Publications
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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…
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Hackers target Bnei Akiva
Peter Kohn writes about the recent hacking of Bnei Akiva’s Facebook page and about the platform’s response.
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Reporting Proud Holocaust Deniers
Summary The Facebook page Proud to be a Holocaust Denier (page id: 1420505938199432) was created on March 24th 2014. It currently has 262 supporters. The page propagates antisemitism and Holocaust denial. Some of the page’s content could be described as deliberately misleading, while other content could be described as deliberately offensive. The content, however, goes…
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RDA Campaigning Resources
Images The following memes, created by OHPI, may be saved and shared. Videos The following videos can be shared through YouTube More info