From: declan@well.com (Declan McCullagh)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 15:49:56 +0800
To: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu>
Subject: Re: Surf-filter lists
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Fine, call it "blocking," "restricting access to," or "muzzling." My point
still stands.

-Declan


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>On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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>> More to the point, as I wrote at the end of the original CWD, it's a
>> bait-and-switch maneuver. Go after porn, they say, but the censor political
>> information.
>
>ARGH!  I've been keeping quiet about this for a while, but I thing I
>gotta say something before I throttle my Zip drive...
>
><rant>A Private organization cannot "censor" anything.  The fundamental
>definition of the word require some agent of the government take action
>to censor.  To accuse Surf-Watch, net-nanny, AOL, MSU, AT&T, or whatever
>of "censorship" accomplishes nothing except to make us look the
>fool.</rant>
>
>I agree that the problem with the "bait-and-switch" filtering of net
>materials by these various filtering packages needs to be addressed.  If I
>want to protect my kids from seeing alt.naughty.pictures, I shoudl still
>be able to unfilter political and health speech.  The real problem isn't
>censorship, it's disclosure by the makers of filtering packages about
>what exactly their packages are going to filter for me and my family.
>However, in the upcoming war of filtering packages (and it will get ugly)
>trade secrets are going to make any company hesitant to reveal what it is
>they are filtering and what criteria they are using to determine if
>something qualifies.
>
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