The basic cost for would-be publishers who want to distribute information on the World Wide Web, the fastest growing part of the Internet, is not significantly higher. In addition, the Internet is an unregulated environment. Anyone can start a site and publish anything. Unlike the traditional marketplace where publishers, editors and reviewers were able to separate out the lies and distortions of the haters, the Internet makes all kinds of information equally accessible. The reputable and the meretricious exist side by side and even responsible journalists sometimes cannot tell them apart.
Internet technology gives eager propagandists a variety of ways to spread their message.
By 1996, a number of notorious extremists with long histories of anti-Semitic activism were exploiting the possibilities of the Web. Some sites were particularly active. During the year, the National Alliance began posting copies of its radio broadcasts on the Web. Black continued to update his list of links to extremist sites while Zundel published more and more material. Other Holocaust deniers, Greg Raven of the Institute for Historical Review and Bradley Smith, known for placing Holocaust-denying ads in college newspapers, also increased their activity on the Web.