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Xenophobia: Them vs us
Britannica defines xenophobia as “fear and contempt of strangers or foreigners or of anything designated as foreign, or a conviction that certain foreign individuals and cultures represent a threat to the authentic identity of one’s own nation-state and cannot integrate into the local society peacefully.” Xenophobia has existed as far back as people could differentiate…
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Racism on X, Gab & TikTok
While the most widely regulated form of hate speech, thanks to the UN’s International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), online racism continues to be a growing problem in social media. This briefing gives current examples of it across X (Twitter), TikTok and Gab. We also examine their terms of…
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Racism towards First Nations people on January 26
On 26 January, 4 OHPI Analysts documented racism against First Nations people on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok. Our findings are summarised here.
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Reflections on reviewing social media comments from the referendum
By Matthew Desmond Smith I joined the team at the Online Hate Prevention Institute in January to work on a project investigating online racism and disinformation from the referendum on The Voice. This article shared my initial experience of this ongoing project and the data we saw. The project saw a team of 12 of…
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Russian incitement to genocide
Incitement to genocide, antisemitism, and Holocaust distortion by Dmitry Medvedev, Former President of Russia, should be removed by Twitter. Report it.
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Twitter urged to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
180 nonprofit & civil rights organisations joined to call on Elon Musk to update Twitter’s anti-hate policies by adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
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Anti-Asian Hate on Facebook
This is the second briefing in a new project documenting anti-Asian hate on Facebook and Instagram. This project is being conducted in partnership with Meta’s Australian office and the Race Discrimination Team at the Australian Human Rights Commission. In this briefing we examine some of the different types of Australian anti-Asian hate observed on Facebook.…
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Have a respectful January 26, 2022
Today, January 26th, is a day of competing narratives. Whatever your focus on this day, we urge all Australians to also take time to reflect on the perspective of others. Indigenous perspective For many Indigenous Australians today is known as a Day of Mourning, Survival Day or Invasion Day. It commemorates the start of what…
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Report of the Inquiry into anti-vilification protections
The Online Hate Prevention Institute warmly welcomes the report of the Inquiry into anti-vilification protections which was tabled today in the Victorian Parliament. The Inquiry undertook extensive consultation. Committee members were deeply engaged and worked in a spirit of cooperation to ensure the best possible outcome could be reached for the Victorian community. The report…
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Xenophobia 2020: COVID-19 Anti-Asian Attitudes
Xenophobia has existed throughout history. From earliest times, humans have experienced fear and hatred towards those outside of their own social group, nation or country. Xenophobia – Fear of the Foreign History has witnessed many waves of Xenophobic aggression in various parts of the world (outlined in an article published by Psychologenie). The United States…