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Ukraine Internet Meeting Discusses Cyber Hate For more news visit ? english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ? http Add us on Facebook ? facebook.com As the number of Internet users continues to grow, so are the numbers of hateful postings on websites around the world. Known as cyber hate, it has become a growing issue to tackle. According to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, 30% of comments to articles on websites contain hate speech. About one-third of those are remarks against politicians... and a little less than a third are directed at the persons on the other end of the debate. 17% are comments against someone mentioned in an article... and almost 15% are directed against people with different political views, nationality or locale. Human rights activists and social leaders gathered in Kyiv recently to address the issue at a conference called "Tolerance and hate online: A Global Challenge." On the agenda was the threat of cyber hate and how to cope with it. [Alexander Feldman, Conference Organizer]: "Do not confuse our conference today with an attempt to restrict someone's freedom. Freedom does not imply a total absence of authority; offending people has nothing to do with freedom." Violence incited by hate speech is one of the group's main concerns. Back in 2004, a Dutch filmmaker was killed by a Muslim after making a controversial movie called "Submission." It depicted violence against Muslim women in Islamic societies. After the filmmaker was killed, it lead to a slew of posts online directing ... From: NTDTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:10 More in People & Blogs