An Australian commission heard arguments regarding an Internet site that denies the Holocaust. In the first test of that country’s anti-discrimination laws involving the Internet, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry is seeking the removal of all Holocaust-denying material on the site, which is run by a group called the Adelaide Institute. Australia’s umbrella organization for Jews is also trying to prevent the group from publishing similar ideas on the Internet in the future.
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