racism
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Melbourne Rally Against Racism
The Online Hate Prevention Institute reports on the rally in Melbourne against racism, the “reclaim Australia” movement, and what it means to be Australian.
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Europe acknowledges online hate speech as a serious threat
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has just released its annual report. The Annual Report always starts by discussing the main trends in the fields of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in Europe. The first finding in its latest annual report is on “online hate”, and here is what it says:…
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Promoting Dylann Roof’s Extremism on Facebook
Update (22 June 2015) After rejecting initial reports, then reviewing it and rejecting the reports again, a second review has seen Facebook finally take down the Dylann Roof hate page. Thank you to everyone who reported and who shared this briefing, together we made a difference. Statement from Dr Andre Oboler, CEO of the Online…
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Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs responds to OHPI Report
Following the terrorist attacks in France in January 2015, the Online Hate Prevention Institute produced a detailed report “Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo murders.” This report included a number of recommendations about the boundaries between free speech and hate speech, and the link between hate speech and…
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The Right Honourable Useful Idiots
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes about the small number of Jews who supported the Reclaim Australia rally. The article highlights the origins of the Australian anti-Muslim hate movement, which comes out of the UK, and the way this hate has moved across countries through social media.
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OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler interviewed by the NIRS
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.
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Dr Oboler’s Book Review of “Viral Hate”
Our CEO Andre Oboler reviews Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet by Abraham H. Foxman and Christopher Wolf.
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“BlackFulla RevoltingLution”: Anti-Aboriginal Hate reappears on Facebook
UPDATE: In under 24 hours from the start of our campaign, this hate page has now been closed. Thank you to everyone who supported this campaign and shared this page. Over 1,200 people shared this page and reported the hate, and together we made a difference. Together we can keep making a difference. The original…
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Hitting back against hate
Mx Newspaper reports on The Online Hate Prevention Institute‘s new tool that can be used to report, log and track online hate. Fight Against Hate uses crowd-sourcing to wage war on the haters by allowing users globally to alert experts to online hate in real time. It will be wielded against those who espouse forms…
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Racism in Australia has a History
In a post on OHPI’s page a user commented: “So many Australian residents are either too young to know or haven’t lived here long enough to know what a racism free Australia felt like 30 or so years ago. I feel we imported the racism and put up with it for a long time but…