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CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) -- Australia's rights watchdog warned on Monday of an increasing number of computer games sold via the Internet that involved simulated killings of other races and called for action to clamp down on this trend.
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission said new research showed there were about 20 racist computer games advertised or distributed via the Internet, most of which are marketed by American sites.
"The images and computer games are particularly disturbing in their capacity to drain people of their humanity, to render them as sub-human and expendable," commissioner for race discrimination, Bill Jonas, said in a statement.
"This is a new problem and we need to work out better ways of dealing with it."
Jonas said these games were turning racially motivated violence into entertainment and urged people to complain to the commission if they came across any of these games. He encouraged regulatory groups to find ways to block or filter these games.
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/02/24/racist.games.reut/index.html
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission said new research showed there were about 20 racist computer games advertised or distributed via the Internet, most of which are marketed by American sites.
"The images and computer games are particularly disturbing in their capacity to drain people of their humanity, to render them as sub-human and expendable," commissioner for race discrimination, Bill Jonas, said in a statement.
"This is a new problem and we need to work out better ways of dealing with it."
Jonas said these games were turning racially motivated violence into entertainment and urged people to complain to the commission if they came across any of these games. He encouraged regulatory groups to find ways to block or filter these games.
Read full story here:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/02/24/racist.games.reut/index.html
