anti-Muslim hate
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OHPI Interview K-Rock Radio
On September 3, OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler was interviewed at the K-Rock Radio on the issue of online hate, and how we combat it. You can listen the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx81vG3jTo8
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Launch of “Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate” Campaign
On September 17, the CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute Dr Andre Oboler officially launched our major new campaign “Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate” (SAMIH) at the La Trobe University along with a crowd-funding appeal to support it. Our launch coincided with the launch of The Agency at the La Trobe University, an initiative…
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OHPI on SBS Hindi
On September 17, OHPI’s communications officer Chetna Prakash was interviewed on SBS Hindi about its campaign Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate. The radio clip can be heard here: http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/hi/content/campaign-stop-online-hate-against-islam?language=hi.
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The Rising Online Anti-Muslim Hate: A Background
On the International Human Rights Day two years ago, December 10, 2013, the Online Hate Prevention Institute published a report “Islamophobia on the Internet: the growth of online hate targeting Muslims”. Our report was the first of its kind tracking online hate items against Muslims that were circulating on Facebook . We trawled through 50 Facebook pages…
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Sept 11 and today’s rising anti-Muslim hate
Today, on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States we remember the victims of terrorism. We remember the devastation and human tragedy that extremist ideology can cause. We reflect as today Daesh (ISIS) with its brutal extremist ideology attacks civilians in Iraq and Syria causing an international refugee crisis as large…
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Report “Restore Australia” community page
In this briefing, we discuss the Facebook community page Restore Australia (Id#152464798295040), which has 12,211 followers and is spreading anti-Muslim hate in Australia. In its About page, the page admins state that they are “dedicated to bringing about political reform through constitutional change, and exposing the many attacks on our civilization by Islam”. It is…
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“Waleed Aly is an Islamic Turd”- Page Removed
One of the pages reported to FightAgainstHate.com was a racist public Facebook group called “Waleed Aly is an Islamic Turd ” (ID #97352561933890) The page has 462 members. OHPI reported the page and has been monitoring it for some time and we are pleased to say that Facebook has now removed it. In this briefing we will…
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Talk on Online Hate to B’nai B’rith’s Raoul Wallenberg Unit
On August 4, Dr Oboler will discuss the significant impact online hate has on individuals and in shaping the values of society in a talk for the Raoul Wallenberg Unit of B’nai B’rith. The unit is named for Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who rescued nearly 100,000 Jews from Nazi-occupied Hungary. In 2013 Raoul Wallenberg became…
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Talk at La Trobe University
On April 15, 2015, OHPI’s communications officer gave a talk to second-year students of strategic communications at the La Trobe University, Melbourne. The talk looked at how online hate can become a strategic communications issue when companies / organisations / groups do not manage their online security or are lax in the moderation of their…
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Muslims Trolled, interview with ABC Radio National
Our CEO Andre Oboler is interviewed by ABC Radio National about our major new report which has been released to coincide with International Human Rights Day. The report looks at the growing problem of online hate targeting the Muslim community, and is titled: ‘Islamophobia on the Internet: The growth of online hate targeting’. It names…