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Blackface and Social Media
Over the last few hours the picture below of what appears to be a couple of Indigenous Australians in traditional dress has been causing serious outrage on social
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Survivor Island 3: What can we learn from the incident
Last week, racism against Aboriginal Australians in digital spaces plumbed new depths as news came out of an online game included killing of Aboriginal Australians as a game plotline,
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Report Hate against Indigenous Australians on Twitter
Hate against Indigenous Australians is rife on Twitter. Here we share some examples of abusive and hateful comments made against the Indigenous Australian communities. Under the garb of
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Report racist video “Flubba Bubba noonga”
In this briefing, we draw attention to the YouTube video Flubba Bubba noonga that is promoting racist stereotypes of Australia’s aboriginal community. The video is a rap song
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Where do trolls come from and how do we stop their cyberbullying?
The Online Hate Prevention Institute has been fielding a number of media questions about online trolling and abuse in recent days. We’ve discussed the issue on radio this
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Report YouTube video “Noonga Talk”
“Noonga Talk” is a racist YouTube video promoting hateful stereotypes of Aboriginal Australians. It was uploaded on July 5, 2009 and has been viewed 3,720 times. The video
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Report “Adam Goodes for the Flog of the Year” Page
The controversy around the persistent booing of Adam Goodes has dominated the AFL championship this year. Naturally, this is reflected on social media where we can see Facebook
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Success! OHPI gets hate removed
On Harmony Day, March 21, 2015, we initiated a social media campaign asking our supporters to report three hateful images on Facebook. One was antisemitic, another anti-Muslim and
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“BlackFulla RevoltingLution”: Anti-Aboriginal Hate reappears on Facebook
UPDATE: In under 24 hours from the start of our campaign, this hate page has now been closed. Thank you to everyone who supported this campaign and shared
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Racism
One of the most significant forms of hate speech that OHPI combats is online racism. The Macquarie Dictionary (Sixth Edition, 2013) defines racism as: noun 1. the belief