Press Release
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OHPI’s work get a positive mention in the Victorian Parliament
Last Thursday, Inga Peulich MLC, the Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, raised the importance of our work in the Victorian Parliament. She was discussing the Victorian Government’s announcement last July to allocate $25 million to develop a community-based approach to enhance social cohesion and community resilience to counter all forms of violent extremism. She encouraged…
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OHPI releases report on free speech in light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On January 20, 2015, the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) released a new report “Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo”. The report is in response to the debate raging in the mainstream and social media on free speech and its limits, if any, in the wake…
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OHPI launches Fight Against Hate: an online hate monitoring software platform
On August 31st, OHPI hosted an event to highlight the rising antisemitism on social media and to launch tools to help combat it. At the core of the event was the beta-launch of an online tool developed by OHPI to report and monitor online hate on social media. The tool enables antisemitism as well as…
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PRESS RELEASE: Golden Dawn’s Australian Fascists
Greek far-right political party Golden Dawn now has a presence in Australia. Last week they linked up with an Australia far-right political party for a rally in support of Golden Dawn. Social media has played an important role in bringing the groups together. The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), an Australian charity, has examined the…
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Responding to the unprecedented attack on Indigenous Australians through Facebook
Press release: Issued 4:20pm October 11, 2012 The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), an organisation dedicated to combatting online hate, released a major report today into Aboriginal Memes and Online Hate. The report documents an unprecedented online attack against Indigenous Australians and how racist content went viral through the use of social media and in…
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Press Release: Severe Hate Speech on YouTube
Melbourne, Australia, August 1, 2012… The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) today released a report documenting serious racial hatred on YouTube. The report highlights how one user in a single day uploaded 1710 videos, the vast majority of which were blatant hate speech. YouTube responded by closing the user’s account within 24 hours of receiving…