hate speech
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OHPI Welcomes New Laws
Melbourne, 21 January 2026 – The Online Hate Prevention Institute welcomes the passage of the “Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026” late last night. The key hate speech provisions were unfortunately removed by the government prior to the bill being debated by the parliament. Without these provisions, while the new…
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X does not enforce its policy on hate-speech
A few days ago, at the start of September 2024, Brazil banned X (Twitter) following Elon Musk’s refusal to suspend what Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes described as far-right accounts spreading misinformation. Brazil’s supreme court voted to ban the platform and Moraes has given companies like Apple and Google five days to remove…
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Mayor Jack Dempsey on online hate
We welcome Mayor Dempsey’s call for Federal and State Governments to “catch up with the modern world and make laws that keep people safe online”.
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Report of the Inquiry into anti-vilification protections
The Online Hate Prevention Institute warmly welcomes the report of the Inquiry into anti-vilification protections which was tabled today in the Victorian Parliament. The Inquiry undertook extensive consultation. Committee members were deeply engaged and worked in a spirit of cooperation to ensure the best possible outcome could be reached for the Victorian community. The report…
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OHPI Addresses Asia Pacific Regional Forum
The CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute, Dr Andre Oboler, presented to a regional forum on October 20th 2020 and outlined four key recommendation for addressing online hate speech to create a safer space for minorities. Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Hate Speech, Social Media and Minorities was a 2-day online event convened by…
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Facebook’s big changes on hate-speech – here’s why they won’t last
The New Daily cites our CEO Andre Oboler when reporting on leaked audio of Facebook CEO discussing their hate-speech policies.
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Boycotting Facebook is not the answer
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes in jwire.com about a proposed boycott of Facebook. Oboler argues that, in light of significant progress made by Facebook to combat hate speech, the boycott is not justified, and may in fact threaten democracy.
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YouTube strengthens response to hate
YouTube have just made three important changes to their policies to strengthen their efforts against hate. These moves are warmly welcomed by the Online Hate Prevention Institute which has noted the use of YouTube as a preferred channel for the promotion of certain types of hate, in part due to YouTube’s unwillingness to remove such…
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ABC interview and e-mails with the IPA
Earlier today I was interviewed on ABC Radio by Myf Warhurst. We discussed the problem of online hate and what the Online Hate Prevention Institute does about it. This was a head of talks scheduled for the evenings of Tuesday 16/4 in Sydney Wednesday 17/4 in Brisbane and Thursday 2/5 in Melbourne. The interview is…
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OHPI welcome’s Facebook action on White Supremacy
The Online Hate Prevention Institute welcomes the news that from next week Facebook will be taking greater efforts to ban white supremacy on the Facebook and Instagram platforms. Facebook and Twitter took similar action against the Alt-Right after Charlottesville. That move significantly dented the Alt-Right and we expect this latest move in the fight against…