Re: PICS required by laws

["Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>]

The ACLU is taking the right position here, IMHO. But I sense no
consensus from the coalition of groups in the CDA challenge.

-Declan



Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 5-Apr-96 PICS required by law by "E.
ALLEN SMITH"@ocelot. 
>         What was I saying a while back about mandatory PICS through
liability?
>  
> As I recall, various people such as TCMay were saying that it wouldn't
happen.
>  
> Looks like I need to get out that article against PICS that I was working on
> and rewrite it a bit. I would remind people that PICS allows parents (or
> whoever else is holding the reins, such as an ISP - or the Chinese
firewall) t
> o
> filter on such content as material (including scientific studies)
stating that
>  
> a given illegal drug is not as harmful as some would claim, any idea futures
> market - even a simulated one, on homosexual content separately from
> heterosexual, and against criticisms of religions (such as Scientology). To
> their credit, the ACLU (in the CDA court case) has stated that they will not
> put a PICS rating on their web site, even if it contains "indecent" or
> allegedly "harmful to minors" material. I agree strongly with their position.