www.3aw.com.au/news/calls-for-online-trolls-to-face-harsher-legal-consequences-20150901-gjcumv.html The vile Instagram post directed at indigenous Essendon footballer Courtenay Dempsey is sadly all too common, says the CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute. Police have offered support to Dempsey after the Bomber was allegedly racially…
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Calls for online trolls to face harsher legal consequences
Our CEO Dr Andre Oboler was interviewed on 3AW on 1.09.2015 about calls for online trolls to face greater legal consequences.
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OHPI attends the ADC Gandel annual oration
On August 27, OHPI attended the annual ADC Gandel Oration where Rabbi Cooper from the Simon Wiesenthal Center spoke on global antisemitism. Rabbi Cooper is a leading expert on online hate and extremism and works with OHPI on the online antisemitism working group of the Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism.
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OHPI featured in a news.com.au article
news.com.au Staff, “The Virginia shooting exposed the flaws of social media, as Facebook and Twitter rely on users to report violence, not patrol for crime clues“, August 28, 2015, news.com.au. (http://www.news.com.au/technology/the-virginia-shooting-exposed-the-flaws-of-social-media-as-facebook-and-twitter-rely-on-users-to-report-violence-not-patrol-for-crime-clues/story-e6frfrnr-1227502880087) THE world’s biggest social networks do not actively patrol for signs of impending violence or terrorist acts, even though they’re often the first mediums…
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OHPI invites you to a guided tour of Anne Frank Exhibition
The travelling exhibition “Let Me Be Myself: The Story of Anne Frank“ is currently showing at the Lamm Jewish Library Melbourne. The exhibition has been put together by Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and traces the lives of Franks during the Second World War, and connects it to the larger social and political happenings that affected their…