Doctoral thesis of Philosophy: Racist disinformation on the Web: the role of anti-racist sites in providing balance

The thesis "Racist disinformation on the Web: the role of anti-racist sites in providing balance" provides a synthesis of the academic literature and media coverage related to Australian racism and racist disinformation on the Web, leading to new insights about the range and depth of issues concerned. An analysis of the data collected concludes that while anti-racist websites take on diverse roles in tackling racism, few provide content directly to balance Web racist disinformation. Approaches that seek to control or censure the Web are ineffective and problematic, but balancing disinformation is not in itself an adequate solution.