In March 1995, former Klansman Don Black put up the first neo-Nazi web site. In March 1998, 163 active sites across North America publicize racial hatred.
29 of these espouse Klan beliefs; 39 are neo-Nazi sites; 27 are the work of racist skinheads; 25 promote Christian Identity, an anti-Semitic and racist religion; and 43 others push various other hate ideologies.
Almost half of these web sites represent actual organizations that can be joined, or from whom racist materials can be ordered.
Since the total number of hate groups in the U.S. is around 474 (up 20 per cent from 1996), more than one third have already made the leap to cyberspace.
Source:Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report, Winter 1998
