Press Releases
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OHPI launches first appeal
PRESS RELEASE Earlier today the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), an Australian charity whose work many of you will have seen over the past 18 months, launch its first appeal with a new video highlighting the nature and risks of online hate. The appeal is based on the crowd funding platform Indiegogo and the ROI Community are backing the…
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OHPI at the World Jewish Congress
At the invitation of the World Jewish Congress, OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, delivered a special presentation on Online Hate Speech for a forum on Hatred and Antisemitism in Cyberspace at the meeting of the World Jewish Congress in Hungary. The presentation was part of a two part panel with colleague Dr Rafal Pankowski, Deputy…
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ANZAC Day Petition
Catherine Deveny’s comment that has people so angry was highly offensive not only to the ANZACs and to all who have served in the Australian and New Zealand Armed Forces, it was offensive to people of both nations as well. At the same time, regardless of its offensive nature, the comment may well be within…
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Major report into Racism on Facebook Launched
The Online Hate Prevention Institute has today released a major new report into antisemitism on Facebook to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21st 2013. The new report tracks the response to a number of antisemitic items on Facebook. Some of the items were included in OHPI’s previous…
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Responding to the unprecedented attack on Indigenous Australians through Facebook
Press release: Issued 4:20pm October 11, 2012 The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), an organisation dedicated to combatting online hate, released a major report today into Aboriginal Memes and Online Hate. The report documents an unprecedented online attack against Indigenous Australians and how racist content went viral through the use of social media and in…
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PRESS RELEASE: Discussions with Facebook over Aboriginal Memes
Melbourne, Australia, August 15, 2012… On Monday August 13th the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) sent Facebook a letter regarding a number of groups and pages on the Facebook platform whose sole purpose was the racial vilification of Indigenous Australians. In the letter, OHPI thanked Facebook for removing a number of the pages promoting ‘Aboriginal Memes’…
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Press Release: Aboriginal Memes
Melbourne, Australia, August 9, 2012… The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) congratulates Facebook user Jacinta O’Keefe, the Change.Org petition site and the Australian Human Rights Commission on yesterday’s removal of a Facebook hate page attacking Indigenous Australians. The online issue has been resolved; now Facebook needs to take action to ensure a real world response…
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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…