Internet driving hate site surge

[NewGuy]

Hmmm.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3641895.stm

The net is being used by racist and "terrorist" groups trying to recruit new members and spread their message.
A report detailing 200 of the extremist websites monitored by the Wiesenthal Center shows how websites have become key fund-raising and marketing outlets.

Some sites feature games that let visitors "shoot" illegal immigrants, Jews and black people, said the report.

In 2004 websites seeking to recruit youngsters to join holy wars and become suicide bombers have surged, it said.

Web of hatred

Jewish human rights group The Simon Wiesenthal Center monitors 4,000 websites used by racist, "terrorist" and other extremist organisations. It has been tracking such hate sites for about nine years.

The latest report shows how important the net has become to these extremists, which includes racists, "terrorist" groups and homophobic organisations, and details the way that the groups use websites to spread their messages.

Racist sites use the net to distort history by denying the Holocaust as well as promoting new falsehoods such as the lie that Israel and the US were behind the 9/11 attacks.

The Wiesenthal Center said one of the most "troubling" sites was about Martin Luther King but was owned by a racist organisation and was being used to denigrate his memory and achievements.

Supporters of militant Islam organisations, such as al-Qaeda, are also using websites to recruit new members and to venerate members of the organisation carrying out attacks.

The Wiesenthal Center said it did not intend to shut down the websites or stifle free speech.

"This is for public awareness," said Mark Weitzman, director of the center's Task Force Against Hate.

Earlier versions of the Wiesenthal's report on the websites have been used in schools, colleges and law enforcement agencies around the world to educate people about the extent and range of extremist sites on the web.

 

[William Joyce]

Jews are sore because a medium has arisen that they don't control. People are able to speak freely about them and their activities on this medium, and be read, instantly, by thousands upon millions of message-consumers. What is it?

You're reading it.

 

[Bullypulpit]

Originally posted by William Joyce
Jews are sore because a medium has arisen that they don't control. People are able to speak freely about them and their activities on this medium, and be read, instantly, by thousands upon millions of message-consumers. What is it?

You're reading it.

Another ambulatory dungheap makes its presence known. Sweet William...Dungboy Jr... You are dismissed.

But it should also be known that terrorist organizations, of all stripes, are using the internet for dissemination of their spew and for recruitment.

You and your friends had better be careful Dungboy Jr. or they could find themselves on the wrong side of the PATRIOT Act and its very loose, broad definition of terrorism.

Hmm...Maybe it's not such a bad thing after all.

 

[rtwngAvngr]

So what do you want to do about it? Shut down the net?

 

[nycflasher]

Originally posted by William Joyce
Jews are sore because a medium has arisen that they don't control. People are able to speak freely about them and their activities on this medium, and be read, instantly, by thousands upon millions of message-consumers. What is it?

You're reading it.

Or, Jews just like everyone else are sore that terrorists are using the net to fund their activities.

Clearly this isn't a spin-free zone

Joyce, they are probably talking about you. That's right, Big Brother is watching, so keep your checkbook in your pocket.

 

[nycflasher]

Originally posted by rtwngAvngr
So what do you want to do about it? Shut down the net?

The Wiesenthal Center said it did not intend to shut down the websites or stifle free speech.

"This is for public awareness," said Mark Weitzman, director of the center's Task Force Against Hate.

Earlier versions of the Wiesenthal's report on the websites have been used in schools, colleges and law enforcement agencies around the world to educate people about the extent and range of extremist sites on the web.
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guess you didn't read the end of the article...

 

[William Joyce]

Baloney.

Jews work 24/7 to shut down the 'Net, and even brag of their exploits. Hell, Jews even got GOOGLE to put up an apology for the results that you get when you type in "Jew."

 

[nycflasher]

Originally posted by William Joyce
Baloney.

Jews work 24/7 to shut down the 'Net, and even brag of their exploits. Hell, Jews even got GOOGLE to put up an apology for the results that you get when you type in "Jew."

1. The Net will NEVER be shut down, don't worry about it.

2. You spend way too much time thinking about and blaming the Jews. Get a life, bro.

Jews are people, too.

 

[Bullypulpit]

Originally posted by William Joyce
Baloney.

Jews work 24/7 to shut down the 'Net, and even brag of their exploits. Hell, Jews even got GOOGLE to put up an apology for the results that you get when you type in "Jew."

Go away Dungboy Jr. You've been dismissed.