transphobia
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Rising hate on Twitter
Our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, discusses with ABC News 24 the problem of rising hate on Twitter since Elon Musk took over Twitter
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Anti-Asian Hate on Facebook
This is the second briefing in a new project documenting anti-Asian hate on Facebook and Instagram. This project is being conducted in partnership with Meta’s Australian office and the Race Discrimination Team at the Australian Human Rights Commission. In this briefing we examine some of the different types of Australian anti-Asian hate observed on Facebook.…
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Transphobia
Transphobia is hate speech against transgender people. It is part of cisgenderism, an umbrella term that collectively describes forms of systemic oppression that invalidate people’s own classifications and understanding of their genders and bodies. Transphobia is an aspect of anti-LGBTIQ+ hate. Campaigns July 2020 – Tackling Homophobia & Transphobia Our July 2020 Campaign was a…
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Homophobia & Transphobia on Twitter & Instagram
Even during the 2020 celebration of America’s Pride month (June), homophobic content continues to spread across the internet, seeking to intimidate and shame those identifying as LGBTQ+. In addition, an entire counter-Pride movement, known as “Pridefall”, has sought to doxx (purposefully release personal information) and humiliate those who are a part of the community, leaving…
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Racism against Indigenous Australians on Twitter
Earlier this month we looked at racism against Indigenous Australians on Instagram and Facebook. In this briefing we look at Twitter. Positive use: IndigenousX Twitter has been used very successfully as an anti-racism tool that gives Indigenous Australians a voice, most notably by IndigenousX (see website). It is based around the IndigenousX Twitter account setup…
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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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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…