MDI Annual Report 2004

In 2004 is the number of reports that the MDI received once again increased, van 1242 in 2003 to 1812 in 2004. Simultaneously, the number of your notified expressions also increased sharply, van 1496 to 2939. On the one hand this indicates awareness of the MDI, secondly this shows that discrimination on the internet unfortunately still occurs frequently. The MDI received average 29 message per week, about average 57 expressions. Discrimination on the internet is an often underestimated problem. Many people believe that if you only encounter discrimination on the internet if you actively seeks. Many people have the idea that you can not be confronted with unsolicited Internet discriminatory statements. Nothing is less true. The MDI receives numerous reports of discrimination on the internet, for example, someone for a school assignment went looking for information about Islam and landed on a site where Islam 'unmasked' is. Or when someone searches for information about the Second World War and lands on websites stating that the Holocaust never happened and that it was the "biggest lie ever Jewish 'is. The problem with these types of discrimination on the internet is that the discriminatory message is packaged very nicely. With impressive websites may be implied that there is a professional or even "scientific" organization with many members behind it.

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