Open Action Items
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Report Homophobic Facebook page “No to Gay “Marriage”
This briefing highlights the homophobic Facebook page No to Gay Marriage (ID 657612940934589) which has been online since July 1, 2013 and has 1,537 supporters. Even though the page name suggests that it stands against gay marriage, it mainly promotes homophobia. In its About page, it states: “Homosexuality is a behavior, not an identity. There is…
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Report “The Holocaust Fraud Exposed” YouTube video
This briefing highlights the antisemitic video “The Holocaust Fraud Exposed” on YouTube. It was uploaded on March 7, 2014 and has been viewed 15,173 times since. More concerning is the fact that it has received 216 thumbs up as against 25 thumbs down. The video promotes Holocaust denial. It claims that the Holocaust never took…
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Report YouTube video promoting violence against women
This briefing highlights the misogynistic video “Is It Okay To Hit a Woman? YES, If You Support Gender Equality (Ray Rice Elevator Knock Out)” on YouTube. It was uploaded has on September 9, 2014 and has been viewed 261,282 times since. It has also received 5,001 thumbs ups as against 428 thumbs downs. The video…
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Report “Diggers are Dole Bludgers” Phoenix page
In April this year, OHPI succeeded in getting a page spreading hate against Australian military veterans “Diggers are Dole Bludgers” (ID# 1583334281945743) removed. Another page was created (ID# 1396071514053238) with the same name soon after. We refer to such pages as Pheonix pages. They reappear with the same name as the previous page and with…
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Report Hate Against the Disabled on Twitter
Recently, we have seen a rise in the number of reports on hate against people with disabilities to our online hate reporting tool FightAgainstHate.com. This is a disturbing trend. Disabled people, many of whom suffer from cognitive disabilities, are among the most vulnerable people in our society, and least capable of defending themselves against online…
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Don’t open the door to hate
The page Military Memes (ID 309944675811335) is a very large Facebook page with memes largely about military life. This is not a hate page, but a generally non-hateful humour page with almost half a million supporters (493,056 to be exact). On Sunday the page posted a Hitler meme. The meme consists of various stills and each…
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Bigots target OHPI
The page “Left Wing Bigots and Extremists exposed” (460474917459804) says its purpose is to “expose the violent left wing bigots and people that support them”. The page is used to coordinate raids on anti-racism Facebook pages and groups as well as on government endorsed charities working in this space. An hour ago the Online Hate Prevention…
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Report “Restore Australia” community page
In this briefing, we discuss the Facebook community page Restore Australia (Id#152464798295040), which has 12,211 followers and is spreading anti-Muslim hate in Australia. In its About page, the page admins state that they are “dedicated to bringing about political reform through constitutional change, and exposing the many attacks on our civilization by Islam”. It is…
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Report the “Stop the Straight Hate” Page
This briefing looks at the homophobic Facebook page “Stop the Straight Hate” (ID# 716487785164679). The page was started on July 4, 2015 and has garnered 425 likes. It was started soon after the US Supreme Court ruling on June 26, 2015 that legalised same-sex marriage in the US. Given the media debate it has generated…
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Report “Adam Goodes for the Flog of the Year” Page
The controversy around the persistent booing of Adam Goodes has dominated the AFL championship this year. Naturally, this is reflected on social media where we can see Facebook pages both supporting Adam Goodes and vilifying him. In this briefing, we examine some of the arguments used by supporters of anti-Adam Goodes pages to justify their…