Publications
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HATE AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM FROM AN ONLINE SUBCULTURE: The Yom Kippur Terrorist Attack in Halle, Germany
A new form of terrorism emerged in 2019. Incubated by a globalised, toxic, anonymous online culture, incitement to hate now all too frequently leads to violent extremism that manifests offline, and has cost the lives of dozens of innocents, including children. Participants and spectators of this newly forged online culture encourage, support and celebrate the serious crimes…
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Moderation on Will.i.am Article
The Online Hate Prevention Institute published an article looking at Will.i.am’s tweet making an allegation of racism during his visit to Australia and some of the comments that appeared on Twitter in response. The article discussed naming and shaming as an anti-racism tactic. We do not believe public naming and shaming is the right approach,…
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Will.i.am and sunlight
On Saturday American musician William Adams, better known as Will.i.am, the frontman for the Black Eyed Peas, was on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney. The plane was waiting to take off, William who was wearing noise cancelling headphones had missed the instruction to put electronic devices away. He and others were approached by a…
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Briefing the Minister
On Friday the Online Hate Prevention Institute met with the Hon. Paul Fletcher MP, Federal Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts. In the meeting we briefed the Minister on the recent work of the Online Hate Prevention Institute, particularly in the area of Cyber Safety. Contributing to a safer online world Our discussion…
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Responding to Extremism
Since posting Wednesday’s live interview on ABC News with our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, we have had to ban two people from our Facebook page. Our Facebook page is not a space for people to argue against our mission, or to promote their desire for a right to abuse others. It is a safe space…
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A thread of anti-religious hate
Following our reports Facebook have removed content promoting Holocaust distortion and antisemitism. The same source also promotes anti-Christian hate.
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YouTube strengthens response to hate
YouTube have just made three important changes to their policies to strengthen their efforts against hate. These moves are warmly welcomed by the Online Hate Prevention Institute which has noted the use of YouTube as a preferred channel for the promotion of certain types of hate, in part due to YouTube’s unwillingness to remove such…
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Poway Synagogue Attack
This article is referred to in OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2016 Financial Year. Return to the Report. On the last day of the Jewish festival of Passover, on the Sabbath as the Jewish community of Poway near San Diego in California was gathered in prayer, a gunman with an AR-type assault weapon entered the place…
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ABC interview and e-mails with the IPA
Earlier today I was interviewed on ABC Radio by Myf Warhurst. We discussed the problem of online hate and what the Online Hate Prevention Institute does about it. This was a head of talks scheduled for the evenings of Tuesday 16/4 in Sydney Wednesday 17/4 in Brisbane and Thursday 2/5 in Melbourne. The interview is…
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Free speech has limits because speech can cause harm.
Without limits, freedom of speech can do more harm than good. Some limits are enforced by law, others are a result of the consequences that can occur for stepping outside of societal norms. The role of free speech Freedom of speech is necessary for us to live autonomous lives, we must also recognise that free…