Online Hate
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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 Facebook and LinkedIn pages and received significant engagement. While many people responded positively through likes, shares, and affirming comments, others reacted with negativity, including laugh reactions and…
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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 cohesion, the Online Hate Prevention Institute, together with the Online Hate Task Force, have co-led a group of civil society organisations in creating the United Against Hate…
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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 first computer bulletin board systems was created by the neo-Nazi George Dietz. It was a space to share anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denial, and other racist documents, reaching wide popularity…
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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 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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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 hate crimes in Australia, and cites OHPI’s work tracking the rise in online antisemitism since the October 7 attacks. They quote our CEO Andre Oboler, who explains…
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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 the real-life consequences of online hate, and the article goes on to emphasises the importance of education in combatting antisemitism, and the increased role that social media…
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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 for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Oboler discusses the recent normalisation of online antisemitism, and the re-branding of antisemitism to anti-zionism.
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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 attacks for social media discourse, and the explanation for the prolonged increase in antisemitism. The interview touches on the importance of government funding for anti-online hate initiatives,…
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Interview on CBC’s Weekend Morning Show for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
CBC Radio interviews our CEO Andre Oboler ahead of his key-note speech at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Oboler discusses the history of holocaust denial and the role it plays in antisemitism, as well as OHPI’s research into online antisemitism and Islamophobia in the wake of the October…