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.
Media coverage & Press releases
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, J-Air Radio, The Australian Jewish News, The Media Line, SBS World News, ECAJ, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sputnik International, Griffith News, China Daily Global, The New Daily, Australian Financial Review, 7:30 Report, Business Insider, Illinois Times.
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Bendigo stands up to Islamophobia
July 18, 2014: Lucy Honan, Bendigo stands up to Islamophobia, http://www.solidarity.net.au Islamophobes are trying to stir up anti-Muslim hatred in Bendigo, but local anti-racists won’t have it. Since plans for a Bendigo mosque were announced in January, church groups, the Muslim community, Labor and Greens representatives, artists and residents have met a Stop the Mosque…
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Facebook Caught in Social Media War
The Jerusalem Post reports on Facebook’s issues with online hatred. They cite the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s work campaigning for Facebook to ban holocaust denial on the platform.
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Facebook Caught in Social Media War
July 17, 2014: Andre Oboler, Facebook Caught in Social Media War, Jerusalem Post, http://www.jpost.com/Blogs/Internet-Engagement/Facebook-caught-in-Social-Media-War-372962 Beyond the physical war between Hamas and Israel and another war is raging. This other war is taking place in social media; it’s caught major players like Facebook unprepared, and its caused government officials around the world to quietly express concerns about…
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Global Efforts to Combating Antisemitism
OHPI is proud to have its CEO server as a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism. The Global Forum is an initiative of the Government of Israel and is coordinated through the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The steering committee is made up of international experts in a variety of areas…
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International Engagement on Online Hate Monitoring Software
In late June and early July OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, met with colleagues in Melbourne (Australia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Jerusalem (Israel). In each city the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s Fight Against Hate software was presented and discussed. The software using a combination of crowd sourcing, expert solicitation and artificial intelligence to monitor both…
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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…