Modern day “Nazis” continue to work against free speech
In an op-ed for the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, Christopher Wolf (chair of the ADL Internet Task Force) recommends “Setting Boundaries” on freedom of speech online.
“Debating differing ideas is one thing, but when one side of the debate becomes so mean-spirited, so hateful, and so hurtful that riots are the result,” says Wolf, “it’s time for Internet companies to set boundaries.”
Someone should inform Wolf that most of history’s most powerful and needed ideas sparked anger and riots. I’m sure as a liberal Jew he wouldn’t want to turn back the civil rights movement as “so hateful, and so hurtful” it should have been illegal-but it certainly sparked plenty of riots!
Wolf’s comments followed Pakistan’s ban on You Tube because of a film critical of the Koran. Internet host Network Solutions pulled the plug on the film’s main site. Wolf defends that decision since the film might spark “riots around the world.”
Does he genuinely believe western freedom of speech should be decided by hot tempers in the Middle East? No. He approves because he wants to advance a much broader agenda. Wolf says plainly that he hopes the film Pakistan banned “will start a discussion of what to do about hate content on the Internet.”
The ADL knows exactly what it wants to do. Wolf and ADL are heavily invested in a broad plan to attack internet freedom and shut down websites whose speech they hate, particularly anti-Zionist, right-wing, and “fundamentalist Christian” sites.
The Anti-Defamation Commission of B’nai B’rith-Australia’s version of the Anti-Defamation League-recently applauded the Aussie government’s “proposed web blackout for hate groups.” Even though this broad offensive against online liberty isn’t yet underway, it’s a model of what ADL would like to see enforced by governments worldwide.
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2008-04-23