Briefings
OHPI briefings provide quick responses to breaking issues, or short but detailed explanations on focused topics. Our briefings are original OHPI content originally published on this site.
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OHPI advises Herald Sun on Holocaust Denial Video
OHPI strongly condemns two deeply antisemitic videos circulated online on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), describing them as harmful, offensive, and designed to cause distress to the Jewish community. As reported today in the Herald Sun, Dr Andre Oboler, CEO of OHPI, described the clips as “Holocaust denial” drawing on “the most common antisemitic meme…
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OHPI Collaboration With AFP
OHPI CEO Andre Oboler recently met with the Australian Federal Police to strengthen our collaboration on online hate and related threats. We discussed reporting pathways and referral processes for serious community-identified cases, and the AFP expressed strong interest in receiving regular updates on our findings — affirming what has become an important and ongoing relationship.…
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Online Responses to Port Arthur, 30 years on.
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Port Arthur Massacre. On 28 April 1996, Martin Bryant shot and killed 35 people, including 4 children, and wounding 23 others. The Online Hate Prevention Institute joins the rest of Australia in remembering those who were killed, those who were injured, and the families whose lives were changed…
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Examining an Anti-Zionist response to the Michigan Temple Israel attack
On March 12 a truck loaded with explosives (fireworks) was driven into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, in the Untied States. After demolishing part of the building, the driver began shooting. The Temple Israel site that was targeted includes a synagogue, a Jewish nursery school, and a Jewish school…
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
On January 27th, the world remembers the Holocaust. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated this date as the annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to remember the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. The date chosen, 27 January, marks the liberation of the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz…
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Attracting the antisemites
Since the Bondi terrorist attack the Online Hate Prevention Institute has been received strong responses from some opposing our efforts to improve online safety. Under our No Platform Policy we ban those promoting hate or attacking us on our page. The policy explains why. We also, however, capture their comments. Here’s some of what we…
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Recent Shifts in Online Safety: Social Media Bans, Location Tracking, and AI-Driven Hate
This past month has seen some major developments in the world of social media and online hate. Yesterday, Australia’s world-leading social media ban for under 16s came into effect, with the goal of helping to shield young people from harmful online content. We also recently saw X roll out its new location-display feature, as well…
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Coded Racism Online: How Crime Stories Become a Vehicle for Hate
Online hate is not always easy to spot. Sometimes it hides behind slang or words that sound harmless but are deeply hurtful to the people they target. This briefing looks at a pattern of racism aimed at African Australians using terms like “licorice stick” in comments on social media. You often see these words under…
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The Many Faces of the March for Australia: From Concern to Far-Right Extremism
The 19th of October 2025 saw the most recent iteration of the “March for Australia” rallies conducted around the country. The original marches, on the 31st of August 2025, were attended by over 50,000 people in various cities across Australia. The most recent marches saw significantly lower numbers. The next march is planned for Australia…
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Laugh Reacts to Law and Order: Trans Exclusion in the Online Public Sphere
The following briefing looks at how people talk about transgender-related content on social media, specifically on X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok. We examined approximately 100 public comments reacting to transwomen and found a pattern: even when comments avoid overt slurs, they often carry the same harmful messages in subtle ways. The Global Internet Forum to…