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The Independence Day Raids: A tale of love, war and rape
July 6, 2014, The Independence Day Raids: A tale of love, war and rape (blog post on 4chan). A Day on Tumblr (blog). Hello everyone it’s good to be back. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, real life gets in the way of everyone at some point and I decided to leave my…
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Right-wing groups fight Bendigo mosque
July 5, 2014, Sue Bolton, Right-wing groups fight Bendigo mosque, Green left Weekly. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/56774 Many local residents in Victorian regional city Bendigo were shocked when right-wing groups from outside of Bendigo began mobilising residents against the proposal for the city’s first mosque. The mosque is planned to be built on underdeveloped industrial land in East…
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The Age uses OHPI research on Bendigo Mosque protests
The Age reports on the protests surrounding the controversial Mosque being built in Bendigo, and the racism being faced by residents. They cite a study from the Online Hate Prevention Institute of people posting on the Stop the Mosque in Bendigo Facebook page, which reveals only 3 per cent were from Bendigo, with 59 per…
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The Age uses OHPI research on Bendigo Mosque protests
Chris Johnston, theage.com.au, , June 28, 2014, Bendigo mosque a cause celebre for right-wing outsiders An article in theage,com.au about the protests surrounding the Bendigo Mosque proposal used a research done by OHPI on the Facebook page “Stop The Mosque in Bendigo”. Our research, which can be seen here, pointed out that out of a…
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Loving Nazis and Hating Muslims
Commentary (7/7/2014) An article OHPI’s CEO published a couple of weeks ago in the Australian Jewish News on the problem of a small number of Jews vilifying Muslims online, and linking up with neo-Nazis to do so, is of particular relevance in light of recent news around the burning alive of a Palestinian child in…
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Bendigo Mosque: A cause for celebration for right-wing outsiders
The Sydney Morning Herald reports on the outrage surrounding the proposed Mosque in Bendigo, and the harrassment being faced by those in the community who advocate for it. The report cites The Online Hate Prevention Institute’s article which revealed that, of people posting on the Stop the Mosque in Bendigo Facebook page, only 3 per…
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Loving Nazis and Hating Muslims
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes for the Australian Jewish News on the problem of a small number of Jews vilifying Muslims online, and linking up with neo-Nazis to do so, which is of particular relevance in light of recent news around the burning alive of a Palestinian child in Israel. The article highlights how a…
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Islamophobia Watch mentions OHPI
June 25, 2014: Bob Pitt, The Bendigo Mosque: exporting hate to regional Victoria (republishes OHPI briefing), Islamophobia Watch (blog).
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Racial Violence allowed on Facebook
June 18, 2014: Expo Today (Swedish Media) mentioned OHPI in an article on how Facebook allows incitement to racial violence go unchecked on its platform. http://expo.se/2014/uppmaningar-till-rasistiskt-vald-tillats-av-facebook_6550.html Facebook group “We who do not want to party with immigrants” do not violate Facebook’s “community rules”. That answer got a user who responded to the group which calls for…
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The dark side of the net
June 8, 2014: Chris Johnston, The Dark Side of the Internet, www.theage.com.au (Fairfax Media), http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-dark-side-of-the-net-20140607-39qe8.html Earlier this year when Garry met Sally, Garry was asked a simple question – ”How are you coping with the trolling?” He says it was a cathartic moment because he thought his campaign was the only one under attack. Garry…