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Andy Carvin has generated a very complete analysis of the new version of DOPA. Included in his post is a link to the text of the proposed bill as included in the Congressional Record. One frustrating change in the new bill is that it mashes together a variety of topics some of which would generate nearly universal support and others (e.g., objection to many commercial social networking tools) that in my opinion are questionable. I guess this is the way politicians like to play the game. Just for the record - I am against child pornography and predators of any type. I am also opposed to this bill because it lacks the sophistication to differentiate criminal behavior from constructive educational practices. -
2voteThe Internet Censorship FAQ was created by Jonathan Wallace and Mark Mangan, co-authors of Sex, Laws and Cyberspace, a new book on Internet censorship from Henry Holt. Some of the material in the following is taken from the book. The Table of Contents and internal links were added by August Brunsman. Please redistribute this FAQ freely in relevant forums.
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1voteInternet free speech advocates won a major victory when the Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act, finding that "the interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship." The ink was barely dry on the Court's decision when some started touting a new approach to regulating online content -- "filtering
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1votenewSupreme Court Maintains Block on Web Censorship Law. In a decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court injunction against enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). EPIC joined a coalition of plaintiffs in a challenge to the Internet censorship law in 1998 and has served as co-counsel in the case. The Court found that the government has not shown that ther
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