Race hate and the internet

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission holds a Cyber Internet Racism Symposium. Legislators, government regulators, senior representatives from the IT sector, academics and racial equality groups focus on the Commission’s research into race hate and the internet. The research shows that the World Wide Web provides racist groups with a global audience, including children. Racist groups use the internet to vilify others, recruit and raise funds. The symposium looks at how racism is promoted via email, chat rooms, news groups and web order catalogues.