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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Hate-Speech and Reporting Systems in Online Multiplayer Games
Much of OHPI’s recent work has been focussed on online hate on social media, but hate speech is also a prevalent issue in online multiplayer gaming. It is therefore important that these games have robust reporting mechanisms that can be utilised by users who encounter hate. The effectiveness of reporting systems in games can vary.…
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The Antisemitic Khazarian Conspiracy and Ukraine
By Agostino Pilia This briefing discusses the use of the antisemitic “Khazaria conspiracy” myth in relation to the recent events in the Russian-Ukrainian war in social media, a topic that OHPI has briefly touched upon over the past year (1,2,3). Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, antisemitic tropes…
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Elon Musk and the ADL: Nazi salutes and Holocaust jokes
I suspect Elon Musk only made his recent post of Holocaust jokes because the ADL failed to give him the condemnation he was seeking when he did a Nazi salute. The Nazi salute Here is Elon at an inauguration event making a Nazi salute, then turning and repeating it to also salute those behind him:…
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OHPI 2024 Review
Unfortunately it has been a busy year for OHPI. During the year OHPI published 48 briefings and 3 in-depth reports. Additionally OHPI has appeared in 17 media articles. To accomplish this, OHPI has employed new analysts and trained them in recognising online hate, data capturing, and report writing. To engage communities in the fight against…
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OHPI 2024 Review – Fourth quarter
During the fourth quarter of 2024 OHPI published 10 Briefings and 2 newsletters. OHPI was also mentioned in 4 media articles. In October, on the anniversary of Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel, OHPI published an update to antisemitism statistics since the March report. These details are found in both the newsletter and briefing published 7…
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Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
Our CEO published an article at the ABC about the extremely high levels of antisemitism in Australia at the moment. After sharing the article on our Facebook page, one of the comment dismissed the problem of antisemitism as a “very minor” issue compared to other forms of racism in Australia. That comment received 78 positive…
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OHPI 2024 Review – Third quarter
During the third quarter of 2024 OHPI published 21 Briefings, 1 report, and 3 newsletters. OHPI was also mentioned in 5 media articles. In the third quarter of 2024 OHPI was able to publish 21 briefings on a number of subjects. 11 of the briefings covered topics of antisemitism, with 3 covering LGBTQIA+ related hate,…
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OHPI 2024 Review – Second quarter
During the second quarter of 2024 OHPI published 11 Briefings and 1 newsletter. OHPI was also featured in 8 media articles. In the second quarter of 2024 the focus on antisemitism continued. Examples of antisemitism that had been gathered for the antisemitism report, and additional examples that continued to be captured, were used to compile…
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OHPI 2024 Review – First quarter
During the first quarter of 2024 OHPI published 6 Briefings, 2 reports, and 2 newsletters. OHPI was also mentioned in 2 media articles. 2024 for OHPI has been dominated by work on antisemitism. This is due to a flood of antisemitic responses to the October 2023 Terrorist attack on Israel. As 2024 began, OHPI was…
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A comment from a cloaked antisemite
After we broke the news on a Neo-Nazi rally on the steps of the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne and identified their leader, our Facebook page was inundated with stupid and antisemitic comments, which we then shared and deconstructed. There was one comment which we did not share as the comment, and the person behind it,…