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YouTube, Google and Apple Take Steps Towards Combating Online Anti-Semitism
The Algemeiner reports on recent decisions made by Apple, Google, and YouTube, which were praised by anti-hate groups as positive steps towards preventing the spread of anti-Semitism on their platforms. They discuss the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s recent report documenting one YouTube user who uploaded over one thousand videos in a single day “the majority of which were blatant hate…
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Press Release: Severe Hate Speech on YouTube
Melbourne, Australia, August 1, 2012… The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) today released a report documenting serious racial hatred on YouTube. The report highlights how one user in a single day uploaded 1710 videos, the vast majority of which were blatant hate speech. YouTube responded by closing the user’s account within 24 hours of receiving…
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Introducing OHPI
The Online Hate Prevention Institute was established in 2012 as a dedicated organisation to act in the public interest for the prevention and control of online behaviour that is harmful or abusive to human beings. We focus specifically on online racism and other forms of hate speech which can lead to physical abuse, emotional abuse…