From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:38:48 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Missing Kids and Porn Links
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Damaged Justice wrote:
> [Relevant for all recent discussions on "linking without permission", as
> well as the usual childpornhysteriamongering.]

>                           [2]Newsbytes Advertising
> Missing Children Pix On Websites Overpopular
> 
>    ****Missing Children Pix On Websites Overpopular 09/02/97 SEATTLE,
>    WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1997 AUG 29 (NB) -- By Bruce Miller. The National
>    Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) encourages the
>    owners of Web sites to add a link that will bring up the picture of a
>    different missing child every ten minutes. According to Ruben
>    Rodriguez, Supervisor of the Exploited Child Unit, the Center is
>    getting 70 to 80 requests a day for information to create the link.
>    Some sites, however, have taken the initiative themselves, including
>    pornographic Web sites.
> 
>    "This is the kiss of death for us," said Rodriguez. "We want the
>    public to help us find missing and exploited children. The Internet
>    public is coming to us to display our banner on our sites.
>    Unfortunately, there are some locations on the Internet that are
>    inappropriate."

  We *must* take immediate action to prevent missing children from being
found by people who don't consider nudity shameful, people who smoke,
fat people, Jewish people, people with more than three speeding
tickets...

ConcernedMonger