Cyber-Racism
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3CR Interview
On Thursday our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, was the guest on “Yeah Nah Pasaran!” a show run by anti-fascist activists Andy Fleming and Cam Smith on radio station 3CR in Melbourne (855 AM / www.3cr.org.au). In the show we discussed where the Online Hate Prevention Institute came from and what we do. The technical nature of…
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Australian racism targeting Black Lives Matter
In this briefing we look at an Australian who has jumping on the bandwagon repeating racism from overseas about the Black Lives Matter Movement. While we won’t identify the poster, according to their profile they are from Queensland and hold a university degree from a South African University. The poster is male and of an…
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Australia Day, African Youth and the Far Right
The Voice of Australia is a page that describes itself as “against animal cruelty – particularly Halal Ritual Slaughter & the Islamisation of Australia”. It’s grown by 1% to 26,343 likes over the last three weeks. The page has been posting defensive messages attacking the idea it is related to racism or terrorism, while at the same…
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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 man collided. The boy, Elijah Doughty, was killed at the scene and the man charged with manslaughter. The man appeared in court the next day. Violence broke…
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Community Consultation on RDA
OHPI was invited to participate in a community consultation on RDA organised by the Australian Human Rights Commission in Melbourne. The Consultation was spearheaded by the Race Discrimination Commissioner at the AHRC Tim Soutphommasane, and was attended by many government and non-government organisations working in the field of community relations. OHPI took the opportunity to highlight how…
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OHPI attends RDA@40
OHPI attended the conference RDA@40 in Sydney on February 19 and 20, 2015 organised the Australian Human Rights Commission. The conference was held to mark the 40th anniversary of the passing of the Racial Discriminate Act (RDA), and was a part of year long celebrations being planned by the Commission. The conference looked at both…
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Racism against First Nations
OHPI stands against racism. You can see a detailed list of all our publications on online racism here. However, we take a particular interest in campaigning against online hate against First Nations. Below is a list of our publications and campaigns documenting, reporting and highlighting instances of online hate speech against First Nations. You can…
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Racism
One of the most significant forms of hate speech that OHPI combats is online racism. The Macquarie Dictionary (Sixth Edition, 2013) defines racism as: noun 1. the belief that human races have distinctive characteristics which determine their respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule…
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Racial Violence allowed on Facebook
June 18, 2014: Expo Today (Swedish Media) mentioned OHPI in an article on how Facebook allows incitement to racial violence go unchecked on its platform. http://expo.se/2014/uppmaningar-till-rasistiskt-vald-tillats-av-facebook_6550.html Facebook group “We who do not want to party with immigrants” do not violate Facebook’s “community rules”. That answer got a user who responded to the group which calls for…
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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…