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OHPI participates in a conference at the Kantor Centre, Tel Aviv
On May 10, 2015, OHPI participated in a conference on antisemitism at the Kantor Centre, Tel Aviv University. Dr Andre Oboler, CEO of OHPI, made a presentation on FightAgainstHate.com and how it can be used to collect data on online items of antisemitism on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The data so collected by organisations can inform their…
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Online Antisemitism: Meeting the challenge: The Big Smoke
Online Hate Prevention Institute, “Online Antisemitism: Meeting the Challenge“, May 11, 2015, The Big Smoke, http://thebigsmoke.com.au/2015/05/11/online-antisemitism-meeting-the-challenge/ The Sydney-based online magazine The Big Smoke publishes an article on OHPI’s soon to be released report “Online Antisemitism: Meeting the Challenge” The OHPI are set to release their report, “Online Antisemitism: Meeting the Challenge,” and the stats show that…
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OHPI interviewed by CAAMA radio
Mikaela Simpson, Don’t Discriminate… Appreciate, April 22, 2015, CAAMA, http://caama.com.au/dont-discriminate-appreciate OHPI interviewed by CAAMA radio on the issue of hate against Aboriginal Australians in social media. In particular, we discuss a Facebook community page in Alice Springs that was being used to promote violence and vigilante action against Aboriginal youth. As we emphasise in the radio…
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OHPI offers its assistance to the Victorian government to tackle threats and strengthen harmony
On May 3, the Victorian government announced that it has allocated $25 million to develop a community-based approach to enhance social cohesion and community resilience to counter all forms of violent extremism. The government press release stated: “This initiative will employ both a whole-of-government and whole-of-community evidence-based approach to address social cohesion, community resilience, marginalisation…
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Talk at La Trobe University
On April 15, 2015, OHPI’s communications officer gave a talk to second-year students of strategic communications at the La Trobe University, Melbourne. The talk looked at how online hate can become a strategic communications issue when companies / organisations / groups do not manage their online security or are lax in the moderation of their…
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Talk at La Trobe University
On April 15, 2015, OHPI’s communications officer gave a talk to second-year students of strategic communications at the La Trobe University, Melbourne. The talk looked at how online hate can become a strategic communications issue when companies / organisations / groups do not manage their online security or are lax in the moderation of their…
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Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs responds to OHPI Report
Following the terrorist attacks in France in January 2015, the Online Hate Prevention Institute produced a detailed report “Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo murders.” This report included a number of recommendations about the boundaries between free speech and hate speech, and the link between hate speech and…
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The Right Honourable Useful Idiots
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes about the small number of Jews who supported the Reclaim Australia rally. The article highlights the origins of the Australian anti-Muslim hate movement, which comes out of the UK, and the way this hate has moved across countries through social media.
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The Right Honourable Useful Idiots
Highlighting the idiocy of the small number of Jews who supported the Reclaim Australia rally is the focus of an article (reproduced below) by Dr Andre Oboler, CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute, in this week’s Australian Jewish News. The article highlights the origins of the Australian anti-Muslim hate movement, which comes out of…
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Hackers target Bnei Akiva
Peter Kohn, “Hackers target Bnei Akiva“, April 10, 2015, The Australian Jewish News, Page 6. http://www.jewishnews.net.au/hackers-target-bnei-akiva/41396 WHEN Bnei Akiva’s Facebook page was hacked by a global anti-Israel online movement on the second day of Pesach, the social media giant moved quickly to help restore normal operations. The Australian Jewish youth movement was recently targeted by…