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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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…
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Division and Disgust: Why Indians Became The Target of Australia’s Online Hate
On the 31st of August, tens of thousands of Australians took to the streets in various Australian cities to oppose immigration in Australia. Official promotional materials for the event singled out one group of immigrants in particular: Indians. Flyers for the events claimed that there have been “more Indians in 5 years, than Greeks and…
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Manchester Synagogue Attack: Yom Kippur 2025
A deadly terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on the morning of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calender, has left two people dead and three more with serious injuries. The attacker was also killed, shot by armed police multiple times after he refused to stay down and was reaching for…