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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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18C helped beat Facebook hate page
The Australian Jewish News reports on section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA), which community leaders say helped them to persuade Facebook this week to close down a page run by the Australian branch of the far-right Greek political party Golden Dawn. They report how The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) presented the social…
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More on freedom of speech: the case of Ben Garrison
April 30, 2014: Sarah AB, More on freedom of speech: the case of Ben Garrison, Harry’s place, http://hurryupharry.org/2014/04/30/more-on-freedom-of-speech-the-case-of-ben-garrison/ In this interesting post cartoonist Ben Garrison describes how his work was maliciously misappropriated by anti-Semites. He is associated with the Australian group OHPI (Online Hate Prevention Institute), and the piece appears on their site. I am well disposed towards…
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PRESS RELEASE: OHPI’s S 18C Submission
In a submission to the Australian Government’s consultation on proposed changes to Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has warned of serious and unforseen consequences if the proposed changes go ahead.Public sentiment is also against any changes to the Act with community groups of all types united against the proposed changes…
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Who Is Behind ADL’s Racist Violence
April 23, 2014, Andy Fleming, New Matilda, Who Is Behind ADL’s Racist Violence, https://www.newmatilda.com/2014/04/23/whos-behind-adls-racist-violence Two shootings on opposite sides of the world show that far right groups pose a constant threat of violence. In Australia, the Muslim community are likely to be the targets, writes Andy Fleming A shooting at the home of Nathan Abela, the…
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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…