Publications
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Celebrating 11 years improving online safety
11 years ago today the Online Hate Prevention Institute was established. Join us in celebrating 11 years of improving online safety!
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Discourse about The Kashmir Files results in Holocaust denial
A recent rise in Holocaust denial and distortion online relates to an incident that occurred at the end of November 2022.
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Twitter is a muppet
In British slang, calling someone a muppet is a way of saying they are foolish and have about as much intelligence as a cloth puppet. When it comes to twitter’s artificial intelligence for detecting “potentially sensitive content” the label seems to fit. Here is an example of something Twitter felt needed to be hidden as…
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Grieving mother subjected to violent threats from trolls
A Queensland woman has been subjected to threats from trolls after her son died in a freak accident. OHPI’s CEO says, “Such abuse is a crime”.
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Twitter urged to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
180 nonprofit & civil rights organisations joined to call on Elon Musk to update Twitter’s anti-hate policies by adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
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Annual Report 2022
The OHPI Annual Report of activities and finances is now available. Highlights OHPI submissions to State and Federal government inquiries. Our submissions and reports further our goal to promote the prevention of harm through education, research, and by stimulating debate around the prevention of harm from online hate. They also directly assist government in preventing…
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Anti-Asian Racism in Australian Social Media
This report builds on past work on anti-Asian racism in Australia and adds a particular focus on racism in social media. The new in-depth research was led by the Online Hate Prevention Institute in partnership with the Australian Human Rights Commission and Meta. The report makes 45 recommendations to tackle the problem of online anti-Asian…
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OHPI Presenting at Greek Government Conference
This weekend our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, will be presenting at a hybrid conference run by the Greek Government on the topic “Fighting Antisemitism and Holocaust Distortion and Denial on the Digital Battlefield”. Dr Oboler will provide the first keynote presentation in a session on “problem identification and solutions so far”, as well as presenting…
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Summit on Online Antisemitism in Washington DC
OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, attended the Interparliamentary Taskforce on Online Antisemitism’s Summit on Washington DC.
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Antisemitism at Adelaide University
The Online Hate Prevention Institute has secured the removal by Medium of an article calling for “Death to Israel” and the “abolition of Israel”. The article appeared on August 8th (2022) in the Adelaide University student magazine “On Dit Magazine” and was written by Habibah Jaghoori, a member of the editorial board of the magazine.…