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Re: The Censorware Summit: A Preview, from The Netly News
>http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1173,00.html
>
>The Netly News Network (http://netlynews.com)
>July 16, 1997
>
>The Censorware Summit
>by Declan McCullagh ([email protected])
> Today, Friedland and more than a score of industry and nonprofit
> groups are visiting the White House to promote technical means of
> stopping Junior from visiting playboy.com. President Clinton is
> expected to endorse such measures over attempts to revive broad
> criminal laws like the ill-fated Communications Decency Act, which he
> supported. But this new approach suffers from all sorts of problems.
A UK computer vendor (I forget which) deals in its catalogue with the
possible concerns of parents at internet content in this way. It suggests
that the computer is in a family room where parents can readily see what
Junior is up to. Common sense or what ? Bubba can keep his nose out.
> Rep. Bob Goodlatte
> (R-Va.), a staunch CDA supporter who will be at today's summit. "They
> said we can't go that route. I'm certainly interested in developing
> other options. I want to put the burden on pornographers. One of the
> ways to do that is to have Congress pass legislation that would make
> it difficult for people to misrate their web site."
And I (poor ignorant thing) thought that pornmasters wanted their
sites recognised for what they are to attract visitors.
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