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FC: UCSD orders student group to delete links to terrorist sites


From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 02:32:10 -0400



http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959544.html

   University bans controversial links
   By Declan McCullagh 
   September 25, 2002, 4:13 PM PT

   The University of California at San Diego has ordered a student
   organization to delete hyperlinks to an alleged terrorist Web site,
   citing the recently enacted USA Patriot Act.
   
   School administrators have told the group, called the Che Cafe
   Collective, that linking to a site supporting the Revolutionary Armed
   Forces of Colombia (FARC) would not be permitted because it violated
   federal law.

   [...]




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