Indigenous
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Reflections on reviewing social media comments from the referendum
By Matthew Desmond Smith I joined the team at the Online Hate Prevention Institute in January to work on a project investigating online racism and disinformation from the referendum on The Voice. This article shared my initial experience of this ongoing project and the data we saw. The project saw a team of 12 of…
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Black Lives Matter in Australia
The Black Lives Matter protests around Australia today were in part an expression of solidarity with the rallies in the United States after the death, at the hands of police, of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other men and women of colour. The Australian protests primary purpose, however, was to leverage the public, media and…
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Racism against Indigenous Australians on Twitter
Earlier this month we looked at racism against Indigenous Australians on Instagram and Facebook. In this briefing we look at Twitter. Positive use: IndigenousX Twitter has been used very successfully as an anti-racism tool that gives Indigenous Australians a voice, most notably by IndigenousX (see website). It is based around the IndigenousX Twitter account setup…
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Tackling racism against Indigenous Australians must be a priority
Through March 2020 the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) is running a campaign tackling racism against Indigenous Australians. We’ve been working on this problem since we were established 8 years ago. Much of the language, imagery and messaging in racism targeting Indigenous Australians is unique to Australia. The staff working in moderation at the large…
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When Patriotism becomes Nationalism
Patriotism and Nationalism can sometimes mean the same thing, however, there is one additional element to nationalism that sets it apart from real patriotism. As an article on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary explains: “the definition of nationalism also includes ‘exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its…
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Racism against First Nations
OHPI stands against racism. You can see a detailed list of all our publications on online racism here. However, we take a particular interest in campaigning against online hate against First Nations. Below is a list of our publications and campaigns documenting, reporting and highlighting instances of online hate speech against First Nations. You can…
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Do You Hate to be Online?
April 8, 2014: Do you Hate to be Online?, Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, http://caama.com.au/2014/04/page/7 Online hate is all around us nowadays. Facebook, Twitter and even YouTube are filled with racial/ ethic hate. Our children are more at risk spending more and more time online and are more at risk to online hate more than ever…
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Hate Speech from Canada
The Online Hate Prevention Institute is a registered charity in Australia with a focus on preventing and reducing online hate, such as online racism. In 2013 a ‘discussion’ erupted on our Facebook page between members of Canada’s First Nations and Michele Tittler and her ‘End Race Based Law’ Facebook page. In OHPI’s opinion Michele Tittler’s page…
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Press Release: Aboriginal Memes
Melbourne, Australia, August 9, 2012… The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) congratulates Facebook user Jacinta O’Keefe, the Change.Org petition site and the Australian Human Rights Commission on yesterday’s removal of a Facebook hate page attacking Indigenous Australians. The online issue has been resolved; now Facebook needs to take action to ensure a real world response…