Op 21 maart 1997 opened the then Minister of the Interior, Hans Dijkstal, with a somewhat awkward click the MDI. He concluded his speech on that occasion with the words "It would be the best are when there would be little need to be reported '. So beautiful it was not. The MDI, then still based in the founding of the side room, had to open debate center De Balie in Amsterdam is willing to make available space. Also talked digeratii of the first hour of XS4all, DBNL and NLIP were -sometimes nilly- involved in establishing. It was not waiting for the bad news that discrimination on the Internet was a problem. Moreover, they had already Meldpunt on the Internet and set up in the eyes of some, was still a child more real problem. A big ISP from those days announced: "We put a link to the contact points on our entry page. We have no need to scare away potential customers with the news that there is child pornography and racism on the Internet is'. Fortunately, this ostrich policy of short duration.

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The MDI comprises a 2005 1289 notifications received a total of 1308 unique manifestations of discrimination on the Internet. In 2004 was the number of reports it received higher MDI: 1812. The year 2004 was the aftermath of the murder of Van Gogh hindsight an outlier. In the period shortly after the murder of Van Gogh was the internet full of hate speech, from people who felt that Islam should be halted, as people expressed their joy were on the murder of Van Gogh and glad that the jihad in the Netherlands "had begun. In addition, there was 2004 three talk of widespread extreme right sent email, or spam. This spam runs were 2004 responsible for several hundred reports. In 2005 was only sent once far-right spam widely. The report has since 1 January 2005 a new registration with 'unique' statements recorded. The starting point is how often the expression is found at a specific location on the internet and not how often a manifestation reported in MDI. This is means that if the number of utterances lower than before. For example, it appears that spam with a discriminatory content to a large number of email addresses is sent simultaneously. In that case, several people set the MDI accordingly. Previously, each separately receive email was registered as a separate expression. In the new system is based on the so-called "unique uiting'2. That makes comparing figures over the past years difficult.

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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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