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FC: Conservative groups oppose mandatory library filtering
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 09:08:17 -0400
[If I have been slow to reply to email, I apologize. I have been in the Laurentians, a chain of mountains an hour north of Montreal, since Thursday at an economics conference. --Declan]
http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/15/1320206&mode=nested Conservative Groups Oppose Library Filtering posted by cicero on Sunday October 15, @08:13AM from the it-can-happen-to-us-too dept. A small selection of conservative groups has written to Congress to oppose Internet filtering legislation. They're taking an it-can-happen-to-us approach: "Filtering is not exclusive to pornographic content; it can also be used to target First Amendment protected speech... CyberPatrol, the largest filtering software manufacturer, ruled that the American Family Association's web site would be subject to filtering by their software program because of their long-standing opposition to homosexual activism." The sensible organizations signing last week's letter include the Free Congress Foundation, Americans for Tax Reform, and some state groups. Note who isn't there: Dogmatic national groups such as Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council, and the American Family Association, who have substantially different ideas. The proposal in Congress, which would force such software on public libraries and schools that receive federal funds, has been glued on to a must-pass spending bill. See the letter below. The letter from the groups: http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/15/1320206&mode=nested ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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