OHPI in the press
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OHPI interviewed on 3AW
Tom Elliot interviews Dr Andre Oboler. “Calls for online trolls to face harsher legal consequences”, 3AW, September 1, 2015. http://www.3aw.com.au/news/calls-for-online-trolls-to-face-harsher-legal-consequences-20150901-gjcumv.html The vile Instagram post directed at indigenous Essendon footballer Courtenay Dempsey is sadly all too common, says the CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute. Police have offered support to Dempsey after the Bomber was allegedly racially…
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OHPI interviewed on Joy 94.9
On June 27, 2015, an Australian gay and lesbian radio station published an interview with Dr Andre Oboler on a podcast. Dr Andre Oboler was recently interviewed by Joy 94.9, an Australian gay and lesbian radio station. He spoke about online hate, cyberbullying, origins of OHPI, the different kinds of hate we deal with, how it…
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Article on OHPI’s assistance to Ben Garrison
David Blumenstein, “Who’s Ben Garrison“, June 2, 2015, The NIB, https://thenib.com/the-internet-s-most-trolled-cartoonist-91a92d9b7585 Australian cartoonist David Blumenstein published an excellent comic on the story of Ben Garrison Cartoons, Online Hate Prevention Institute‘s Cartoonist in Residence, and his six year struggle against online trolls. The story includes an expose about OHPI’s role (mostly) behind the scenes in supporting Ben. You can read the…
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Leading the fight against hate
EVAN ZLATKIS, “Leading the fight against hate”, May 22, 2015, The Australian Jewish News http://www.jewishnews.net.au/leading-the-fight-against-hate/41993 AUSTRALIAN activists were among the 1200 delegates at the fifth Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem last week. Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council director of international and community affairs Jeremy Jones, who has participated in all the previous forums, noted…
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OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler interviewed by the NIRS
Grace Pashley, Racist Facebook Page taken down, March 25, 2015, National Indigenous Radio Service, http://www.nirs.org.au/NEWS/Racist-Facebook-page-taken-down-1 The NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service broadcasted an interview with Dr Andre Oboler last week on the swift removal of a racist anti-Aboriginal page. The page was removed within 24 hours of OHPI highlighting it in a briefing. You…
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OHPI in The Melbourne Jewish Report
Hanna Baum “Online Hate Prevention Institute”, The Melbourne Jewish Report, Vol 2, 13 February 2015. A topic of overwhelming interest in our Jewish community and the general community is the rise of ISIS. Australia has more than 70 young people in Syria, Iraq, and other states fighting under the extremist Islamic flag (Julie Bishop ABC…
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The hatred sown in the network: digital antisemitism
Jessica Palese “L’odio seminato nella rete: l’antisemitismo digitale” (The hatred sown in the network: digital antisemitism) smarknews.it, 28 January 2015 http://www.smarknews.it/press/lodio-seminato-nella-rete-lantisemitismo-digitale/ (Translated from Italian) Think that anti-Semitism is a phenomenon of the past to be entrusted to the memory of books, ie underestimate the virality of ideas and the power of the current digital media.…
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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 on The Project
On January 19, 2015, OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler was invited to Channel 10’s popular talk show The Project to talk about hate speech on YouTube. You can view the episode here.