Cyber-Racism
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The ups and downs of an anonymous, anti-fascist life
June 4, 2014, Andy Fleming, The ups and downs of an anonymous, anti-fascist life, Overland, https://overland.org.au/2014/06/the-ups-and-downs-of-an-anonymous-anti-fascist-life/ I soon learned that Dandakaranya, the forest I was about to enter, was full of people who had many names and fluid identities. It was like balm to me, that idea. How lovely not to be stuck with yourself, to…
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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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Facebook criticized for not stopping racism
December 10, 2013: Daniel Vergara, Facebook kritiseras för att inte stoppa rasism, Expo.se (Swedish media) (Translation: Facebook criticized for not stopping racism ), http://expo.se/2013/facebook-kritiseras-for-att-inte-stoppa-rasism_6298.html Racism directed against minority groups abound on Facebook. A report from the Online Hate Prevention Institute of Australia has mapped Islamophobia on Facebook. The report notes that the company is not acting against the…