From: Antonomasia <ant@notatla.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 06:43:39 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: The Censorware Summit: A Preview, from The Netly News
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>http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1173,00.html
>
>The Netly News Network (http://netlynews.com)
>July 16, 1997                        
>
>The Censorware Summit
>by Declan McCullagh (declan@well.com)
                                             

>        Today, Friedland and more than a score of industry and nonprofit
>   groups are visiting the White House to promote technical means of
>   stopping Junior from visiting playboy.com. President Clinton is
>   expected to endorse such measures over attempts to revive broad
>   criminal laws like the ill-fated Communications Decency Act, which he
>   supported. But this new approach suffers from all sorts of problems.

A UK computer vendor (I forget which) deals in its catalogue with the 
possible concerns of parents at internet content in this way.  It suggests
that the computer is in a family room where parents can readily see what
Junior is up to.  Common sense or what ?  Bubba can keep his nose out.

>                                                Rep. Bob Goodlatte       
>   (R-Va.), a staunch CDA supporter who will be at today's summit. "They
>   said we can't go that route. I'm certainly interested in developing 
>   other options. I want to put the burden on pornographers. One of the
>   ways to do that is to have Congress pass legislation that would make
>   it difficult for people to misrate their web site."

And I (poor ignorant thing) thought that pornmasters wanted their
sites recognised for what they are to attract visitors.



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