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Organization Name	Anti-Defamation League
Contact Name	Jordan Kessler Internet Researcher 212-885-5864 Fax 212-867-7690 kessj@adl.org 823 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 www.adl.org
Program/Project Description	Available for download at the ADL Web site (www.adl.org), Anti-Defamation League HateFilter™ is a software product designed to act as a gatekeeper. It protects children by blocking access to World Wide Web sites of individuals or groups that, in the judgment of the Anti-Defamation League, advocate hatred, bigotry, or even violence toward Jews or other groups on the basis of their religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other immutable characteristics. HateFilter® does not seek to remove these sites, or to censor their content. Moreover, HateFilter™ doesn't just block sites. It offers users who try to access a blocked site the chance to visit a portion of the ADL Web site to learn more about hate and why it is wrong. HateFilter™ uses the filtering technology of Cyber Patrol® from the Internet Solutions Group of The Learning Company. It has all the features of Cyber Patrol including the ability to assign multiple passwords and create up to 10 user profiles to tailor usage to the needs of each member of the family. Users have access to all the other parts of Cyber Patrol including the CyberNOT list that blocks access to pornographic and other offensive Web sites.
Key Highlights/ Milestones	Released in Boston on Nov. 12, 1998, HateFilter® has received significant media attention in major newspapers and magazines nationwide.
Results Forecast	HateFilter® will give an increasing number of parents the opportunity to effectively protect their children from online hate.

Organization Name	Anti-Defamation League
Contact Name	Jordan Kessler Internet Researcher 212-885-5864 Fax 212-867-7690 kessj@adl.org 823 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 www.adl.org
Program/Project Description	ADL believes that the best response to the words of extremists is more speech. The Anti-Defamation League has released numerous publications concerning online hate, all of which can be found at the ADL Web site (www.adl.org): Poisoning the Web: Hatred Online; An ADL Report on Internet Bigotry, Extremism and Violence, Featuring 10 Frequently Asked Questions About the Law and Hate on the Internet (June 1999) A Parent's Guide to Hate on the Internet: Helping Your Child Safely Navigate the Information Superhighway (June 1999) Responding to Extremist Speech Online: 10 Frequently Asked Questions (May 1999) Hate on the World Wide Web: A Brief Guide to Cyberspace Bigotry (October 1998).
Results Forecast
Results Forecast	By publicizing its findings on Internet bigotry, ADL promotes public awareness of the plans and history of online extremists, confident that exposure will lead to rejection of haters and their propaganda.

Organization Name	Anti-Defamation League
Contact Name	Caryl Stern LaRosa Director, Education 212-885-7801 Fax 212-867-7690 823 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 www.adl.org
Program/Project Description	A Parent's Primer Against Hate will be a new publication intended for distribution to parents and childcare providers across the United States. This publication will contain facts, strategies, appropriate responses and behaviors, as well as activities one could undertake directly with children. Our goal is to provide parents with a singular resource that will assist them in teaching their children to value diversity and to combat hate whenever they encounter it. Publication is anticipated for Spring 2000.
Key Highlights/ Milestones	This publication will pull together experts from a number of organizations to participate in its creation. We are exploring a variety of distribution avenues to ensure that we will be able to get this publication into the hands of as many parents as possible.
Results Forecast	We expect an excellent response from parents.

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