Jewish community wins ruling on Web racism Sydney September 17 2002 Australian Jews today won a landmark court case after a judge ruled material published on the Internet by a Holocaust revisionist was insulting and racially motivated. In what is believed to be the first case involving the internet and the Racial Discrimination Act, Federal Court Justice Catherine Branson ruled Adelaide Institute director Fredrick Toben acted illegally by publishing his claims. Toben had expressed doubt the Holocaust occurred, said it was unlikely there were homicidal gas chambers at Auschwitz, and that Jewish people who were offended by or challenged Holocaust denial were of limited intelligence. It was a sweet victory for the Australian Jewish community which has fought for six years to have the offensive material removed. MORE ON http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/17/1032054811640.html
