Opinion Articles
OHPI regularly contributes to the media, both as experts (the our news section), and through opinion articles published in the mainstream press and the blogosphere. These are some the publications relevant to OHPI’s mission that have been written by our staff, volunteers, advisers and partner organisations.
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Books That Inspire Us to Stand Up Against Online Misogyny
It can be devastating reading about women in the public sphere being subjected to massive online waves of misogynistic abuse. The abuse often includes threats of murder and sexual violence – threats that are intended to terrify, silence, and oppress all of us. Even if we are not famous, we can become targets of similar…
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Why Facebook Needs to Adopt the IHRA Definition
The Online Hate Prevention Institute, together with over 120 other organisations, has called on Facebook to adopt the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. Further to this call, below is an op-ed from our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, which looks at why Facebook needs the definition if it is to close the gaps in its understanding…
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By popular demand: Political Speech and Hate on Facebook
The Facebook boycott in the United States is deeply concerning. It is a symptom of popularism and the modern post-fact world – not a solution to those problems. The demands attached to it in fact endager democracy. Action by European regulators, and particular Germany, on hate speech led to significant improvements by Facebook over recent years. Action…
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Blur faces: Signal’s anonymity tool
The encrypted messaging App Signal has released an update to support the protests in the United States. They explain: “At Signal, we support the people who have gone into the streets to make their voices heard. We believe that something in America needs to change, and even if we don’t know exactly how, we support…
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Academic Freedom, Criticism of China and Racism
Dr Gerald Roche: Universities must protect academic freedom, but to do so, they also need to protect their people from attacks and abuse. Attacking ideas is fine, attacking people is not.
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COVID-19’s Impact on our Multicultural Community
NOTE: An online talk on this topic, with our CEO, Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner and the Asia Centre’s Dr James Gomez, is taking place a few hours from now (7:30pm, Melbourne time, May 27th). You can register to participate for free. Our response to COVID-19 has created both benefits and problems which will impact society…
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Tackling racism against Indigenous Australians must be a priority
Through March 2020 the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) is running a campaign tackling racism against Indigenous Australians. We’ve been working on this problem since we were established 8 years ago. Much of the language, imagery and messaging in racism targeting Indigenous Australians is unique to Australia. The staff working in moderation at the large…
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Melbourne Rally Against Racism
The Online Hate Prevention Institute reports on the rally in Melbourne against racism, the “reclaim Australia” movement, and what it means to be Australian.
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Don’t give in to extremism
The Online Hate Prevention Institute reports on the United Patriots Front posing a video of the assassination of an anti-racism campaigner, and how racially motivated violence is encouraged online.
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Dr Oboler’s Book Review of “Viral Hate”
Our CEO Andre Oboler reviews Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet by Abraham H. Foxman and Christopher Wolf.