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Hitting back against hate
Mx Newspaper, 9 December 2014, Hitting back against hate Web users are being armed with a new weapon in the war against online hate. Melbourne-based charity The Online Hate Prevention Institute will launch a tool tonight at ohpi.org.au that can be used to report, log and track online hate. Fight Against Hate uses crowd-sourcing to…
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Fight Against Hate Launched
On the evening of December 9th, as International Human Rights Day grew close, The Hon Paul Fletcher MP pressed the big red button to launch “Fight Against Hate” a new reporting tool created by Australia’s Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI). Mr Fletcher, who has headed the Australian Government’s push on online safety, praised the new…
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Fight Against Hate Launched
On the evening of December 9th, as International Human Rights Day grew close, The Hon Paul Fletcher MP pressed the big red button to launch “Fight Against Hate” a new reporting tool created by Australia’s Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI). The software, which people can now register a free account with at http://fightagainsthate.com, allows members of…
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OHPI at the Facing Today’s Reality Seminar in New Zealand
OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler was invited by the Jewish Federation of New Zealand to participate in a seminar organised by them “Facing Today’s Reality” on October 26-27. Dr Oboler launched the booklet “Fighting Online Antisemitism” which was co-branded with the Jewish Federation of New Zealand. He also held workshops with the participating youth on…
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Press Release: Launch of Online Tool to Combat Hate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) will be launching a new online tool “Fight Against Hate” at a launch event in Sydney on December 9th, the evening before International Human Rights Day. The tool, which is a game changer in the fight against online hate, will be launched by the Hon Paul…
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Gaza “War” Photo taken down
October 15, 2014: Christian Kerr, Gaza “War” Photo taken down, The Australian (Page 2: Print Edition) quotes Dr Andre Oboler. A FACEBOOK posting linking to an article that portrayed a disabled Palestinian child as a victim of the recent strife in Gaza has been removed. The posting, by lobby group Australians for Palestine, appeared with…
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OHPI Endorses Take Back Australia from the Racists
The Online Hate Prevention Institute is please to announce our endorsement of a new Australian Facebook page tackling racism. Take Back Australia from the Racists (page ID: 841378979215205) was created on October 3rd to tackle the rapidly growing “Take back Australia” Facebook page. This followed the release of a briefing by OHPI on October 2nd exposing…
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White supremacist group resurfaces in inner Sydney
October 9, 2014: Lucia Osborne-Crowley, White supremacist group resurfaces in inner Sydney, http://www.altmedia.net.au. A white supremacist group has begun a new racist campaign around Sydney’s inner city suburbs this week. The group, called Squadron 88, made themselves known to inner city residents in late August when they began distributing anti-Semitic flyers around the eastern suburbs.…
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N.Z. Jews welcome John Key’s reelection as they sense a shift in anti-Semitism
Haaretz reports on conservative leader John Key being reelected for a third term this week, and axieties about the increase in anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incidents in the New Zealand. The article discusses an anti-Semitism seminar in October, featuring our CEO at the Online Hate Prevention Institute Dr. Andre Oboler.