Publications
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Advertising supports hosting of terrorist manifesto
A project jointly run by the NSW, Victorian and South Australian state governments has been advertised along side a terrorist manifesto advocating the killing of Jews, Muslims and Christians. The Online Hate Prevention Institute found the advertising late last night as we updated a presentation for a hearing in the Victorian Parliament today. At the…
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Racism Against Indigenous Australians on Instagram
Instagram not only hosts racist content, but entire accounts dedicated to sharing racist memes and which encourage others to do the same.
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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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Campaign on Racism against Indigenous Australians
Through March 2020 the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) will be running a campaign tackling racism against Indigenous Australians. While we’ve been working on this problem since we were established 8 years ago, this is the first month long campaign proactively tackling the problem. Join us by taking action! You can help the campaign in…
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Holocaust Distortion
We’ve just published on Holocaust denial on Instagram and while Instagram is well behind other platforms in responding to this problem, it isn’t the only place where Holocaust denial and distortion, not to mention glorification of Nazism, is currently occurring online. In this briefing we look at an example of Holocaust distortion on Facebook. As…
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Holocaust Denial on Instagram
Instagram’s Community Guidelines prohibit both incitement to violence and hate speech. The focus, however, is primarily on bullying which attacks an individual: Respect other members of the Instagram community. We want to foster a positive, diverse community. We remove content that contains credible threats or hate speech, content that targets private individuals to degrade or…
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Submission on Anti-Vilification Protections
The Online Hate Prevention Institute was one of 42 organisations to make a submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry Into Anti-Vilification Protections. Our submission, dated January 17, 2020, highlights the effectiveness of legislation in signaling the values of society, but also highlights practical limitations with the current legal framework and its implementation. We call for…
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January 26, 2020 message
January 26th is Australia’s national day. The name “Australia Day” was adopted nationally in 1935, and it wasn’t until 1994 that the date became a national public holiday. It is controversial and there is growing public support for change. The Background to January 26th Celebrating Australia’s national day on January 26th carries on an older…
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Instagram needs help
UPDATE: Within a few days of publication of this briefing all three accounts listed below had been closed by Instagram Instagram has been growing rapidly since its launched in October 2010. By late 2014 the number of active monthly users on Instagram surpassed the number of active monthly users on Twitter. Instagram has largely been…
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Submission on Anti-Vilification Protections
This report is a submission to a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into vilification laws. We highlight the need for such laws with respect to Islamophobia.