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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How to Report a Facebook Post
Facebook’s post reporting depends on the content of the post in question. If the post comes directly from a person, is shared from another source, or includes a photo, the reporting options may vary. Step 1 When viewing a post on a Facebook timeline, move the cursor over the post to reveal a chevron (v shape)…
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How to Report a Facebook Page
Facebook pages are currently one of the few entities on the social media site which have a relatively intuitive and straightforward reporting interface. Step 1 Click the ellipsis to the right of the Message button to drop down the page interaction menu, then click Report Page. Step 2 Select I think it shouldn’t be on…
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How to Report a Facebook Image
Depending on how you are viewing an image on Facebook, the reporting button may or may not be initially visible or accessible. Whilst the report button varies by interface however, the reporting process itself is subsequently consistent. Step 1A: Timeline view When viewing an image as a post on a Facebook timeline, move the cursor…
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Facebook: Increased reporting is not the answer to cyberbullying
Recently we came across two articles that look at the content moderation on social media. The first relates to the lives of social media content moderators, the people who actually filter out user-generated content that doesn’t meet the social media standards. Most of this work has been outsourced to Asian countries. The article puts to…
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Racism in Australia has a History
In a post on OHPI’s page a user commented: “So many Australian residents are either too young to know or haven’t lived here long enough to know what a racism free Australia felt like 30 or so years ago. I feel we imported the racism and put up with it for a long time but…
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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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Squadron 88 Returns
A small group of neo-Nazis, calling themselves “Squadron 88”, have again spread racist fliers through people’s mailboxes in Sydney. One set of fliers is similar in style to fliers a month ago, but this time targets “non white migrants”, the other is a new fancier antisemitic flier. The fliers from “Squadron 88” have made local and…
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The Mosque at Currumbin
The Online Hate Prevention Institute, Australia’s only charity dedicated to hate speech in social media, is pleased to see that Facebook has finally closed the Facebook page “Stop the Mosque at Currumbin” (ID# 412242425582044 ). The page not only incited hate against the Muslim community, but also sought to intimidate and target members of the…
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Golden Dawn, Holocaust Denial & Facebook
The Greek parliament has just passed a legislation outlawing Holocaust denial and expanding prosecution powers against the incitement of racial violence (read here). This follows a number of violent attacks against immigrants and the rise of the extreme-right Holocaust-denying political party Golden Dawn in Greece. OHPI has been campaigning with Facebook to include Holocaust denial…
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Racism
One of the most significant forms of hate speech that OHPI combats is online racism. The Macquarie Dictionary (Sixth Edition, 2013) defines racism as: noun 1. the belief that human races have distinctive characteristics which determine their respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule…