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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is the world’s leading organization
fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry through information,
education, legislation, advocacy and programs that counteract hatred,
prejudice and bigotry.
For more information, please see www.adl.org.
What is CyberHate?
ADL defines CyberHate as any use of electronic communications technology
to spread anti-Semitic, racist, bigoted, extremist or terrorist messages or
information. These electronic communications technologies include the
Internet (i.e., Web-sites, social networking sites, “Web 2.0” user‐generated
content, dating sites, blogs, on-line games, instant messages, and E-mail)
as well as other computer- and cell phone-based information technologies
(such as text messages and mobile phones).
What is Cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is related to, but is different from, CyberHate. In a school
context, cyberbullying means any electronic communication including, but
not limited to, one shown to be motivated by a student's actual or perceived
race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry or ethnicity, sexual orientation,
physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability, gender, gender identity
and expression, or other distinguishing personal characteristic, or based on
association with any person identified above, when the written, verbal or
physical act or electronic communication is intended to:
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I came across a hateful blog. What do I do?
First, please see our strategies for users to respond to hateful content.
Most sites that provide blogging capabilities (such as blogspot.com) have
Terms of Service for the use of their sites as well as a place to contact the
owners of the site. Send them an E-mail copying the offensive post(s) and
setting out your specific reasons for thinking they violate the Terms of
Service. Specifically request a response from the site.
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Note that we do not recommend contacting the blogger directly.

The unregulated nature of the Web has aided a proliferation of cyber-hate, according to a report the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Tolerance released Monday.

The growth of websites and chat rooms that promote racism and antisemitism has become a matter of concern for states and international organizations.
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Despite the original intentions of the Internet's designers that it be a medium free of state control and subject to no sanction, it is becoming necessary to impose legal parameters and contractual obligations to protect potential victims, whose rights are now recognized as being at least equal to free speech obligations.
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Since 2004, the OSCE has been pushing for effective action. Permanent Council Decision No. 607 called on participating states to:

Combat hate crimes, which can be fuelled by racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic propaganda in the media and on the Internet;

Encourage and support international organisations and NGO efforts in these areas.42

Permanent Council Decision No. 633 called on participating states to:

Investigate and, where applicable, fully prosecute violence and criminal threats of violence, motivated by racist, xenophobic, anti- Semitic or other related bias on the Internet;

...train law enforcement agents and prosecutors on how to address crimes motivated by racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic or other related bias on the Internet and…share information on successful training programmes as part of the exchange of best practices;

...welcome continued and increased efforts by NGO's to monitor the Internet for racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic content, as well as NGO's efforts to share and publicise their findings.43