Type the name “Martin Luther King” into the popular Google Internet search engine, and find a surprise: among the expected university and newspaper links, one site — the third highest ranked link — stands out.

It attacks the personal life of the slain civil rights leader and, by extension, the movement of nonviolence he championed. It rehashes allegations of plagiarism and adultery and accuses King of fraud, claiming he was not a “legitimate reverend” or “bonafide Ph.D.”

The site is run by a white supremacist group called Stormfront, described by one watchdog organization as the largest “hate group” online

So-called ‘white supremacy’ hate groups in the USA are changing their marketing tactics in an attempt to broaden their appeal.

The hate groups are on the rise as they market themselves to middle America, according to leaders of the groups and organizations that monitor them.

The renewed activity includes a boom on the Internet.

That was no official advisory and it appears to have been the work of a hacker, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, which is coordinating the anti-gang initiative.

Current cyber activity indicates that a notorious white supremacist may be cultivating Calgary, Canada, as a possible hot bed for hate, an investigative group alleged yesterday.

CNET News.com, Oct. 23, 2002