violent extremism
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Neo-Nazi Group Covers Melbourne In Vile Racist Posters
Our CEO Andre Oboler talks to Huffpost about antisemitic posters recently put up around Melbourne by a Neo-Nazi group.
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Neo-Nazis posters and stickers plaster Melbourne
Our CEO Andre Oboler talks to J-Wire about antisemitic posters and stickers that were recently put up around Melbourne by a Neo-Nazi group.
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How The Bourke Street Rampage Was Quickly Claimed To Be ‘Islamic Terrorism’
HuffPost reports on the recent attack on Bourke Street, and false claims that it was a case of Islamic Terrorism. Within minutes of the first reports filtering through that there had been a terrible incident, social media and blogs immediately branded it an act of religiously-motivated terror. They talk to our CEO Dr Andre Oboler…
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Anti-Muslim hate speech ‘fuels extremism’, experts say
The Sydney Morning Herald talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the role that hate-speech can play in fuelling violent extremism, following the Baird Government’s refusal to legislate against anti-Muslim hate-speech.
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A reply to Neil Erikson on Islamist Extremism
This morning we were treated to a rather strange sight on our Facebook page. The question in a comment to one of our posts reading, “Do you guys ever expose Islamic extremism? If so, link me” was reasonable enough. The Online Hate Prevention Institute works on all forms of online hate and that includes Islamist Extremism,…
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The Far-Right on Social Media
The threats, incitement and expressions of violence appearing in the comments on the pages of far-right groups have been causing concern for police and the community at large. These comments are often more blatant and violent than the posts made by the pages themselves. The threat We were asked whether, given the comments, these groups…
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A special investigation into extremism
Over the last few weeks I have been exchanging e-mails with Paul Toohey a journalist from News Corp. The e-mails let to the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s offices by him and a photographer as part of a special investigation into extremism in Australia. The article, “Extremism taking us to dark places” was published in various…
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Online Hate and Violence
We are seeing an unprecedented rising not just in hate speech but in hate crimes. Yesterday British MP Jo Cox was murdered, shot and stabbed by an assailant shouting “Britain First” the name of the far-right anti-Muslim British group created as a social media movement. The attack on the pulse night club in Orlando last…
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Violent Extremism on the rise in Australia
A news story in the Sydney Morning Herald talks about the rise in content on social media promoting violent extremism to Australians, particularly from radical Islamic groups from the UK. We all have complex identities, each of which comes with a set of values. Members of faith, ethnic or cultural groups share values despite geographic…
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Online Incitement
Dr Yvette Alt Miller has written an excellent article arguing that “Social media has become a new frontline in the war on terror”. She holds a B.A. from Harvard University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Jewish Studies from Oxford University, and a PhD In International Relations from the London School of Economic. Her article looks at…