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 November we will be running a special campaign to counter Terrorism. The campaign aims to increase the focus on preventing this particular area of online hate. Special donations can be made to support this specific campaign and are welcome at any time.
Much of our work in this space is not public and is released as confidential reports to relevant agencies. Our public work in this space is listed below and may be shared.
REPORTS
May 15, 2022: Buffalo Terrorist Attack
December 19, 2019: Hate And Violent Extremism From An Online Subculture: The Yom Kippur Terrorist Attack In Halle, Germany
April 28, 2019: San Diego Synagogue Attack
March 16, 2019: New Zealand Terrorist Attack
November 9, 2018: Bourke Street Attack November 2018
December 21, 2017: Car Attack in Flinders Street Melbourne
January 19, 2015: Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo murders
BRIEFINGS
OHPI briefings tackle specific instances of online hate and are produced rapidly to respond to emerging problems.
February 18, 2024: Senator Babet: Please explain
May 1, 2023: Banning Nazi Symbols in Australia
March 17, 2023: Melbourne’s Nazis highlight a bigger problem
August 23, 2021: To tackle Nazi we must tackle incitement
January 13, 2021: Extremism Online: The Automation of White Supremacy
January 13, 2021: More need to be done to stop extremism
January 7, 2021: Moderation Report 7 Jan 2021
January 7, 2021: Washington DC Riots
November 19, 2020: Why, suddenly, has Islamist terrorism made a resurgence in the West?
November 11, 2020: Inter-Parliamentary Task Force on Online Antisemitism
October 8, 2020: Banning QAnon
May 22, 2020: Swastikas on the Green, Extremists on the Net
March 18, 2020: Mein Kampf on Sale
March 12, 2020: Advertising supports hosting of terrorist manifesto
December 19, 2019: HATE AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM FROM AN ONLINE SUBCULTURE: The Yom Kippur Terrorist Attack in Halle, Germany
September 19, 2019: Responding to Extremism
April 28, 2019: San Diego Synagogue Attack
March 21, 2019: Responding to Christchurch: Tackling Online Hate and Extremism
March 16, 2019: New Zealand Terrorist Attack
November 9, 2018: Bourke Street Attack November 2018
January 15, 2018: The Far-Right on African Youth
December 17, 2017: Car Attack in Flinders Street Melbourne
December 19, 2017: Twitter getting tougher on hate
November 9, 2017: Far Right Harassment of Senator Sam Dastyari
September 11, 2017: The far-right trolls
April 18, 2017: Nathan Sykes an Australian Troll
March 23,2017: Press Release: A climate of terror and fear
February 14, 2017: Nazi Group’s Poster Campaign in Melbourne
January 22, 2016: Violent Extremism on the rise in Australia
July 26, 2016: A reply to Neil Erikson on Islamist Extremism
July 26, 2016: The Far-Right on Social Media
July 17, 2016: Online Hate and Violence
March 13, 2016: OHPI closes new Australian Nazi group Battalion88
January 15, 2016: Online Incitement
January 6, 2016: Daesh (ISIS) lies about Islam on Social Media
January 5, 2016: Shurat Hadin Facebook experiment on Kill Israelis and Kill Palestinians
January 11, 2016: Trusting social media companies on national security
November 14, 2015: Response to attacks on Paris and Beirut
September 11, 2015: Sept 11 and today’s rising anti-Muslim hate
September 7, 2015: OHPI’s work get a positive mention in the Victorian Parliament
August 23, 2015: Bigots target OHPI
August 14, 2015: Terror Hacking
August 6, 2015: The danger of the Australian Far-Right
July 28, 2015: E-mail with a Reclaimer
July 18,2015: Melbourne Rally Against Racism
June 21, 2015: Promoting Dylann Roof’s Extremism on Facebook
May 22, 2015: Prof. Wistrich on Antisemitism in 2015
April 22, 2015: Attacking the ANZACs in the lead up to Centenary
December 19, 2015: Facebook experiments with Australia
December 14, 2014: The Indian response to @shamiwitness and the abuse of social media
November 5, 2014: Hate Among Friends
September 27, 2014: Squadron 88 Returns
September 14, 2014: The Mosque at Currumbin
August 4, 2014: Calls to kill on Facebook
June 27, 2014: Loving Nazis and Hating Muslims
May 10, 2014: Social Media connects Far Right Groups
May 10, 2014: Golden Dawn Australia Update
May 8, 2014: Golden Dawn’s Australian Fascists
May 7, 2014: Social Media, Golden Dawn and Australia’s Far-Right
COMMENTARY & MEDIA COVERAGE
March 20, 2023: Discussing Nazi tactics and counter-tactics with The New Daily
March 20, 2023: Discussing Nazi salutes with The Guardian
August 20, 2021: Andre Oboler, ‘The Jewish community owes a debt to the mole who infiltrated the neo-Nazi network’, Plus 61J.
January 27, 2021: ‘Racist rot’: Neo-nazi’s slammed for KKK ritual on sacred land, NITV.
January 27, 2021: Daniel Andrews warns of rising antisemitism after neo-Nazi gathering in Victorian national park, The Guardian.
January 27, 2021: Live ABC TV Interview used for ABC News at Noon, Afternoon Briefing and globally on MSN,
January 27, 2021: ABC The World Today, ABC Radio National and ABC local radio stations around Australia
July 16, 2020: Facebook ‘failing miserably’ on hate speech, Australian Jewish News
March 15, 2020: ‘Governments advertising was supporting the hosting of terrorist manifesto’, J-Wire
March 13, 2020: Live ABC Radio Interview discussing what’s been done since the Christchurch attack to tackle online extremism, ABC Radio National
March 3, 2020: ‘Far-Right Extremist Groups Are Using Instagram As A Recruiting Ground’, 10 Daily
February 29, 2020: ‘Why is Instagram still hosting ‘Black Lives Don’t Matter’ accounts?’, The Daily Dot
February 26, 2020: ‘Christchurch Mosque Shooting ‘Inspiring’ Aussie Far-Right Extremists And White Supremacists’, 10 Daily
January 23, 2020: ‘Online Hate Prevention Institute turns eight’, J-Wire
January 16, 2020: ‘Australia Won’t Ban Manifestos Similar To The Christchurch Shooter’s Because They Didn’t Go As Viral’, Buzzfeed News
January 3, 2020: ‘Hate Speech or Free Speech: Can we regulate social media?’, Medium
November 7, 2019: “Australia won’t censor 8chan unless it hosts the Christchurch video, says internet watchdog”, Buzzfeed New
September 19, 2019: Live TV interview on Facebook’s efforts to use Exit Australia to combat extremism, ABC News
August 26, 2019: ‘Blocking 8Chan just ‘baby steps’ in fighting racist extremism, Experts Say’, 10 Daily
August 26, 2019: Live TV interview on the Prime Minister’s efforts to tackle extremism at the G7, ABC News Tonight
August 6, 2019: El Paso terrorist attack and 8Chan, ABC News
July 10, 2019: ‘Australia foments far-right ‘great hate’’, The Australian
April 28, 2019: ‘Rabbi blames US synagogue attack on social media ‘encouraging lone wolves‘, Sputnik International
April 4, 2019: ‘Laws targeting terror videos on Facebook and YouTube ‘rushed’ and ‘knee-jerk’, lawyers and tech industry say’ , ABC News
March 25, 2019: ‘Christchurch shootings fuel politics of race in NZ, Australia‘ China Daily Global
March 22, 2019: ‘Social media giants face regulation as publishers, not just postmen‘, Australian Financial Review
March 22, 2019: ‘After Christchurch, it’s impossible to separate the ‘okay sign’ from white supremacy’ Ten Daily
March 19, 2019: Cyber security expert wants governments to take action on online extremism – shared globally via MSN News, ABC News
March 2019: ABC on the Christchurch terrorist attack and tackling online hate, 7.30 Report
January 7, 2019: ABC on far right extremism, 7.30 Report
November 22, 2018: “The anti-terrorism encryption laws we can’t afford to get wrong”, Ten Daily
July 18, 2015: Melbourne Rally Against Racism
July 14, 2015: Don’t give in to extremism
NEWSLETTERS
July 28, 2015 – Reclaiming Australia from bigots
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
November 30, 2015: OHPI at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s AGM
August 31, 2015: OHPI attends the ADC Gandel annual oration