Publications
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The problem of cyberbullying trolls
We recently received a question asking for OHPI’s comment on the prevalence of bullying, hate, abuse and other conduct which seems to be given a pass online but which would meet strong condemnation in any off line context. Our first comment is to note that there is less acceptance of this online conduct now than…
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Video Briefing: Misogyny – Hate Against Women
This is the second part of a series of briefings related to OHPI’s campaign video “Stop Racism and Online Hate with OHPI”. This briefing focuses on the three images in the video which relate to women. The full video can be seen below, and the images have each been recaptured from the video to show…
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Video Briefing: Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial
This is the first part of a series of briefings related to OHPI’s campaign video “Stop Racism and Online Hate with OHPI”. This briefing focuses on the six images in the video which related to antisemitism or the Holocaust. The images have each been recaptured from the video to show when they appear. The video…
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Attacks on Pro-ANZAC Day Page
Updated 18/9/2013 in response to a reply from the Army and action against OHPI by members of a Facebook group discussed in this briefing OHPI is disappointed to see that Facebook is reviewing the “KEEP ANZAC DAY IN ITS CURRENT FORM” page in response to an organised campaign directed against that page and involving serious…
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Protest @ Facebook & Petition
OHPI is supported the October 14 Protest outside Facebook HQ. We’ve worked with the protest organizers to create a call for change which is both beneficial to the efforts to stop hate on Facebook and can be realistically implemented by Facebook. Please join the protest if you can get there, and sign the petition with…
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Twitter to be sued over #GaysMustDie
Twitter is to be sued in France over a hash tag “Gays must die”. A number of activists are questioning why Twitter rather than the users involved are being sued, the reason is that without first suing Twitter, it is impossible to get enough information on the users to take appropriate action against them. Twitter…
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Holocaust denial on Facebook – An Untold Story
Some online hate is so bad that we stop our regular activity to see it removed. The Holocaust denial page “The Untold History” was one such page. Social media is a powerful tool and that power should not be used to take content like this viral. Social media companies, that have such a major impact…
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Islamophobia on Facebook: Hate Against Muslims Crosses the Line
OHPI is currently working on a new report focused on Islamophobia on Facebook. One aspect of our report will be clarifying the definition of Islamophobia which we take as being limited to hate directed against Muslim people. While the report is still in progress, this page will list some examples of content we feel qualifies…
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Anti-Muslim rant going viral
An Anti-Muslim rant falsely attributed to Julia Gillard, and exposed by Snopes back in January 2013, went viral on Facebook in July 2013. After a successful campaign by OHPI, and the help of our online supporters, the content has now been removed. OHPI monitored the content as it grew from 61,000 shares to over 72,000…
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OHPI at the 2013 Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism
As co-chair of the Working Group on Antisemitism on the Internet and in the Media, OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, delivered a summary of the Working Group’s meeting and plan of action to the plenary. The Working Group was made up of about 50 international experts in the field of online hate and the plenary…