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Grieving mother subjected to violent threats from trolls
A Queensland woman has been subjected to threats from trolls after her son died in a freak accident. OHPI’s CEO says, “Such abuse is a crime”.
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Mayor Jack Dempsey on online hate
We welcome Mayor Dempsey’s call for Federal and State Governments to “catch up with the modern world and make laws that keep people safe online”.
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Political Trolling and Suicide Incitement on Twitter
As part of our August 2020 campaign of countering online trolling, this briefing provides supplementary examples of appalling hate speech, misogyny and suicide incitement used to troll public […]
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Unmasking Serious Trolling on Twitter
The act of serious trolling online continues to be a pervasive and inglorious form of harassment, bullying, and intimidation. Whether targeting celebrities, organizations, or other individuals, serious trolling […]
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None so blind
An English proverb says “There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already […]
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Face-to-face with “predator trolls” who “weren’t born that way” – with cyberhate expert and author Ginger Gorman
by Carly McClen, images by Hilary Wardhaugh. “Absolute freedom of speech online leads to places like 8Chan which played a significant role in radicalising Brenton Tarrant, in turn […]
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Everything in moderation
Today we received a fair about of media attention due to our work on racism and the far-right. It started with an article in today’s Age. Just after […]
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Investigating a troll
It started with a comment on the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s Facebook page “Be wary of donating, this is not a registered charity and is probably a scammer.” […]
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Who thinks we’re a waste of time and money?
One of the problem with social media is that it lacks context. In a recent briefing we discussed the problem of racist trolls who go out of their […]
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Hating those opposing hate
As the year draws to a close one of our key reflections is that in 2018 it became harder than ever for people to oppose online hate. While […]