Publications
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Online Responses to Port Arthur, 30 years on.
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Port Arthur Massacre. On 28 April 1996, Martin Bryant shot and killed 35 people, including 4 children, and wounding 23 others. The Online Hate Prevention Institute joins the rest of Australia in remembering those who were killed, those who were injured, and the families whose lives were changed…
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Is Social Media facilitating hate?
By Andre Oboler Social media has become far more toxic over the last year. More people I speak to are turning away from it entirely. For the Jewish community, the level of antisemitism online is a huge factor is their disgust at social media in 2026. While antisemitism of all kinds, including online, is at…
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Australian responses to the attack on London ambulances
This report examines responses on Facebook to a post by the Australian Financial Review (AFR) sharing an article about the firebombing of four Hatzalah ambulances in Golders Green, London, on March 23, 2026. The analysis reveals that around half the comments and more than half the reactions to the post were antisemitic.
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Examining an Anti-Zionist response to the Michigan Temple Israel attack
On March 12 a truck loaded with explosives (fireworks) was driven into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, in the Untied States. After demolishing part of the building, the driver began shooting. The Temple Israel site that was targeted includes a synagogue, a Jewish nursery school, and a Jewish school…
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
On January 27th, the world remembers the Holocaust. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated this date as the annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to remember the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. The date chosen, 27 January, marks the liberation of the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz…
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Attracting the antisemites
Since the Bondi terrorist attack the Online Hate Prevention Institute has been received strong responses from some opposing our efforts to improve online safety. Under our No Platform Policy we ban those promoting hate or attacking us on our page. The policy explains why. We also, however, capture their comments. Here’s some of what we…
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Bondi Report
This report is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre. May their memory be a blessing. Video extracts Press Release New report warns extremist language and public erasure are reshaping Australia’s civic space A new research report by the Online Harm Prevention Institute (OHPI) examining the aftermath of…
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Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre
This preliminary report looks at the online response to the Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacre. We examine the hate and extremism posted in response to the deadly attack.
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Recent Shifts in Online Safety: Social Media Bans, Location Tracking, and AI-Driven Hate
This past month has seen some major developments in the world of social media and online hate. Yesterday, Australia’s world-leading social media ban for under 16s came into effect, with the goal of helping to shield young people from harmful online content. We also recently saw X roll out its new location-display feature, as well…
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Coded Racism Online: How Crime Stories Become a Vehicle for Hate
Online hate is not always easy to spot. Sometimes it hides behind slang or words that sound harmless but are deeply hurtful to the people they target. This briefing looks at a pattern of racism aimed at African Australians using terms like “licorice stick” in comments on social media. You often see these words under…