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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-16-09 03:26 PM
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Everyone must help eliminate cyber hatred, says Secretary-General (UN)
16 June 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that parents, the Internet industry and policy makers all have a role to play in eliminating hate speech from cyberspace.

“Some of the newest technologies are being used to peddle some of the oldest fears,” Mr. Ban said at a seminar in New York entitled “Cyberhate” – the latest in an ongoing series on combating intolerance, organized by the UN Department of Public Information (DPI).

“We have seen it time and again,” he said, “targeting innocents because of their faith, their race, their ethnicity, their sexual orientation.”

The Secretary-General said everyone has a role to play in eliminating cyber hate ...

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31157&Cr=cyber&Cr1=
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-16-09 03:33 PM
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1. I Don't Hate Cybers! Some of My Best Friends.....
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-16-09 04:54 PM
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2. I don't hate cybers either
But I think marriage is for humans. They should get cyber unions and be happy with that.
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