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the medium is new and
easy to use.
Thanks to the advent of
the Internet, hate groups ranging from
white supremacists to anti-Semites are
using Web sites on the Internet to
publicize their groups.
At a Dec. 4 presentation at
Bloomfield Hills Andover. High
School, the Anti-Defamation League
is sponsoring "Web of Hate: Anti-
Semitism and Extremism on the
Internet."
"These groups use the Internet
because it can be used anonymously
when it comes to posting and
accessing," said Don Cohen, the
ADL's regional director. "It also
allows for international access at low
prices."
Cohen will be one of four speakers
at the presentation, with Hatewatch
director David Goldman; Dr. Jack
Kay, professor of communication at
Wayne State University; and Mike
Simon, a Birmingham Seaholm High
School student who runs Cracked
Planet Internet Solutions.
"A lot of the graphics the groups
use are there to appeal to kids," said
Kay, who for 13 years has studied the
way hate groups get their message
out. "Youth is attracted by contrast-
ing colors, and the groups are doing
an incredible job of luring them in
slowly."
The groups, according to Kay, use
the theme of immortality to recruit
prospective members.
"They try and say that by joining,
members can make a statement," he
said, "that they can try and make their
lives mean something."
Goldman said the Hatewatch Web
site [http://w-vv-w.hatewatch.org ] has
links to some of the offending pages,
and a synopsis of them.
"We want people to see what these
pages say," the founder of the
Cambridge, Mass.-based group said.
"We're telling people to go in and see
for themselves."
Another feature that the Hatewatch
page offers is taped interviews with
racists and anti-racists, available via
RealAudio, which allow sound bites to
be played.
"We're trying to reach the people
who know the groups are there, but
haven't seen or heard what the people
have to say," Goldman said.
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When the Supreme Court ruled
unanimously that the Communica-
tions Decency Act was unconstitution-
al, it meant that the ADL and
Hatewatch were unable to suggest the
sites be shut down.
"Censoring is ill-advised because we
want to expose these groups,"
Goldman said. "Shutting them down
will push them to move underground.
It's better to know what they are
doing."
Said Cohen, "It's disturbing, but we
can't suggest keeping them out. We
can challenge them by creating a larg-
er societal response to them." ❑