violent extremism
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Australia Won’t Ban Manifestos Similar To The Christchurch Shooter’s Because They Didn’t Go As Viral
Buzzfeed.com reports on online manifestos in the wake of the Christchurch shooting, and talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the dangers that these manifestos can pose.
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HATE AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM FROM AN ONLINE SUBCULTURE: The Yom Kippur Terrorist Attack in Halle, Germany
A new form of terrorism emerged in 2019. Incubated by a globalised, toxic, anonymous online culture, incitement to hate now all too frequently leads to violent extremism that manifests offline, […]
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Australia Won’t Censor 8chan Unless It Hosts The Christchurch Video, Says Internet Watchdog
Buzzfeed News talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the way that online message-boards like 8chan can facilitate extremism in light of its role in the Christchurch shooting.
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Briefing the Minister
On Friday the Online Hate Prevention Institute met with the Hon. Paul Fletcher MP, Federal Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts. In the meeting we briefed […]
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Responding to Extremism
Since posting Wednesday’s live interview on ABC News with our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, we have had to ban two people from our Facebook page. Our Facebook page […]
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Live TV interview on Facebook’s efforts to use Exit Australia to combat extremism
Our CEO Dr Andre Oboler was interviewed for ABC news on September 19 about Facebook’s efforts to use Exit Australia to combat extremism.
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Live TV interview on the Prime Minister’s efforts to tackle extremism at the G7
ABC News Tonight interviews our CEO Dr Andre Oboler live about the Prime Minister’s efforts to tackle extremism at the G7.
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Blocking 8Chan just ‘baby steps’ in fighting racist extremism, Experts Say
10 Daily talk to our CEO Dr Andre Oboler about the potential impacts that blocking 8Chan might have on reducing hate-speech and violent extremism.
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Crackdown on Chinese accounts shows US social media giants becoming ‘more proactive’
The South China Morning Post talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the reaction of social media platforms to combat the disinformation campaign in Hong Kong.
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Why Facebook and Twitter cracked down on Chinese state attacks on Hong Kong protesters
The South China Morning Post talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the the disinformation campaign in Hong Kong, and the role that social media can play in […]