Free speech and jlist groups press conf on ratings (12/1)

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

                         ** MEDIA ADVISORY **

           Press Conference on Internet Ratings and Filtering


WHO:   Internet Free Expression Alliance (IFEA)

WHAT:  Press conference announcing the formation of IFEA, a coalition of
organizations devoted to the continuation of the Internet as a forum for
open expression and to identify new threats to free expression and First
Amendment values on the Internet, whether legal or technological.

WHEN:  Monday, December 1, 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: First Amendment Lounge
       National Press Club
       14th & F Streets, N.W.
       Washington, DC

WHY:   To address the free speech issues raised by proposals to rate
and filter "objectionable" content on the Internet.  These proposals
will be featured prominently at the White House-endorsed "Internet
Online Summit" that opens on December 2.  Representatives of the
following IFEA member organizations will be available for comment:

       American Civil Liberties Union
       American Society of Newspaper Editors
       Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
       Electronic Frontier Foundation
       Electronic Privacy Information Center
       Feminists for Free Expression
       Institute for Global Communications
       National Campaign for Freedom of Expression
       National Coalition Against Censorship
       Society of Professional Journalists

CONTACT:

David Sobel, EPIC: 202-544-9240
David Greene, NCFE: 202-393-2787
Emily Whitfield, ACLU: 212-549-2566


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