Publications
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Recap 2015: OHPI’s government engagement
In our Recap 2015 series, we take a look at some of our major achievements during the year. OHPI has been deeply engaged with Government over the past year. We have assisted the Commonwealth Attorney General’s department and the Australian Federal Police with confidential reports on a range of matters. We have also worked with state…
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Recap 2015: FightAgainstHate.com reporting tool
In our Recap 2015 series, we take look at some of our major achievements of the year. OHPI’s FightAgainstHate.com online reporting tool was launched by the Hon Paul Fletcher MP on behalf of the then Minister for Communications, Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, in Sydney on December 9, 2014. The software aims to make social media…
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Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate Interim Report
This interim report provides some background and data from OHPI’s “Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate” Campaign. This report is based on over 1,100 items of anti-Muslim hate in social media reported and categorised by the public through our FightAgainstHate.com reporting tool. The vast majority of the hate this report is based on was found on…
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Anti-Muslim Hate Interim Report
This interim report provides some background and preliminary data from OHPI’s forthcoming “Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate Report” due to be released in March 2016. It is released for International Human Rights Day (10th of December 2015) and in light of the need to urgently address this growing problem which threatens the inclusivity of our…
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A response to Eric Schmidt’s memo to tech companies
Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has written an editorial in the NYT setting out a memo for tech companies, governments and social media users on their role in fighting online hate entitled “How to build a better web“. In the article he warns against censorship by the state, and says that: “It’s our…
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Recap 2015: How to Combat Online Antisemitism (e-book / book)
In our Recap 2015 series, we look at some of our major achievements during 2015. On July 1, 2015, OHPI published an e-book giving guidance on combating online antisemitism as well as step-by-step instructions on reporting hate to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and OHPI’s independent online hate reporting system FightAgainstHate.com. The book also helped readers understand…
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Recap 2015: Spotlight on Antisemitism
In our Recap 2015 series, we take a look at some of our major achievements during 2015. On March 3, 2015, OHPI launched its first major campaign “Spotlight on Antisemitism” using our new online hate reporting tool FightAgainstHate.com. The tool was launched on December 9, 2014, the evening before the International Human Rights Day. The…
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Recap 2015: Je Suis Humain report & paper
In our recap 2015 series, we take a look at some of our major achievements during 2015. OHPI started 2015 by publishing a major report “Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo murders”. The report, published on January 19, 2015, explored the different approaches to the line between freedom of…
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Report racist video “Flubba Bubba noonga”
In this briefing, we draw attention to the YouTube video Flubba Bubba noonga that is promoting racist stereotypes of Australia’s aboriginal community. The video is a rap song by two performers. Both the get-up of the singers and the lyrics of the song seek to humiliate Indigenous Australians and deny them their right to human…
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Criminal investigations launched against Facebook in Germany for racist speech
Germany, a country that has first-hand experience in how rampant xenophobic speech can vitiate society, is taking serious action against Facebook for non-removal of racist speech from the social media platform. German prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation against the Facebook managing director in Germany, Martin Ott. Germany has seen a surge in anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant speech on…