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Taking a sledgehammer to an ant
Yesterday Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner agreed to censor the internet at the behest of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. The story that didn’t get told is just how the corporations were going...
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Mandatory school and library filters proposed
The original Communications Decency Act rode through Congress by virtue of being attached to another bill that was virtually assured of passing. In late June 1998, the same technique was used to...
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It’s the content stupid
In less than two years, the Internet — or more specifically, the World Wide Web — has surpassed CD-ROM as the new publishing medium of choice. According to Nicholas Negroponte, head of MIT’s Media...
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Telecommunications reform bill (Communications Decency Act)
On February 1, 1996, despite a flurry of protests, Congress voted to pass the Telecommunications Reform bill by a huge margin. Only 14 members of Congress voted against the legislation; the vote was...
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The blotter: Week ending 13 March 2011
Business According to Nelson D. Schwartz, writing for the New York Times, “… industry experts estimate that nearly a trillion dollars worth of mortgage debt is ‘underwater,'” where the homeowner owes...
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Bad code in Washington
It’s midterm election day in America when some percentage of us — usually less than half — hold our noses and go to the polls. Hopefully by now you’ve taken the time to inform yourself and you’re...
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Child Online Protection Act (COPA) blocked
The second major Congressional effort to restrict access to constitutionally protected speech on the Internet, the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), was blocked on February 1, 1999 by a federal...
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Library Internet filtering update
Several libraries across the United States have been sued — or threatened with law suits — for filtering the Internet access of library patrons. Loudoun County, Virginia was the first test case for...
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CDA II rides again
When Senator Dan Coats (R-Indiana) introduced legislation (S. 1482) that would punish commercial online distributors of material deemed harmful to minors with a US$50,000 fine and up to six months in...
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