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Muslims Trolled, OHPI on ABC Radio
December 10, 2013: “Muslims Trolled”, Interview with Andre Oboler on ABC Radio National A major new report has been released to coincide with International Human Rights Day which
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Facebook criticized for not stopping racism
December 10, 2013: Daniel Vergara, Facebook kritiseras för att inte stoppa rasism, Expo.se (Swedish media) (Translation: Facebook criticized for not stopping racism ), http://expo.se/2013/facebook-kritiseras-for-att-inte-stoppa-rasism_6298.html Racism directed against minority groups abound on
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Islamophobia and Social Media
December 9, 2013: Islamophobia and Social Media, Soupy One (blog), http://soupyone.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/islamophobia-and-social-media/ There is a new report covering the phenomenon of Islamophobia and social media. It comes from the
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Statement from Victorian community organisations
We have read with growing concern that the Federal government has plans to remove or water down the protections against racial vilification which presently extend to Australians of
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Racial abuse caught on smartphone, SBS News
November 21, 2013: Andy Park, Racial abuse caught on smartphone, SBS News, http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2012/11/21/racial-abuse-caught-smartphone 10.21AM UPDATE FROM VICTORIA POLICE: Victoria Police takes incidents of this nature seriously and detectives from Transit
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Proposed changes to Racial Discrimination Act’s S18C re “insult” & “offend”
As reported yesterday in the Australian, the first legislation to be introduced into the Parliament by Australia’s new Attorney-General George Brandis will focus on altering or repealing Section 18C
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Spread the word, a new solution is in the pipeline!
Take Action Spread the word, a new solution is in the pipeline! Last week an Israeli student, Ido Daniel, held Facebook to account by challenging a Facebook representative
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Anti-semitic Memes
October 25, 2013: Anti-semitic Memes, Elimihate
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Positive news from Australia on Antisemitism
October 29, 2013: Andre Oboler, Positive news from Australia on Antisemitism, Jerusalem Post