Press Releases
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DENMARK ATTACKED
BREAKING NEWS – DENMARK ATTACKED: There has been another series of terrorist attack, this time in Denmark. The first attack was on an event called “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression” where a cartoonist who drew pictures of Mohammed was speaking. The second attack, a few hours later, was on a Jewish synagogue. One person…
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Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo
The Big Smoke reports on The Online Hate Prevention Institute‘s new report, Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo, in response to debate raging over free speech. Je Suis Humain gives background to the terrorist attacks, pointing out its anti-semitic nature, and presents the debate on free speech within an Australian context. It also…
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OHPI releases report on free speech in light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On January 20, 2015, the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) released a new report “Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo”. The report is in response to the debate raging in the mainstream and social media on free speech and its limits, if any, in the wake…
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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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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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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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Gaming Facebook
PRESS RELEASE: An effort yesterday to “game” Facebook in order to attack OHPI failed miserably. The effort highlighted that some flaws in the Facebook reporting system, which we hoped had been resolved by now, are still very much alive issue. The attack on OHPI failed because OHPI is known to Facebook, and we have direct…
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OHPI launches Fight Against Hate: an online hate monitoring software platform
On August 31st, OHPI hosted an event to highlight the rising antisemitism on social media and to launch tools to help combat it. At the core of the event was the beta-launch of an online tool developed by OHPI to report and monitor online hate on social media. The tool enables antisemitism as well as…
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Global Efforts to Combating Antisemitism
OHPI is proud to have its CEO server as a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism. The Global Forum is an initiative of the Government of Israel and is coordinated through the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The steering committee is made up of international experts in a variety of areas…