racism
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Using Twitter for Hate
This briefing looks at examples of fake news, Islamophobia, racism, xenophobia and hate from a single Twitter user based in New Zealand. This user regularly comments on Australian news and from their language they may be an Australian citizen. The profile was created in October 2019. It is prolific having made 9550 Tweets but has…
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From Food to Hate during COVID-19
In the midst of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) there is a particular strand of anti-Chinese sentiment based around food. This is not a new phenomena, we’ve seen it in anti-Asian racism since we started operating in 2012. With Coronavirus, it’s taken on a new twist. Example 1 An anti-Chinese post on Facebook say “if the Chinese…
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Coronavirus
Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) more people are spending more time online than ever before. This has resulted in an increased level of harm from online hate and fake news. This page gives a snapshot of the problem and links to the work the Online Hate Prevention Institute is doing on it and the information…
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Governments advertising was supporting the hosting of terrorist manifesto
jwire.com reports on the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s work removing state-government (tax-payer funded) advertising from website hosting a terrorist manifesto, and talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about this process.
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Why is Instagram still hosting ‘Black Lives Don’t Matter’ accounts?
Our CEO Andre Oboler spoke to the Daily Dot about online racism. Oboler argued that racist accounts that have been inactive for significant periods of time should still be taken down by the platforms hosting them, and spoke about the difficulties involved in relying on algorithms to moderate online hate.
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Submission on Anti-Vilification Protections
The Online Hate Prevention Institute was one of 42 organisations to make a submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry Into Anti-Vilification Protections. Our submission, dated January 17, 2020, highlights the effectiveness of legislation in signaling the values of society, but also highlights practical limitations with the current legal framework and its implementation. We call for…
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January 26, 2020 message
January 26th is Australia’s national day. The name “Australia Day” was adopted nationally in 1935, and it wasn’t until 1994 that the date became a national public holiday. It is controversial and there is growing public support for change. The Background to January 26th Celebrating Australia’s national day on January 26th carries on an older…
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Instagram needs help
UPDATE: Within a few days of publication of this briefing all three accounts listed below had been closed by Instagram Instagram has been growing rapidly since its launched in October 2010. By late 2014 the number of active monthly users on Instagram surpassed the number of active monthly users on Twitter. Instagram has largely been…
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Will.i.am and sunlight
On Saturday American musician William Adams, better known as Will.i.am, the frontman for the Black Eyed Peas, was on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney. The plane was waiting to take off, William who was wearing noise cancelling headphones had missed the instruction to put electronic devices away. He and others were approached by a…
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Alt-right Facebook memes pushed anti-Labor message
The Sydney Morning Herald talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the role that social media can play in spreading political misinformation.