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*   Abusive Emailer Jailed for 18 Months
A radio listener who hounded a veteran presenter with anti-semitic email messages during a six-year campaign of harassment was yesterday jailed for 18 months, The Guardian (March 4, 2003)

*   Anti-Abortion Activist Complains Paypal Seized His Account
Neil Horsley, publisher of The Christian Gallery News Service, has reported that Paypal seized his account and impounded the funds therein because, in Paypal's words, Horsley ran "an ultra violent anti-abortion web site that advocated the murder of abortion doctors", Resistance Radio (requires Flash) (March 4, 2003)

*   French Order Is Greek to 9th Circuit
An order barring the cross-Atlantic enforcement of a French court's order against Yahoo Inc. hit rough waters Monday at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, The Recorder (December 3, 2002)

*   Europeans Outlaw Net Hate Speech
The Council of Europe has adopted a measure that would criminalize Internet hate speech, including hyperlinks to pages that contain offensive content, Wired News (November 9, 2002)
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*   Professors Want Own Names Put on Mideast Blacklist
In an effort to counter what they label as a McCarthyesque hunt by a pro-Israel think tank, about 100 professors from across the country have asked to be added to a "Campus Watch" Web site that singled out eight professors because of their views on Palestine and Islam, San Francisco Chronicle (September 28, 2002)

*   Court Bans Racist Website
An Adelaide website has been ordered to remove material that casts doubt on whether the Holocaust occurred, in a landmark Federal Court decision, Australian IT (September 18, 2002)

*   Suit Filed Against Dallas School District Over E-Mail With Religious Content
A public interest group sued a suburban Dallas school district Thursday over a policy banning employees from sending e-mail containing religious messages, Associated Press via SiliconValley.com (August 1, 2002)

*   Israel Blocks Palestinian ISP
Early Monday morning, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops took over the offices of Palnet, the leading Palestinian Internet service provider, shutting down the firm's operations, Wired News (July 16, 2002)
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*   Make Hate Not Anti-Globalization
Right-wing extremists looking for converts appear to be trying to subvert the anti-globalization movement, using at least one intentionally confusing website and possibly even showing up at major protests to recruit activists directly, Wired News (July 13, 2002)

*   Blasphemous Internet Sites Closed After a Vatican Complaint
Five Internet sites which carried blasphemies against God and the Virgin Mary have been shut in Italy following a complaint by the Vatican newspaper, Agence France-Presse via Yahoo! News (July 10, 2002)

*   Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate
The Simon Wiesenthal Center released a CD-ROM disc in Toronto today, titled Digital Hate 2002, that collects more than 200 websites containing animated hate games, online enrollment for suicide bombers, and "other examples of transnational hate and promotion of terror after the 9/11 terrorist attacks", Wired News (May 22, 2002)

*   Appeals Court Says Doctors Threatened
A US federal appeals court has ruled that antiabortion activists who created Wild West-style posters and a website called the Nuremberg Files condemning abortion doctors can be held liable because their works amounted to illegal threats, not free speech, Wall Street Journal (May 17, 2002)

*   Abortion Foes Are Ruled a Threat
An Internet website and "wanted" posters created by militant abortion foes were real threats to doctors and the clinics where they worked and are not protected by the 1st Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, Los Angeles Times (May 17, 2002)

*   Federal Appeals Court Says Abortion Foes Intimidated Doctors
A federal appeals court reversed course Thursday and ruled that anti-abortion activists who created Wild West-style posters and a Web site condemning abortion doctors can be held liable because their works amounted to illegal threats, not free speech, Associated Press via SF Gate (May 16, 2002)

*   Decision Time in Front14.org Case
Final arguments have wrapped up in a French court that will decide whether ISPs in France will be forced to block access to Front14.org, an American portal that hosts hate Web sites, Washington Post (requires registration/fee) (October 4, 2001)

*   Germany Drops Yahoo 'Mein Kampf' Auction Probe
German prosecutors have decided they won't take legal action against U.S.-based Yahoo over online auctions of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, a spokesman said, Associated Press via USA Today (March 22, 2001)

*   German Prosecutors Drop Yahoo! "Mein Kampf" Probe
German authorities said on Wednesday they planned no legal action against Internet portal Yahoo! Inc over online auctions of copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" book, which is banned in Germany, Reuters (March 21, 2001)

*   French Auschwitz Group Seeks Symbolic Yahoo Damages
French representatives of Nazi concentration camp inmates filed a suit against the head of Yahoo! Inc., claiming a symbolic one franc (15 U.S. cents) of damages for the U.S. Internet giant's alleged justification of war crimes, Reuters (January 22, 2001)

*   Media Mash -- Salon Rolls on, Florida Spin Wars, Nazi Book Online
A professor from the University of Vermont, Robert. S. Griffin, is peddling a controversial book about famed white supremacist William Pierce, now the number one seller at Mightywords.com, owned via a subsidiary by Bertelsmann and Barnes and Noble, Alternet (November 30, 2000)

*   Rutgers U. Students Meet to Plan Action Against Website
A group of about 25 Rutgers University students met to plan a course of action against the on-campus circulation of a flier advertising a Web-based animation titled "Mr. Wong" Monday night in the main lounge of the Crosby Residence Hall on the Busch campus, U-Wire via AsianAvenue.com (October 13, 2000)

*   Flier Raises Questions in Rutgers U. Asian Community
An audience of about 50 students and leaders of the Asian-American community met in Rutgers University`s Busch Campus Center on Friday to discuss a flier being circulated on campus that is perceived by some as an attempt to defame Asian Americans, U-Wire via AsianAvenue.com (October 10, 2000)

*   LA Weekly Issues Apology for Running "Mr. Wong" Ad
The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes, Los Angeles Times (October 6, 2000)

*   Artisan Entertainment Reportedly Nixes Bid to Acquire "Mr. Wong"
The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes, aOnline.com (September 28, 2000)

*   A New Season of Mr. Wong
The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes, aOnline.com (September 22, 2000)

*   Web Co's Combat Anti-Semitism
Online anti-semitism in wake of nomination of Lieberman as Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, Associated Press via Las Vegas Sun (August 9, 2000)

*   Funny or Racist? "Mr. Wong" Draws Mixed Reaction
The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes, Los Angeles Times (July 31, 2000)

*   Asian American Groups Demand Icebox.com Pull the Plug on "Mr. Wong"
The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes, aOnline.com (July 12, 2000)

*   Mr. Wong Just Not Right, Critics Say
Icebox.com's Asian cartoon character draws cries of racism from activist groups, The Standard (June 26, 2000)

*   "Mr. Wong" Cartoon to Continue Airing Despite Mounting Criticism
The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes, aOnline.com (June 22, 2000)

*   Web Cartoon Provokes Strong Reactions From Asian Americans
The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes, aOnline.com (June 19, 2000)

*   Web Cartoon Provokes Strong Reactions From Asian Americans
The cartoon depicts an elderly Asian man as a domestic servant for a young society woman who abuses him and ridicules his difficulties in pronouncing English and in driving cars, among other stereotypes, aOnline.com (June 15, 2000)

*   Hey, Hollywood - Over Here!
Some startups like Icebox are trying to get back into the old business of TV and movies, The Standard (June 5, 2000)

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