ABSTRACT
In November 2012, four activists of the neo-Nazi website https://Stormfront.org" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Stormfront.org were arrested in Italy and accused of racial discrimination and incitement to racial hatred. The Stormfront, considered to be “the biggest hate web-site” by the American media, was born in the 90s, and from its operational base in Florida, now manages 15 forums all over the world, from Portugal to New Zealand. It posts lists of Jewish families along with insults against pro-immigrant actors. In 2008 it had 80,000 visitors, which increased by 2,000 per day after the election of Barack Obama. 1 In Austria, the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) presently claims to have around 80,000 Facebook fans, as does the British National Party. 2 These online supporters “are not just armchair activists: many are party members and voters and they are more likely to demonstrate than the national average.” 3
