by Carly McClen, images by Hilary Wardhaugh. “Absolute freedom of speech online leads to places like 8Chan which played a significant role in radicalising Brenton Tarrant, in turn leading to the tragic events that...
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Jan 2019Today we received a fair about of media attention due to our work on racism and the far-right. It started with an article in today’s Age. Just after 8am we were interviewed on talk-back...
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Jan 2019It started with a comment on the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s Facebook page “Be wary of donating, this is not a registered charity and is probably a scammer.” That comment is not only untrue,...
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Dec 2018One of the problem with social media is that it lacks context. In a recent briefing we discussed the problem of racist trolls who go out of their way to hate against those working...
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Dec 2018As the year draws to a close one of our key reflections is that in 2018 it became harder than ever for people to oppose online hate. While social media platforms increase the pressure...
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