Publications
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The future of OHPI
News that the Online Hate Prevention Institute is vacating its office has rightly raised questions on our social media page. We’re moving out of our office as we can no longer afford the cost of maintaining it. We have been unable to pay staff since March and eliminating the office removes our next largest expense. OHPI…
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Misogyny and politics
Misogyny, defined by the Oxford Dictionary as a “dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women” in the form of hate speech. Some in politics use hate speech, such as a racism and bigotry, to targeted minorities in a bid to become popular with those seeking a scapegoat to blame their problems on. In…
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Racism against Indigenous Australians on Twitter
The Online Hate Prevention Institute regularly comments on racism in social media against Indigenous Australia. Most recently we discussed this topic with Hack on Triple J. We have an archive of our past work on this topic and our report into Aboriginal Memes brought the topic to the attention of UNESCO. With a few exceptions, the racism…
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An interview with Hack on Triple J
On August 29 2016 in Boulder, near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, a stolen motorcycle driven by a 14-year-old Aboriginal boy and a utility vehicle driven by a 55-year-old man collided. The boy, Elijah Doughty, was killed at the scene and the man charged with manslaughter. The man appeared in court the next day. Violence broke…
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Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the 2016 Census
Update (11 December 2016) We congratulate the Senate Economics References Committee on an excellent report into the 2016 Census disaster. The committee’s report was made public on the 24th of November. We’re please to note our submission was cited a number of times in the report. On the impact on data quality if the Census loses…
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Pokemon Go Issues and Concerns
Pokemon Go is an augmented reality game which launched a week ago. Augmented reality games involve the use of technology to map aspects of the game onto the real world. The technology could involve complicated and expensive headsets and body suits, special mats or controllers, or could be as simply as your mobile phone. Pokemon…
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A reply to Neil Erikson on Islamist Extremism
This morning we were treated to a rather strange sight on our Facebook page. The question in a comment to one of our posts reading, “Do you guys ever expose Islamic extremism? If so, link me” was reasonable enough. The Online Hate Prevention Institute works on all forms of online hate and that includes Islamist Extremism,…
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The Far-Right on Social Media
The threats, incitement and expressions of violence appearing in the comments on the pages of far-right groups have been causing concern for police and the community at large. These comments are often more blatant and violent than the posts made by the pages themselves. The threat We were asked whether, given the comments, these groups…
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Under attack from Pokemon
BREAKING: You can now report problematic PokeStops and Gyms to the Online Hate Prevention Institute via FightAgainstHate.com Since the launch of pokemon go on Wednesday last week there have been a number of concerns raised about PokéStops and Gyms spawning on private property or sites where increased foot traffic may lead to a risk to public…
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Religion and homophobia
A supporter wrote to us asking about religious groups and homophobia. The most well known case of a religious hate group is the Westboro Baptist Church in the United States, described as “arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America” according to the South Poverty Law Center, a well respect US human rights…