Online Hate
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Recent Shifts in Online Safety: Social Media Bans, Location Tracking, and AI-Driven Hate
This past month has seen some major developments in the world of social media and online hate. Yesterday, Australia’s world-leading social media ban for under 16s came into
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Responses to the Melbourne Synagogue Attacks in 2024 & 2025
In November 2024, the Addas Synagogue in Melbourne was set alight. In July 2025 the entrance to the East Melbourne Synagogue was set alight. These attacks on places of worship are just part of the rise in antisemitism in Australia since October 7, 2023. This report examines some of the online responses to these attacks,…
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The Right to Hate? How Online Abuse Silences Public Discourse
OHPI recently concluded an advanced training program for a cohort of volunteers who developed public briefings about various forms of online hate. These briefings were shared via OHPI’s
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United Against Hate
To mark the UN designated International Day for Countering Hate Speech, respond to rising antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate since October 2023, and help address the breakdown in social
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Rebuilding the Reich – A briefing on hate and extremism in Roblox
Hate has had a presence on the internet almost since its inception. In 1983, the same year the internet is widely regarded to have begun, one of the
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Hate-Speech and Reporting Systems in Online Multiplayer Games
Much of OHPI’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
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Israel accuses Australia of being too slow to investigate anti-Semitic attacks
RNZ reports on Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel accusing Australia of being too slow when investigating recent anti-Semitic attacks. The article talks about the recent rise in antisemitism
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Expert to address growing threat of online hate at CMHR event
The Winnipeg Sun talks to our CEO Andre Oboler ahead of his key-note speech for International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Oboler discusses
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‘Hate goes viral’: CMHR talk to focus on rising antisemitism
Winnipeg Free Press talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the recent rise in online antisemitism. Ahead of his key-note speech at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
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Interview with ABC Radio National Breakfast on curbing rising Antisemitism
The ABC speaks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the ceasefire in Gaza and its effect on online hate speech. Oboler discusses the aftermath of the October 7th