Open Action Items
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Holocaust Denial on Facebook 2014
Update December 31 2014 Two of the pages reported on in this briefing have now been closed. The third one remains. Please help by reporting “Holohoax – Exposing the Holocaust“, details are below. The briefing.. This briefing looks at three holocaust denial pages currently active on Facebook, and provides examples of some of the comments and…
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What we do
This video explains what we do at the Online Hate Prevention Institute and how we do it. Please help us share this video, particularly with people and organisation you believe should know about OHPI, and who might have the capacity to support us financially or partner with us in ongoing projects. The Online Hate Prevention…
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A brief guide to Reporting Antisemitism on Facebook
As part of our efforts to combat the rising tide of online antisemitism, the Online Hate Prevention Institute has made a version of our reporting guide for Facebook freely available. This guide takes users through the new reporting process for pages, images, posts and comments. At OHPI we are also working on an expanded version…
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Lady Diamond explains S18C
In the second in our series of educational videos by Lady Diamond, the anti-hate campaigner explains what S18C of the Racial Discrimination Act is really about and why is it important. Your thoughts and feedback on this video can be shared on it’s main posting on Facebook – click here. Please help us share Lady…
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Meet Lady Diamond
Welcome to the Adventures of Lady Diamond, Anti-Hate Campaigner at the Online Hate Prevention Institute. This is the first in a new series of videos produced by OHPI to explore issues of online hate. Two further video will be released by the end of July. Your thoughts and feedback on this video can be shared…
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Landover Baptist Church and the limits of satire
This week, the Facebook Page of the Landover Baptist Church sparked a discussion in the OHPI office on the limits of satire. Are there any limits, or is all fair in love, war and lampooning? First, a brief background. The Landover Baptist Church is a fictional Baptist church is the US that satirises fundamentalist Christianity and the…
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Golden Dawn Australia Update
Updated: 12 May 2014, 6pm – earlier today OHPI wrote to both Facebook and the Australian Human Rights Commission to notify them of our work on the Australians for Golden Dawn page. Following those e-mails we’re please to report that the page has now been closed by Facebook. The original post which we sent Facebook…
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RDA Campaigning Resources
Images The following memes, created by OHPI, may be saved and shared. Videos The following videos can be shared through YouTube More info
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Racial Discrimination Act and Freedom of Speech
On March 25th 2014 the Australian Government released draft legislation showing proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act. The Online Hate Prevention Institute is deeply concerned by these proposed changes. We believe they will almost entirely eliminate Australia’s prohibitions against racist hate speech online. We believe the changes will lead to an increase in racially…
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Centrelink Memes and Anti-Aboriginal Racism
BACKGROUND: “Aboriginal Memes”, that is racist captioned images attacking Indigenous Australians, first gained media attention around October 2012. OHPI produced the first major report on the topic, “Aboriginal Memes and OnlineHate“, which is available as a free download. Aboriginal Memes are less widespread these days but the do keep reappearing. The latest collection we have…