In 1996, the European Commission formed the Consultative Commission on Racism and Xenophobia (CRAX), a pan-European group which was tasked to "investigate and, using legal means, stamp out the current wave of racism on the Internet."
1996. godine Evropska Komisija je osnovala Savetodavnu Komisiju za Rasizam I Ksenofobiju (SKRK), pan evropsku grupu od koje je traženo da” istraži i, koristeci zakonodavna sredstva, stavi pečat na trenutni talas rasizma na Internetu.