Open Action Items
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Our support for Safer Internet Day 2023
On Tuesday February 7th, we celebrate the 20th Safer Internet Day, with technology, non-profit, civil society, and governmental organisations around the world.
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Celebrating 11 years improving online safety
11 years ago today the Online Hate Prevention Institute was established. Join us in celebrating 11 years of improving online safety!
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Holocaust Memorial Day & Removing Online Holocaust Denial
Today, January 27th is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is a day we remember the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. It is a day designated by the United Nations General Assembly and commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe…
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Have a respectful January 26, 2022
Today, January 26th, is a day of competing narratives. Whatever your focus on this day, we urge all Australians to also take time to reflect on the perspective of others. Indigenous perspective For many Indigenous Australians today is known as a Day of Mourning, Survival Day or Invasion Day. It commemorates the start of what…
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Basic Online Safety Expectations
In October 2021 the Online Hate Prevention Institute provided a submission to the Australian Government’s consultation on the draft Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination. Today, the new Ministerial Determination was announced and has come into effect. In our submission we stated: We believe the Government has correctly set the roles of Government, Social…
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OHPI celebrates 10 years of impact against trolling, cyberbullying, online hate, and extremism
For the past ten years, The Online Hate Prevention Institute has played a leading global role in combating the spread of many types of hate through the internet. Incorporated on 23 January 2012, the institute has highlighted how organisations and individuals have exploited the web to foster bigotry along with religious and racial intolerance. Its…
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Presenting to Parliament on Social Media
Our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, gave evidence to the House Select Committee Inquiry into Social Media and Online Safety. The inquiry of the Australian Parliament was held via videoconference. In the hearing we appeared along side the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. We discussed the harm and danger of online hate and how in some…
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Tackling COVID Misinformation
Misinformation continues to circulate about both the Covid virus and Covid vaccines. Today we discuss a particularly dangerous example.
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Neo-Nazis April Fools’ Day
When researching extremism, particularly online extremism, one needs to be conscious of many layers of depth. Peeling that onion takes time, effort and expertise. Experts are needed to raise the alarm when there is an emerging threat, but also not to play into the hands of neo-Nazis when they engage in attention-seeking publicity stunts.
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Holocaust denial and extremism
Today is International Holocaust Memorial Day. It is a day when we remember the victims of the Holocaust, and where words of hate can ultimately lead. As the Ontario Court of Appeal in Canada said in 1989, “The Holocaust did not begin in the gas chambers. It began with words, with racial incitement”[1]. This warning…