Publications
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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…
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Submission to the Commonwealth Attorney-General on the Proposed Amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)
This report discusses OHPI’s views on the proposed amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. We argue that the revisions would lead to a loss of sovereignty, in which case the Australian public may be exposed to hateful content that would have otherwise been illegal. We also raise concerns about the elevation of some forms…
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Wrongful unpublishing – The Alex Levin Art Page
In his capacity as co-chair of the Online Antisemitism Working Group of the Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism, OHPI’s CEO (Dr Andre Oboler) wrote to Facebook today for clarification about the unpublishing of Alex Levin’s art page. The page appears to have been wrongly removed based on claims it was posting pornographic content. The letter…