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Topic started on 16-3-2010 @ 02:29 AM by Hadrian

Hate Speech Infiltrates Social-Networking Sites, Report Says


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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 report, Digital Terrorism and Hate 2010, notes that there are about 11,500 hate-affiliated Web pages, a 20 percent jump from last year's study.

According to the Wiesenthal Center, personal blogs as well as mainstream social-networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter are easily flooded with racist ...
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reply posted on 16-3-2010 @ 07:59 AM by KrypticCriminal
reply to post by ROBL240


I agree, obviously if there doing surveys on this now. They're already planning on how to control what we say on the internet.


reply posted on 16-3-2010 @ 02:25 PM by sos37
Originally posted by Retrovertigo
reply to post by sos37


Right....

And then what do you do ?


Not much. You can appeal to the hosting company not to renew the guy's registration on morale grounds, but it's a business and they most likely don't care.

You could write the guy a physical letter and explain why he's wrong for creating a site like that in the first place. Not that he will listen. But you never know - he might.

Isn't it possible that someone who sets up a hate site like this might be screaming for help psychologically? Like someone begging him to come change his mind because he knows that racism is wrong - the same way someone about to commit suicide often leaves telltale signs?

[edit on 16-3-2010 by sos37]


reply posted on 16-3-2010 @ 02:32 PM by Retrovertigo
Originally posted by sos37
Originally posted by Retrovertigo
reply to post by sos37


Right....

And then what do you do ?


Not much. You can appeal to the hosting company not to renew the guy's registration on morale grounds, but it's a business and they most likely don't care.

You could write the guy a physical letter and explain why he's wrong for creating a site like that in the first place. Not that he will listen. But you never know - he might.

Isn't it possible that someone who sets up a hate site like this might be screaming for help psychologically? Like someone begging him to come change his mind because he knows that racism is wrong - the same way someone about to commit suicide often leaves telltale signs?

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OK....

1) You're right, the hosting company will tell you to get lost...

2) If you wrote me a letter complaining about the content of my site, I'd write you back and tell you to go forth and multiply...

3) Absolutely not...People set up sites for all kinds of reasons...

Yanno what ? How about the next time you find a site that offends, you just click on by and go elsewhere...Kinda like turning off the TV if you dont like whats on...

Simple concept, yeah ? Good onya champ


reply posted on 16-3-2010 @ 03:04 PM by FiatLux
Originally posted by Retrovertigo
Originally posted by sos37
Originally posted by Retrovertigo
reply to post by sos37


Right....

And then what do you do ?


Not much. You can appeal to the hosting company not to renew the guy's registration on morale grounds, but it's a business and they most likely don't care.

You could write the guy a physical letter and explain why he's wrong for creating a site like that in the first place. Not that he will listen. But you never know - he might.

Isn't it possible that someone who sets up a hate site like this might be screaming for help psychologically? Like someone begging him to come change his mind because he knows that racism is wrong - the same way someone about to commit suicide often leaves telltale signs?

[edit on 16-3-2010 by sos37]


OK....

1) You're right, the hosting company will tell you to get lost...

2) If you wrote me a letter complaining about the content of my site, I'd write you back and tell you to go forth and multiply...

3) Absolutely not...People set up sites for all kinds of reasons...

Yanno what ? How about the next time you find a site that offends, you just click on by and go elsewhere...Kinda like turning off the TV if you dont like whats on...

Simple concept, yeah ? Good onya champ


I believe you have the right idea here. This is just like anything in life you don`t like, and just because one doesn`t like it, that doesn`t mean it should be outlawed. Why frequent a place that has hate in it or just don`t agree with what is said?

When you start thinking about taking away any kind of freedom that we all have and enjoy, you end up not just hurting one group of people, you hurt everyone in the end. And you can not take away part of a freedom, it`s a freedom for all, not just the select groups of people you want it to be for. That makes you just as bad as the group you want to hurt.
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