One of the greatest benefits of the Internet is that it enables people who share common interests, but who would never have met because they live in different parts of the world, to meet online and exchange ideas and opinions. However, the same technology that makes these exchanges possible has also made it easier for people with racist or other hateful views to disseminate their beliefs. As the rise of bigoted web- sites demonstrates, the impact that the Internet has had on society is not completely positive.

Among the more prominent of these sites are Stormfront (founded by former Ku Klux Klan leader Don Black in 1995), National Alliance (a white supremacist organization founded by the late William Pierce), and the website of the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC). According to the Anti-Defamation League’s report “Hate on the...