Holocaust
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Technology’s capacity for harm
The IEEE‘s flagship publication, Spectrum Magazine, has noted the work of the Online Hate Prevention Institute in an article in its March issue which looks at the use of technology by the Nazis and lessons for today. The article by Allison Marsh is titled “Inside the Third Reich’s Radio“. It looks in-depth at how the…
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Neo-Nazis April Fools’ Day
When researching extremism, particularly online extremism, one needs to be conscious of many layers of depth. Peeling that onion takes time, effort and expertise. Experts are needed to raise the alarm when there is an emerging threat, but also not to play into the hands of neo-Nazis when they engage in attention-seeking publicity stunts.
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More Racism on Twitter
As part of our March 2020 campaign tackling racism against Indigenous Australians we have looked at Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. In this article we look at a second problematic Twitter account. The account “The Abowaffen Division” (@abodivision) is another fake Aboriginal account, this one more overtly linked to the far-right and more specifically the Alt-Right. With this fake…
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Australia becomes 33rd member of IHRA
Late on Tuesday night, 4 June 2019, Australia was admitted as the thirty-third membership of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) following a unanimous vote of the plenary in Luxembourg. This has been a four-year process supported by the United Kingdom, as Australia’s mentor, led by Lord Eric Pickles. IHRA is the international and intergovernmental…
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Protecting the memory of the Holocaust
OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, serves by appointment of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as a member of Australia’s delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). He recently attended the IHRA meeting in Iasi, Romania, and his article about the meeting, reproduced below, was published in J-Wire. The IHRA is an intergovernmental…
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OHPI in Bucharest for IHRA
This week OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, is in Bucharest as part of the Australian delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). IHRA is a unique intergovernmental organization which places political and social leaders’ support behind the need for Holocaust education, remembrance and research both nationally and internationally. At present IHRA is made up…
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After the Charlie Hebdo Attack: The line between Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech
Examining the line between freedom of expression and hate speech, particular in regards to cartoons of Mohammed, the July Position Paper published by the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry was written by OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, and a provides an updated look at issues previously discussed in the OHPI report…
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Modern antisemitism: The Holocaust and other genocides
On January 27, 2015, the Holocaust Memorial Day, OHPI published a briefing discussing how Holocaust denial is a well recognized form of antisemitism, and why social media companies’ poor response in dealing with it as part of their policies on hate speech must change. While we expected discussion in response to our new briefing, we…
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Holocaust Denial
Holocaust denial refers to denial of an official policy by the Nazi government to exterminate Jews, which led to the killing of between 5-6 million Jews, a figure historically accepted. OHPI considers Holocaust denial as a form of antisemitism. It was recognised as such in the Working Definition of Antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance…