Raja Zarith: Internet Being Used to incite Hatred

The availability of information on the internet, which should foster tolerance, understanding and acceptance among its users has ironically done the opposite.
Raja Zarith Sofia Sultan Idris Shah , consort of Tengku Mahkota of Johore, said there seemed to be less trust and greater paranoia now, although technological advancements had enabled more interaction among people.
"The question whouild all ask is thether we use the internet for more noble purposes or to incite hatred and anger.
"It's rather alarming because you cannot believe everthing on the internet," she said in her address, A global warning: The more we know, the less we understand at Solls, Intec 2009 International Conference on Language and Culture: Creating and Fostering Global Communities in Putrajaya recently.
Unfortunately, instead of going to online newspaper websites, many Internet users would rather go to sites like YouTube, Raja Zarith said, citing one video that had received over three million hits, which claimed that there was a subliminal message in the Disney certoon Aladdin for teenagers to take their clothes off.
"It is alarming when messages like these are taken seriously by YouTube viewers," said Raja Zarith.