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Screenshot of Jew Watch's home page, May 9, 2006.

Jew Watch is a website that reports information regarding Jewish ownership and control over mass media and politics, and which describes its objective as "Keeping a Close Watch on Jewish Communities & Organizations Worldwide." It is owned and maintained by Frank Weltner of St. Louis, Missouri, a member of the National AllianceCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Google controversy

The increasing publicity has resulted in many news sources, weblogs, and general information sites to link to Jew Watch, and thus created a Google bomb. In May 2004, the Jew Steven Weinstock launched an online petition to remove Jew Watch from Google. "When performing a search for the word 'Jew' on Google, the first Web site listed is JewWatch.com, a site that has been famous for being anti-Semitic," Weinstock wrote in a widely disseminated e-mail. So far, his allegations have been unproven.

"In order for Google to remove this, they would need a petition of over 50,000 requests," Weinstock said. He set up an online petition site called RemoveJewWatch.com. Within a few days 2,000 signatures had been added to the list. By mid-2004 the site had collected over 125,000 signatures. RemoveJewWatch.com went offline, but a preserved versions remains.

Google's response, however, has been a sponsored link for the search term since 2004 which explains how Google results are automatically ranked by computer algorithms.

National Vanguard writer Kevin Strom claimed that Weinstock's efforts resulted in a "censor-fest" of Jew Watch and insisted "Our race deserves to live in freedom, and no trickster, thug, or con man can stop us from achieving that goal. We are going to win." John Goth, in the same publication, described his "disgust" as a "loyal White man" at "the recent Jewish attacks on free speech and particularly, on JewWatch.com."

To this day Jew Watch's ranking fluctuates in the top three to five positions for the search term "Jew" on the American Google site, along with two Misplaced Pages articles for "Jew" and "Judaism" .

The Katrina controversy

St. Louis City Circuit Judge Julian L. Bush permanently barred Frank Weltner and his site InternetDonation.org from soliciting funds in Missouri for charitable purposes after it was revealed by State Attorney General Jay Nixon that Frank Weltner had set up multiple websites soliciting funds for Katrina victims and then redirected those wishing to donate to his site that collected money for Jew Watch . A press release from the Attorney General said: "Anyone who takes advantage of the generosity and compassion of his fellow citizens in an attempt to fund his hate-filled Web site should never again be in the position to solicit charitable funds from well-meaning Missourians" .

References

  1. Brandon, John (2004-05-11). "Dropping the Bomb on Google". Wired. Retrieved 2007-01-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. "RemoveJewWatch.com". WhyNot Media. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  3. "An explanation of our search results". Google. 2004. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  4. Strom, Kevin (2004-04-24). "The Censorious Race". National Vanguard. Retrieved 2006-04-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. Goth, John (2004-04-22). "The Jew Watch Saga Can Be Fun". National Vanguard. Retrieved 2006-04-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. "JewWatch Profile". Zionism On The Web, 2007. Retrieved 2007-21-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. "Nixon obtains permanent injuntion against JewWatch.com operator who deceptively solicited Katrina donations". Attorney General, 2006. Retrieved 2007-21-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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