The Online Hate Prevention Institute regularly appears in the media. Media organisations wanting a comment can contact us, please provide your work e-mail when doing so.

Recent media coverage

The following coverage comes from: ABC News, ABC News Tonight, ABC Religion & Ethic, The Australian, 10 Daily, South China Morning Post, The Daily Dot, Audiatur Online, J-Wire, Buzzfeed News, Medium, JAir Radio,

  • J-Wire Newsdesk, ‘Governments advertising was supporting the hosting of terrorist manifesto’, J-Wire , 15 March 2020
  • Josh Butler,  ‘Muslim Group Calls Out Facebook’s Failure To Combat Hate After Christchurch’, 10 Daily, 13 March, 2020
  • ABC Radio National, Live ABC Radio Interview discussing what’s been done since the Christchurch attack to tackle online extremism, ABC Radio National, 13 March 2020
  • Josh Butler, ‘Far-Right Extremist Groups Are Using Instagram As A Recruiting Ground’, 10 Daily, 3 March 2020
  • Samira Sadeque, ‘Why is Instagram still hosting ‘Black Lives Don’t Matter’ accounts?’, The Daily Dot, 29 February 2020
  • Daniel Rickenbacher, ‘Die andere Epidemie – Antisemitische Verschwörungstheorien und der kurze Weg zur Gewalt’, Audiatur Online, 28 February, 2020
  • Josh Butler, ‘Christchurch Mosque Shooting ‘Inspiring’ Aussie Far-Right Extremists And White Supremacists’, 10 Daily, 26 February, 2020
  • J-Wire Newsdesk, ‘Ramping up the battle against online hate’, J-Wire, 12 February 2020
  • Viki Gerova, ‘’Playing Into The Hysteria’: How Racism Has ‘Mobilised Fear And Hostility’ Over Coronavirus’, 10 Daily, 6 February 2020
  • Cameron Wilson, “Australia won’t censor 8chan unless it hosts the Christchurch video, says internet watchdog”, Buzzfeed News, 7 November 2019
  • J-Wire Newsdesk, ‘Online Hate Prevention Institute turns eight’, J-Wire, 23 January 2020
  • Cameron Wilson, ‘Australia Won’t Ban Manifestos Similar To The Christchurch Shooter’s Because They Didn’t Go As Viral’ Buzzfeed News, 16 January 2020
  • Ahmed Hassan, ‘Hate Speech or Free Speech: Can we regulate social media?’, Medium, 3 January, 2020
  • Nikki Marczak, ‘Turning back the tide of antisemitic abuse of Jewish school students’, ABC Religion & Ethics, 25 November 2019
  • ABC News, Live TV interview on Facebook’s efforts to use Exit Australia to combat extremism, ABC News, 19 September 2019
  • Talking to the Max, Live radio interview on countering online hate, JAir Radio, 4 September 2019
  • ‘New ‘Anti-trolling’ laws to stop online abuse and harassment’, 10 Daily, 28 August 2019
  • Josh Butler, ‘Blocking 8Chan just ‘baby steps’ in fighting racist extremism, Experts Say’, 10 Daily, 26 August 2019
  • Live TV interview on the Prime Minister’s efforts to tackle extremism at the G7, ABC News Tonight, 26 August 2019
  • Simone McCarthy , ‘Crackdown on Chinese accounts shows US social media giants becoming ‘more proactive’’, South China Morning Post, 25 August 2019
  • Simone McCarthy, ‘Why Facebook and Twitter cracked down on Chinese state attacks on Hong Kong protesters’, South China Morning Post, 23 August 2019
  • El Paso terrorist attack and 8Chan, ABC News, 6 August 2019
  • Mark Shliebs, ‘Australia foments far-right ‘great hate’’, The Australian, 10 July 2019