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Hate speech and gang attack algorithms ‘adding to school violence scourge’
OHPI’s CEO, Andre Oboler, was interviewed by The Cairns Post as part of an article on social media algorithms promoting hate speech and gang violence.
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Ignorance and Bigotry
An excellent opinion piece by Jenna Price in The Age last Tuesday looked at bigotry and ignorance in Australian society. The article “Ignorant Australians are the threat to my society – Fear of the other is alive and well, and damaging” comments on new research by Matteo Vergani at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and…
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An interview with Hack on Triple J
On August 29 2016 in Boulder, near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, a stolen motorcycle driven by a 14-year-old Aboriginal boy and a utility vehicle driven by a 55-year-old man collided. The boy, Elijah Doughty, was killed at the scene and the man charged with manslaughter. The man appeared in court the next day. Violence broke…
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OHPI interviewed on 3AW
Tom Elliot interviews Dr Andre Oboler. “Calls for online trolls to face harsher legal consequences”, 3AW, September 1, 2015. http://www.3aw.com.au/news/calls-for-online-trolls-to-face-harsher-legal-consequences-20150901-gjcumv.html The vile Instagram post directed at indigenous Essendon footballer Courtenay Dempsey is sadly all too common, says the CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute. Police have offered support to Dempsey after the Bomber was allegedly racially…
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OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler interviewed by the NIRS
The NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service broadcasted an interview with Dr Andre Oboler last week on the swift removal of a racist anti-Aboriginal page. The page was removed within 24 hours of OHPI highlighting it in a briefing.
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OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler interviewed by the NIRS
Grace Pashley, Racist Facebook Page taken down, March 25, 2015, National Indigenous Radio Service, http://www.nirs.org.au/NEWS/Racist-Facebook-page-taken-down-1 The NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service broadcasted an interview with Dr Andre Oboler last week on the swift removal of a racist anti-Aboriginal page. The page was removed within 24 hours of OHPI highlighting it in a briefing. You…
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Anti-online hate speech campaigners launch new reporting tool
Report in the National Indigenous Radio Service on December 9, 2014. Report by Warren Barnsley. http://www.nirs.org.au/NEWS/Anti-online-hate-speech-campaigners-launch-new-reporting-tool A new tool to report and monitor hateful speech on social media will be made available for public use today. The ‘Fight against Hate’ initiative has been developed by the Online Hate Prevention Institute and will aim to determine…
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Facebook accused of allowing hate speech
The Age, July 10, 2014, reporter Mahesh Sharma. Title: Facebook accused of allowing hate speech http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/facebook-accused-of-allowing-hate-speech-20140710-zszzl.html Facebook rejected a request to take down a page that contained content ridiculing Aboriginal people. Photo: Supplied Facebook is facing fresh accusations that it allows hate speech to proliferate and refuses to enforce its own quality-control standards. Dr…
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Do You Hate to be Online?
April 8, 2014: Do you Hate to be Online?, Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, http://caama.com.au/2014/04/page/7 Online hate is all around us nowadays. Facebook, Twitter and even YouTube are filled with racial/ ethic hate. Our children are more at risk spending more and more time online and are more at risk to online hate more than ever…
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Social Media Users more open to racism with law changes
April 7, 2014: Warren Barnsley, Social Media Users more open to racism with law changes, National Indigenous Radio Service The Online Hate Prevention Institute is concerned proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act could open the floodgates for racial abuse on social media. The Federal Government wants to repeal an aspect of the Act that…