anti-Aboriginal hate
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Racism against Indigenous Australians on Twitter
The Online Hate Prevention Institute regularly comments on racism in social media against Indigenous Australia. Most recently we discussed this topic with Hack on Triple J. We have […]
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An interview with Hack on Triple J
On August 29 2016 in Boulder, near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, a stolen motorcycle driven by a 14-year-old Aboriginal boy and a utility vehicle driven by a 55-year-old […]
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NRL Memes
On May 31st the NRL Memes page (ID: 349532781801156) which has 196,542 supporters posted a meme using a picture of a gorilla with the message R.I.P. Sam Thaiday. The Gorilla […]
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Trolling the AFL with racism and misogyny
June 23 2016: WIN! This page has been removed, but additional problems exist. For an update on this story, see our AFL Memes Update. The AFL Memes page […]
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Blackface and Social Media
Over the last few hours the picture below of what appears to be a couple of Indigenous Australians in traditional dress has been causing serious outrage on social […]
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Where do trolls come from and how do we stop their cyberbullying?
The Online Hate Prevention Institute has been fielding a number of media questions about online trolling and abuse in recent days. We’ve discussed the issue on radio this […]
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OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler interviewed by the NIRS
The NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service broadcasted an interview with Dr Andre Oboler last week on the swift removal of a racist anti-Aboriginal page. The page was removed within […]
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OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler interviewed by the NIRS
Grace Pashley, Racist Facebook Page taken down, March 25, 2015, National Indigenous Radio Service, http://www.nirs.org.au/NEWS/Racist-Facebook-page-taken-down-1 The NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service broadcasted an interview with Dr Andre […]
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Success! OHPI gets hate removed
On Harmony Day, March 21, 2015, we initiated a social media campaign asking our supporters to report three hateful images on Facebook. One was antisemitic, another anti-Muslim and […]
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Deadly Vibe Magazine: Hate speech ‘not OK’
Deadly Vibe Magazine talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s recently developed program designed to keep social media platforms responsive to unacceptable pages […]