Publications
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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
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Racial discrimination: they just don’t get it
The underlying problem the Government is facing over changes to the Racial Discrimination Act is that it still doesn’t understand the point the Judge was making in the Bolt case. It still doesn’t understand what Bolt did wrong. They don’t understand the danger to the social cohesion of Australia that comes from actions like Bolt’s.…
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Racial Discrimination Act and Freedom of Speech
On March 25th 2014 the Australian Government released draft legislation showing proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act. The Online Hate Prevention Institute is deeply concerned by these proposed changes. We believe they will almost entirely eliminate Australia’s prohibitions against racist hate speech online. We believe the changes will lead to an increase in racially…
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OHPI Submission on Online Safety of Children
The Australian Government contacted OHPI when they released their consultation paper on the Online Safety of Children asking for our feedback. This submission provides an overview of OHPI’s preferred approach to managing online safety as well as answers to a series of questions posed in the Government’s consultation paper. The Government has proposed that a Children’s…
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OHPI’s exposure of ‘Islam Exposed’
We have recently been recieving a number of messages from supporters of the “Islam Exposed” Facebook page who are upset that “Islam Exposed” is included in OHPI’s list of Facebook pages promoting hate speech against Muslims. The list is part of our report into anti-Muslim hate published last December. The list in our report was…
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The Antisemitic Meme of the Jew
The Antisemitic Meme of the Jew is a cartoon picture depicting a negative stereotype of a Jewish man with a black beard, long hooked nose, a hunched back, crooked teeth, and hands being wrung in glee. The image was created by a white supremacist cartoonist and has been online in neo-Nazi circles since at least…