terrorism
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Campaign to Counter Terrorism
Throughout November 2020, the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) will be running a campaign that focusses on Countering Terrorism. Over many years now, OHPI has: supplied intelligence to police and security agencies, removed terrorist material, and contributed to both the public policy of governments and the corporate policies of technology platforms. The Online Hate Prevention…
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Advertising supports hosting of terrorist manifesto
A project jointly run by the NSW, Victorian and South Australian state governments has been advertised along side a terrorist manifesto advocating the killing of Jews, Muslims and Christians. The Online Hate Prevention Institute found the advertising late last night as we updated a presentation for a hearing in the Victorian Parliament today. At the…
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Bourke Street Attack November 2018
This article is referred to in OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2018 Financial Year. Return to the Report. Background At around 4:10 pm on Friday the 9th of November a car was driven into shops on Bourke Street in Melbourne. A man set the car on fire and proceeded to attack members of the public with…
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Car Attack in Flinders Street Melbourne
On December 21st 2017 a car deliberately drove through pedestrians outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne. 19 people were injured and one later died in hospital. The driver was known to police and had a history of mental health issues and drug abuse. An Australian citizen of Afghan background, he had come to Australia as…
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Under attack from Pokemon
BREAKING: You can now report problematic PokeStops and Gyms to the Online Hate Prevention Institute via FightAgainstHate.com Since the launch of pokemon go on Wednesday last week there have been a number of concerns raised about PokéStops and Gyms spawning on private property or sites where increased foot traffic may lead to a risk to public…
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Terrorist attack in Jakarta, Indonesia
A major terrorist attack is taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia. No doubt, it will be used by far-right groups to foment fear and anti-Muslim hate in Australia. We advice everyone to remain vigilant against such hate speech on social media platforms. If you encounter it, report it to the platform and to our independent online hate reporting…
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Digital Terrorism and Online Hate
On August 23, OHPI attended the annual ADC Gandel Oration. The speaker was Rabbi Abe Cooper, the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading human rights organisation, who spoke on the topic: “Global Anti-Semitism, Holocaust Denial and the War Against Israel”. You can hear Rabbi Cooper in his own words in a radio…
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Countering Violent Extremism Summit
Tomorrow and Friday the Online Hate Prevention Institute will be participating in Australia’s Regional Summit to Counter Violent Extremism. We can’t share details of the program, but this is a very high level meeting with senior people flying in from around the world. The conference follows a similar summit in Washington DC in February. OHPI…
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The Indian response to @shamiwitness and the abuse of social media
Published in Jerusalem Post, December 15, 2014 by Dr Andre Oboler. http://www.jpost.com/landedpages/printarticle.aspx?id=384670 There is a buzz here in India at the news that an Indian man, Mehdi Masroor Biswas, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning for operating the popular pro-ISIS Twitter account @shamiwitness. The account shared links to beheading videos and interviewed foreign…
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Terrorism & Violent Extremism
The Online Hate Prevention Institute carries out a significant amount of work countering terrorism and violent extremism. Our work supplies intelligence to police and security agencies, removes terrorist material and contributes to both the public policy of governments and the corporate policies of technology platforms. Campaign (November 2020) – Countering Terrorism During the month of…