Publications
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Problems with Facebook and some users
Update: Facebook has restored our commentary about the article An article by the examiner has highlights a real problem in relation to Facebook, and it’s not the problem the article intended to raise. The article argues Facebook is removing content critical of Islam but leaving up content advocating violence against Jews. In reality, Facebook is…
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Landover Baptist Church and the limits of satire
This week, the Facebook Page of the Landover Baptist Church sparked a discussion in the OHPI office on the limits of satire. Are there any limits, or is all fair in love, war and lampooning? First, a brief background. The Landover Baptist Church is a fictional Baptist church is the US that satirises fundamentalist Christianity and the…
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4Chan’s /pol/ and the Trouble with Dean
Epic Fails in Trolling by Ben Garrison is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This cartoon was created for this article published by OHPI. You may use it provided it is not altered and that you credit it as “Credit: © Online Hate Prevention Institute; Artist, Ben Garrison. Used with permission see…
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Social media connects far-right groups
Last week the far-right Australian political party Australia First and Australian members of the Greek far-right political party Golden Dawn held a rally in Brisbane. A new briefing from the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) examines how these groups connected through social media following revelations of on 60 Minutes on April 13 that Golden Dawn…
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Golden Dawn Australia Update
Updated: 12 May 2014, 6pm – earlier today OHPI wrote to both Facebook and the Australian Human Rights Commission to notify them of our work on the Australians for Golden Dawn page. Following those e-mails we’re please to report that the page has now been closed by Facebook. The original post which we sent Facebook…
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Golden Dawn’s Australian Fascists
The Greek Neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn now has branches in Australia, and with the help of Social Media, they have connected with the Australian far-right party Australia First. Brought together through social media, the fascists stood side by side at a rally last week in the Australia city of Brisbane. The globalisation of the far-right,…
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Social Media, Golden Dawn and Australia’s Far-Right
An update to this briefing is available here. On 30 January, 2013, the Australian First Party Brisbane created a Facebook page. On November 7, 2013, a Facebook page called Australians for the Golden Dawn Party was created. Five months later, on May 2, 2014, Brisbane became the site of a Golden Dawn solidarity rally. The…
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ATO tackles e-commerce taxation
The Financial Review has reported that the Australian Taxation Office is taking the lead internationally in ensuring major companies, and technology companies in particular, are paying their fair share of tax. Many of the companies have been avoiding tax, not only in Australia, but globally. China is assisting in the effort and as the head…
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OHPI Submission on Racial Discrimination and S 18C
Earlier today the Online Hate Prevention Institute sent in a submission (also visible below) to the consultation by Australia’s Attorney-General on his proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth). Our submission focused on the issue of cyber-racism and the role S 18C plays in tackling this problem. Executive Summary The Online Hate Prevention…
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Ben Garrison on Trolls
“This page wasn’t removed. We reviewed the page you reported for harassment. Since it did not violate our community standards, we did not remove it. Thanks for your report.” This is the message I received after reporting a hate page on Facebook. Near the top of the hate page was a statement that encouraged the…