ABSTRACT
The civilization of the Internet has been the great quandary facing Internet regulators over the past decade. The problem with enforcement of the inherited laws was not so much a product of a defect in the language of the laws as it was a product of the inherent structure of the Internet. European regulation of hate speech can be traced to the after-effects of World War II. After the Holocaust, European countries moved to take steps to prevent similar atrocities from ever happening again, and hate speech was targeted for elimination. Established in 1949, the Council of Europe promotes intergovernmental cooperation in securing democracy in Europe and in preventing the recurrence of gross violations of human rights. Although the United States is not a member of the Council of Europe, participation in the Council of Europe's treaty-making process is not exclusive to its members.
