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INTERNET HATE CRIMES
For the first time in human history, we have the means to connect people from every corner of the globe, to talk to each other and share information at a cost thats far more affordable than any other means of publishing in the world. There is nothing more powerful as the Internet or the World Wide Web that has ever existed before. Hate is scary. By definition, “Hate is an intense hostility and emotional aversion to someone or something. ... Hate can be hidden from friends or family, but at other times it is bragged about. ... The Internet seems to have pushed all our buttons of paranoia, especially these days, when were already confused and frightened by all the violence and chaos in our world.
The first method to preventing internet hate crimes is rebuttal, a technique long used by the anti-censorship or anti-hate organizations. “Rebuttal allows for the unrestricted dissemination of hate and negates it by offering a more insightful and historically accurate examination of political and social history.” (Guide To Hate Groups, sound clip). ... But it does not compensate for the real human pain of having swastikas, ethnocentric messages, or racial caricatures on one’s computer screen, nor does it keep children from accessing the hate sites without understanding the true context of the debates. ... “Moral persuasion would shift the responsibility of eliminating cyber-hate from the government to non-governmental organizations, special interest groups, and social activists, avoiding the problem of censorship and the inadequacy of the anti-hate laws.”(Guide To Hate Groups). Concerned individuals and organizations would consolidate and cooperate in a social movement to increase public awareness and encourage economic sanctions against the Internet service providers who offer access to hate groups. ... “The current problem of cyber-hate is not one of technology, but rather one of public policy.” (Censorship) The most common means for any government to deal with this problem is either to modify existing legislation or to introduce new, more inclusive anti-hate laws. But policy makers have not acted quickly enough to modify existing legislation to deal adequately with the capabilities of the Internet. Hate groups have gained a formidable person on the Internet and cleaning up cyber-space will be difficult.
Approximate Word count = 1817
Approximate Pages = 7.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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