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community standards in cyberspace (fwd)
Nice thought, but... well... I wish the congresscritters thought that way...
Jon
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 22:49:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tildy Bayar <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: community standards in cyberspace (fwd)
> [exerpt]
>
> DEVIANCE -- COMPARED TO WHAT?
> Peter Huber, author of "Orwell's Revenge" and senior fellow at the Manhattan
> Institute, points out that "community standards" are no longer definable in
> cyberspace. "`Deviance' loses its meaning, when communities of the
> like-minded are formed entirely by consent. Freedom of association is so
> complete in cyberspace that traditional limits on freedom of speech become
> almost impossible to justify constitutionally." (Forbes 7/31/95 p.110)