Publications
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OHPI response to the Freedom of Speech / S18C Report
The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) welcomes the report into Freedom of Speech and S18C of the Racial Discrimination Act from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights. OHPI’s submission and evidence from our CEO were cited repeatedly in the Committee’s report and we’re please to have made a valuable contribution to the discussion. OHPI’s…
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Nazi Group’s Poster Campaign in Melbourne
Update February 15th The group discussed in this article spent Valentines Day planing 1,000 small stickers with a heart and their groups name around Melbourne. The described it on Twitter as a treasure hunt for anti-fascist activists to find and remove them all. Again this is not something to be left to activists. If you see a…
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OHPI gives evidence to Parliament on S18C and online hate
On January 31, OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, gave evidence at a hearing of the Joint Parliamentry Committee on Human Rights as part of their inquiry into Freedom of Speech and S18C. Dr Oboler appeared as part of the Victorian Multicultural, Multi-Faith and Community Coalition which OHPI is proud to be apart of. A full transcript of…
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2017
Holocaust Memorial Day Today, January 27th is designated by the United Nations as Holocaust Memorial Day. It is the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp and an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The UN General Assembly resolution creating Holocaust Memorial Day also said the…
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Freedom of Speech Inquiry – what people said
The first submissions to the Federal Government’s inquiry into S18C and Freedom of Speech have been published on the Parliaments website. More submissions will be released in due course. Here’s some extracts of what some people and organisations said in their submissions: Professors Luke McNamara and Katharine Gelber (Submission 2): “Based on the evidence, therefore,…
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2016 submission on S18C and Freedom of Speech in Australia
The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) is Australia’s only Harm Prevention Charity dedicated to the issue of online hate. A large part of our work relates to identifying and combating cyber-racism against various parts of the community. In our work, we seek to strike a balance between protecting freedom of expression and protecting the right…
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Holocaust Denial, David Cole and CODOH
A few days ago, under our No Platform policy, we banned a person who commented on our posts about the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. They were seeking to promote the idea that Historical Revisionism of the Holocaust was proper scholarly work and should not be confused with Holocaust denial. This visitor was wrong as “revisionists” is the…
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Annual Report 2016 – Software Tools
This article is an extract based on OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2016 Financial Year. Return to the Report. FightAgainstHate.com Reporting Tool OHPI’s FightAgainstHate.com online reporting tool was launched by the Hon Paul Fletcher MP on behalf of the Minister for Communications, Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, in Sydney in December 2014. The software aims to…
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Annual Report on Activities for FY 2016
The following is a summary of activities discussed in the OHPI Directors Report prepared for our 2016 AGM. It reflects work undertaken between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016. The report itself contains further details on each section, which may be seen if you click for more information within each of the sections below.…
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OHPI on Indigenous Issues
Sophie, a 4th year education and Aboriginal studies teacher at the University of Sydney, was compiling a set of resources addressing racism of Aboriginal people. She wrote to us saying, “I really like your website and the ease of use it offers to students” and has a few questions the Online Hate Prevention Institute and…