The term 'racial vilification' is used to denote racially offensive communication and actions that are prohibited under state or federal law in Australia. The term 'racial hatred' is used in this paper to describe communication that is unlawful under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. The web addresses or names of the racist sites sampled are not included so as to avoid inadvertently publicising these groups. It illustrates the types of Internet material that are of concern to racial equality and human rights groups in this country and the international community. This paper examines the problem of racism on the Internet or 'cyber-racism'. Race Discrimination Unit, HREOC, October 2002 Contentsġ.3 Racist Music: Publication, Merchandising and Recruitmentġ.5 Interactive Mediums: Emails, Chat-rooms and Discussion-groups Introduction
