MDI Annual Report 2003

In the seventh year of its existence were 1242 reports done by the MDI, a total of 1496 behavior on the Internet. This is again a slight increase compared to 2002. In that year the report is received 1008 message, However, a greater number of expressions, 1798. While the number of notifications rose, decreased the number of utterances per message. On average the number of reports was in 2003 op 23 per week and the number of expressions on 28 per week.
MDI treated in 2003 in total 122 Information and referrals.
conclusions about 2003:
• The number of reports has increased but the number of reported incidents has decreased.
• The willingness to remove criminal statements rises on the Internet making it the MDI removal rate increased to 95,3 percent.
• Reports of anti-Semitic manifestations have fallen slightly, maar in 2003 Anti-Semitism is the largest category of reported expressions of Islamophobia in second place. The bulk of the anti-Semitic expressions is done with the excuse that this "anti-Zionist’ of ‘anti-Israel’ manifestations.
• The categories 'sexual preference', "Discrimination of Moroccans" and "Discrimination against Turks" have fallen considerably.
• The category of "Anti-black racisme'1 is compared to 2002 doubled.
• The pavement on the Internet continues. Call and incitement to violence is, net als In Real Life, become commonplace.
• The extreme right ideas on the Internet is increasingly resonance, despite the fragmentation and disunity within the extreme right.
• Most reports in 2003 go on web forums.
• More and more Internet users find their way to the MDI.

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