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  • Anti-Asian Racism in Australian Social Media
    Anti-Asian Racism in Australian Social Media

    This report builds on past work on anti-Asian racism in Australia and adds a particular focus on racism in social media. The new in-depth research was led by the Online Hate Prevention Institute in partnership with the Australian Human Rights Commission and Meta. The report makes 45 recommendations to tackle the problem of online anti-Asian racism. Some recommendations are general to the problem of online hate, others are more specific and aim to help correctly identify anti-Asian racism.

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  • Submission on Far-Right Extremism in Victoria
    Submission on Far-Right Extremism in Victoria

    In February, 2022, the Legal and Social Issues Committee commenced their Inquiry into the rise of the far-right extremist movements in Victoria. The Committee asked what are their methods of recruitment and communication, how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected the growth of far-right extremism in the Victorian context, and what steps need to be taken to counter these groups and their influence.

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  • Submission to the National Anti-Racism Framework
    Submission to the National Anti-Racism Framework

    The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a plan to develop a National Anti-Racism Framework. The Framework will be a long-term, central reference point to guide actions on anti-racism and equality by government, NGOs, business, communities, and other sectors. Our submission from February 4, 2022, illustrates that hate can be normalised in online spaces by negatively influencing people’s sense of what is acceptable. This can then be reflected in the real world. This problem must be addressed with engagement of technology companies and civil society.

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  • Annual Report 2021
    Annual Report 2021

    The OHPI 2021 Annual Report is available for download. Highlights Submission and Reports published by OHPI International Engagement Our CEO presented to the “Asia Pacific Regional Forum on

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  • Solving Antisemitic Hate Speech in Social Media
    Solving Antisemitic Hate Speech in Social Media

    Confronting Antisemitism in Modern Media, the Legal and Political Worlds is the fifth volume of the An End to Antisemitism! series. Online Hate Prevention Institute’s CEO Andre Oboler wrote a chapter that explores how the problem of antisemitic hate speech on social media can be solved.

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  • Neo-Nazis April Fools’ Day
    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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  • Submission on Extremist Movements & Radicalism in Australia
    Submission on Extremist Movements & Radicalism in Australia

    In December 2020 the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) commenced an Inquiry into extremist movements and radicalism in Australia.  Our Submission on Extremist Movements & Radicalism in Australia highlights the importance of the removal of the online pathways to radicalisation.

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  • Submission on Anti-Vilification Protections
    Submission on Anti-Vilification Protections

    The Online Hate Prevention Institute was one of 42 organisations to make a submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry Into Anti-Vilification Protections. Our submission, dated January 17, 2020,

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  • HATE AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM FROM AN ONLINE SUBCULTURE: The Yom Kippur Terrorist Attack in Halle, Germany
    HATE AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM FROM AN ONLINE SUBCULTURE: The Yom Kippur Terrorist Attack in Halle, Germany

    A new form of terrorism emerged in 2019. Incubated by a globalised, toxic, anonymous online culture, incitement to hate now all too frequently leads to violent extremism that manifests offline,

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  • Poway Synagogue Attack
    Poway Synagogue Attack

    This article is referred to in OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2016 Financial Year. Return to the Report. On the last day of the Jewish festival of Passover, on

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