Cyber-Bullying
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Cyberbullying
The Macquarie Dictionary (Sixth Edition, 2013) defines a cyberbully as: noun (plural cyberbullies)1. a person who bullies another using email, chat rooms, social network sites, etc. –verb (t) (cyberbullied, cyberbullying)2. to bully (another) in this way. Often, cyberbullying is discussed as a particular problem for children, specially teenagers. However, OHPI believes that anyone can be cyberbullied,…
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Meet Lady Diamond
Welcome to the Adventures of Lady Diamond, Anti-Hate Campaigner at the Online Hate Prevention Institute. This is the first in a new series of videos produced by OHPI to explore issues of online hate. Two further video will be released by the end of July. Your thoughts and feedback on this video can be shared…
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Ben Garrison on Trolls
“This page wasn’t removed. We reviewed the page you reported for harassment. Since it did not violate our community standards, we did not remove it. Thanks for your report.” This is the message I received after reporting a hate page on Facebook. Near the top of the hate page was a statement that encouraged the…
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OHPI Submission on Online Safety of Children
The Australian Government contacted OHPI when they released their consultation paper on the Online Safety of Children asking for our feedback. This submission provides an overview of OHPI’s preferred approach to managing online safety as well as answers to a series of questions posed in the Government’s consultation paper. The Government has proposed that a Children’s…
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Digital Self Harm
Digital self harm has been in the media for the last few months following the death of Hannah Smith in the UK. Originally thought to be cyberbullying, it turned out the attacks on Hannah Smith on the ask.fm website were posted from Hannah’s own computer. Despite the recent surge in attention, Digital Self Harm is not…
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The problem of cyberbullying trolls
We recently received a question asking for OHPI’s comment on the prevalence of bullying, hate, abuse and other conduct which seems to be given a pass online but which would meet strong condemnation in any off line context. Our first comment is to note that there is less acceptance of this online conduct now than…