From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 06:04:44 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: CyberPatrol bans Computer underground Digest
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>Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 17:14:43 -0400
>To: fight-censorship-announce@vorlon.mit.edu
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
>Subject: FC: CyberPatrol bans Computer underground Digest
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>For as long as I can remember, Northern Illinois University criminal
>justice prof. Jim Thomas has been editing an online newsletter called
>Computer underground Digest. In it, he's chronicled the hacker wars, the
>crypto battles, and the fight over the CDA. It's been an invaluable
>resource to the Net-community. In fact, you'll see a lot of
>fight-censorship posts and articles end up in CuD.
>
>Now it's been blocked by censorware. Jim's offense? According to
>CyberPatrol, he's a "Militant Extremist."
>
>-Declan
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>Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 22:45:26 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Jim Thomas <jthomas3@sun.soci.niu.edu>
>To: fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu
>Subject: CyberPatrol bans CuD  & Crypt Newsletter
>
>On Mon, 26 May 1997, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>
>(quoting from George Smith):
>
>> Huh! Thanks to your page I've just found out Crypt Newsletter is
>> banned by the fine folk at Cyber Patrol for being "militant extremists."
>
>George also forwarded the following to me:
>
>   Jim:
>
>   I suppose you already know this but I just found out Crypt Newsletter
>   and CuD were blocked by CyberPatrol and NetNanny.
>
>   Crypt Newsletter for being Militant/Extreme
>   CuD for being Militant/Extreme/violence/Profanity
>
>Whatever else CuD might be, I'm at a loss to even guess how
>"militant," "extreme," and "violent" characterize it. But, some
>profanity does slip in, especially in legal documents and similar
>resources.
>
>jt
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