Freedom of Speech
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Facebook Fails to Protect Free Speech Against Hate
Social media companies claim the best response to hate speech is more speech. The use of counter speech is an important tool in combating all forms of online hate, but it comes with some unavoidable limitations. In addition to these limitations, we are now seeing a systemic failure at Facebook which is resulting in counter…
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Online rants and free speech
Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Facebook rants of a particular man did not amount to criminal threats – reversing the judgement of lower courts. The man in question had made a series of violent threats against his wife (with whom he was undergoing a separation) and others, often using the lyrics…
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Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo
“Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo“, The Big Smoke, January 21, 2015, <http://thebigsmoke.com.au/2015/01/21/je-suis-humain-responsible-free-speech-shadow-charlie-hebdo/> The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) releases a new report, Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo, in response to debate raging over free speech. Je Suis Humain gives background to the terrorist attacks,…
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OHPI: Je Suis Humain
Sarah AB “OHPI: Je Suis Humain“, hurryupharry.org, January 20, 2014 <http://hurryupharry.org/2015/01/20/ohpi-je-suis-humain/> The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has produced a report in the wake of events in Paris. ‘Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo murders.’ As well as analysis of the free speech issues raised by some responses…
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OHPI releases report on free speech in light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On January 20, 2015, the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) released a new report “Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo”. The report is in response to the debate raging in the mainstream and social media on free speech and its limits, if any, in the wake…
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Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo murders
The Report Some Extracts OHPI’s Recommendations Media Mentions The attacks in January 2015 in France on the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, a police officer, and a kosher supermarket, have sparked significant discussion. That discussion touches on issues of antisemitism, freedom of speech and expression, a free press, freedom from persecution, human dignity, bigotry, religion, blasphemy,…
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Freedom with Responsibility (ICFOSS, 2014)
The text of this talk will be added after the talk is delivered, in the mean time, here are the slides. Freedom With Responsibility – ICFOSS
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The Mosque at Currumbin
The Online Hate Prevention Institute, Australia’s only charity dedicated to hate speech in social media, is pleased to see that Facebook has finally closed the Facebook page “Stop the Mosque at Currumbin” (ID# 412242425582044 ). The page not only incited hate against the Muslim community, but also sought to intimidate and target members of the…
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More on freedom of speech: the case of Ben Garrison
April 30, 2014: Sarah AB, More on freedom of speech: the case of Ben Garrison, Harry’s place, http://hurryupharry.org/2014/04/30/more-on-freedom-of-speech-the-case-of-ben-garrison/ In this interesting post cartoonist Ben Garrison describes how his work was maliciously misappropriated by anti-Semites. He is associated with the Australian group OHPI (Online Hate Prevention Institute), and the piece appears on their site. I am well disposed towards…
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Freedom of Speech and Hate Speech in Australia
December 18, 2013: Andre Oboler, Freedom of Speech and Hate Speech in Australia, Jerusalem Post, http://www.jpost.com/Blogs/Internet-Engagement/Freedom-of-Speech-and-Hate-Speech-in-Australia-364133 Freedom of speech is an important right, but it is not absolute. Like all other rights, it can at times clash with other fundamental rights. The balance struck between conflicting rights forms part of the fundamental nature of a society.…