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If you can’t Recognize Hate Speech, the sunlight can’t penetrate
This week the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), an Australian Charity which I have the privilege of leading as its CEO, released my major new report into Hate Speech on Facebook. OHPI seeks to facilitate a change in online culture so that hate in all its forms becomes as socially unacceptable online as it is in “real…
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If you can’t Recognize Hate Speech, the sunlight can’t penetrate
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes about a major new report into Hate Speech on Facebook, which was recently published by OHPI. The report focuses on Antisemitism on Facebook, but it does so as an example of a wider problem with Hate Speech on the social media platform. The major finding, supported by rigorous documentation, is…
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Recognizing Hate Speech: Antisemitism On Facebook
The Online Hate Prevention Institute released a major new report into antisemitism on Facebook to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21st 2013. The new report tracks the response to a number of antisemitic items on Facebook. Some of the items were included in OHPI’s previous report in 2012 into Aboriginal Memes and…
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Memes spark calls for online ombudsman
This TV news story on SBS World News Australia, first broadcast 17 AUG 2012, 6:36 PM, features an interview by Andy Park with Dr Andre Oboler from the Online Hate Prevention Institute. The interview discusses a recent controversial facebook group which featured racist memes about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Oboler discusses the current…
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Social media is the message
The following is an extract from a feature article in the form of an interview with OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, in the Australian Jewish News on November 30th 2012 (page 40). The social media is the message When it comes to Facebook and Twitter few people know just how powerful these forums can be…
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The Hitler Shield: Mocking the Dead at Facebook
Facebook is sliding into moral decay. I would say slowly, but the pace of detrimental change appears to be increasing. The change between 2008 and today is truly shocking; the more facebook grows, the less regard it appears to have for other or for society as a whole. In 2008 Facebook’s terms of service included…
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Poland fights against xenophobia
Radio Poland discusses an international academic conference in Warsaw entitled “Exploring the limits of tolerance. – Jewish communities and other minorities facing anti-Semitism and xenophobia.” They spoke to our CEO Andre Oboler, who discussed his field of research and ways to reduce online hate-speech. Oboler explained that “Ideally we want these users to remove the hate…
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Responding to the unprecedented attack on Indigenous Australians through Facebook
Press release: Issued 4:20pm October 11, 2012 The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), an organisation dedicated to combatting online hate, released a major report today into Aboriginal Memes and Online Hate. The report documents an unprecedented online attack against Indigenous Australians and how racist content went viral through the use of social media and in…
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Aboriginal Memes and Online Hate
The Online Hate Prevention Institute is pleased to announce the release of a major new report into Aboriginal Memes and Online Hate. The press release can be viewed here (or seen below) and the report may be downloaded here (or seen below). PRESS RELEASE: Responding to the unprecedented attack on Indigenous Australians through Facebook The…
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Facebook Discourages Reporting
Why would Facebook let users go through a long process to report something, only to tell them in the final step that they should have used a different process and their complaint will now not be accepted? OHPI considers this a serious design flaw which may discourage the reporting of serious complaints. Hate speech can…