Italy passes resolution to combat anti-Semism online (Jerusalem Post)

A resolution aimed at combating the ideologies of hate online, including anti-Semitism, was approved by the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies Italian Tuesday.

The Committee "unanimously approved a resolution aimed at countering anti-antisémitisme - currently experiencing a surge - via the Web with xenophobia, spread" Assistant Fiamma Nirenstein, Vice-Chairman of the Committee, said in a statement Wednesday.

Nirenstein, a leading expert on European anti-Semitism and anti-Western ideology is a member of the Party of the people of the freedom to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. She has already launched resolutions in the House of Deputies, requesting the Iranian revolutionary guard corps and the Turkish HHI relief organization to add to the list of the European Union of terrorist entities.

"This resolution actually sees the Government is committed to the signing of a protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, which regards crimes of a racist nature and xenophobic committed by computerized systems Budapest", she said in the statement.

"Protocol allows to coordinate their actions at the international level when they do investigations in this type of offence, making it easier to apply outside of an Italian existing law on the fight against racial, ethnic and religious discrimination investigators.

Nirenstein added, "it is difficult to apply this law, when investigations are interrupted by restrictions of a territorial nature or websites - hatred propaganda and it is often the case - are on foreign servers." With the adoption of this Protocol, it will be possible to exceed the limits of our borders. »

The number of anti-Semitic sites in Europe, Germany, Austria and Italy, particularly has multiplied.

Nirenstein cited a new study by the base of Milan Centre of Contemporary Jewish documentation showing that between 2007 and 2010, Italian websites "significant anti-Jewish content have nearly doubled." over the preceding four-year period

She emphasized that "the Department of the Interior figures show 800 pages with anti-Semitic content recorded in 2008, including Web, social networks, and newsgroups; sites" in 2009, there are 1,200 and in increased again in 2010.

Nirenstein said the Italian Government confirmed that he would sign the Protocol and that the resolution would travel parliamentary ratification.

"I am really pleased with this result, which is an indicator of the common objective of the Italian Parliament to fight against the alarming spread of anti-Semitism in line, a phenomenon in which the Commission of inquiry on anti - Semitism, which I Chair, spent two sessions" she says.

The Austrian neo-Nazi Web site alpendonau.info maintained hatred and threats against Jewish journalist Samuel Laster in Vienna and the members of the Jewish community of the Austria is an effort of the Anti-Defamation League to close their doors. The Austrian authorities of critical load platforms of their responsibility to prohibit the alpendonau.info.

A scandal unfolds currently ties between a domestic intelligence agency and neo-Nazi organizations the Austria, including alpendonau.info agent. The reports in the Austrian media that this intelligence Josef Fertschai agent could leak information about the efforts of the Organization to fight against the Austrian neo-Nazism in son Benjamin Fertschai an extremist right-wing, Ministry of the Interior Austrian rocked last month.