• Technology Facilitated Violence Against Women
    Technology Facilitated Violence Against Women

    Documentation and analysis of online abuse targeting Collective Shout This report examines the sustained campaign of hostility, harassment and harm directed at Collective Shout during 2025-26 following its advocacy to remove video games depicting rape, incest, sexual torture and child sexual abuse material from the digital distribution platforms Steam and Itch.io. The investigation finds that…

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  • Instagram Misogyny Targets Women in Sport
    Instagram Misogyny Targets Women in Sport

    Womenโ€™s Football Faces a Wave of Online Abuse As womenโ€™s football continues to grow its fanbase, players at both amateur and professional levels are receiving more attention online. But alongside this rise in visibility has come a sharp increase in abuse, with the growth of womenโ€™s sport mirrored by a growing backlash against it. The…

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  • Ethical issues for Artificial Intelligence
    Ethical issues for Artificial Intelligence

    Dr Andre Oboler’s presentation at a panel for the G20 Interfaith Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, on the topics of “Ethical issues for Artificial Intelligence”.

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  • Gamer Gate Returns: Collective Shout edition
    Gamer Gate Returns: Collective Shout edition

    Collective Shout is an registered Australian charity that campaigns against the objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls. In July they launched an email campaign to the payment processors Mastercard and Visa to force game store Steam to remove games featuring rape or incest which are in breach of Australian classification laws. Steam removed…

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  • Distorted Narratives: The โ€˜Gold-Diggerโ€™ Stereotype in Chinese Culture
    Distorted Narratives: The โ€˜Gold-Diggerโ€™ Stereotype in Chinese Culture

    The stereotype that women are only interested in relationships for money is a long standing one, and has most recently been propagated vigorously on social media. Online posts suggest that women materialistic and manipulative, and that any display of romantic feeling is fake. This briefing looks at the gold-digger stereotype as it is applied online,…

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  • Anti “Woke” Discourse and Online Hate Speech
    Anti “Woke” Discourse and Online Hate Speech

    Woke – it’s a word that we can’t seem to escape. The comments section on news websites are littered with people being accused of “woke” behaviour for having a progressive view, or even just one that isnโ€™t shared by the mainstream.ย  It’s not just individuals who are considered woke – organisations and businesses are targeted…

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  • Hate-Speech and Reporting Systems in Online Multiplayer Games
    Hate-Speech and Reporting Systems in Online Multiplayer Games

    Much of OHPIโ€™s recent work has been focussed on online hate on social media, but hate speech is also a prevalent issue in online multiplayer gaming. It is therefore important that these games have robust reporting mechanisms that can be utilised by users who encounter hate. The effectiveness of reporting systems in games can vary.…

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  • Misogynistic Dating Gurus on Social Media
    Misogynistic Dating Gurus on Social Media

    Accounts dedicated to giving dating advice to young men are common on social media. These accounts range from well-intentioned to deliberately provocative, and often function as advertisements for expensive courses that promise to dramatically improve menโ€™s success with women. Many of these accounts are misogynistic. It is hard to claim that the same dating tricks…

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  • Misogyny towards Kamala Harris on Social Media
    Misogyny towards Kamala Harris on Social Media

    In this briefing, we cover misogyny directed at Kamala Harris and deconstruct some common misogynistic tropes used against her.

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  • Banning Nazi Symbols in Australia
    Banning Nazi Symbols in Australia

    Here’s an example of Nazi symbols on social media. The Online Hate Prevention Institute has made a written submission and will appear before the Senate’s inquiry into a bill to ban Nazi symbols.

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