From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 04:16:49 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Internet Censorware Summit, Clinton to speak, Dec 1-3
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At 13:01 -0500 10/30/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>At 09:20 -0800 10/30/97, James S. Tyre wrote:
>>Showing my ignorance, what's the "real" censorware summit?
>
>Check out http://www.kidsonline.org/  -- it's a hoot. Praises the CDA as a
>"well-intentioned effort to protect children." Grew out of the White
>House's kickoff Censorware Summit in July; Clinton is expected to speak at
>this one. Scheduled for Dec 1-3 here in DC. Chaired by former Clinton
>campaign official and former FTC "protect the children" Commissioner
>Christine Varney. (This is not to criticize Varney; I rather like her
>personally, but politically, well...)

Here are the sponsors... --Declan


http://www.netparents.org/summit_part.html

NTERNET SUMMIT:

                           Focus On Children

                              October 1997


The following organizations representing diverse viewpoints support the
development of a national summit on making the Internet online experience more
rewarding and safer for children:

 Industry
                                            Non-Profits
 America Online
                                            American Academy of Pediatrics
 AT&T
                                            American Association of School
Librarians
 Cartoon Network
                                            American Library Association
 CompuServe
                                            Boy Scouts of America
 Direct Marketing Association
                                            Center for Violence and Injury
Prevention
 Disney Online
                                            Center for Democracy and
Technology
 GamePro Magazine
                                            Center for Media Education
 Highlights for Children
                                            Childnet International
 ISX Corporation
                                            Children's Partnership
 iVillage
                                            Consortium for School Networking
 K-III Communications/Seventeen Magazine
                                            Enough is Enough
 Microsoft Corporation
                                            Girl Scouts of the USA
 Microsystems Software
                                            National Association of
Secondary School
                                            Principals
 Nickelodeon Online
                                            National Center for Missing and
Exploited
                                            Children
 Prodigy
                                            National Committee to Prevent Child
                                            Abuse
 Teknowledge Corporation
                                            National Consumers League
 Thornburg Center for Professional Development
                                            National Network of Violence
Prevention
                                            Practitioners
 Turner/Cartoon Network
                                            National Parent Teacher
Association
 United States Telephone Association
                                            Tech Corps
 Warner Bros. Online