Old Organizations and Related Publications

Internet Blocking Policy Presentation A presentation on Internet blocking and policy implications by Will Doherty, OPG Executive Director, at the University of Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, Online Policy Group (April 23, 2001)

American Library Association Files Lawsuit Challenging Children’s Internet Protection Act The American Library Association (ALA) today has filed a lawsuit in Philadelphia to overturn the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which mandates the use of blocking technology on computers in public libraries, American Library Association (March 20, 2001)

ACLU Files Challenge to Library Internet Censorship In Case Fast-Tracked for Supreme Court Review Acting on behalf of public libraries, library patrons and website authors nationwide, the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a major legal challenge to a federal law that forces libraries to censor constitutionally protected speech online, American Civil Liberties Union (March 20, 2001)

	ACLU and ALA File Challenges to Library Internet Censorship in Case Fast-Tracked for Supreme Court Review
	Acting on behalf of public libraries, library patrons and website authors nationwide, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Library Association filed separate legal challenges to a federal law that forces libraries to censor constitutionally protected speech online, ACLU and ALA (March 20, 2001)

	Censorware Site Resurrected
	Rising phoenix-like from the ashen carcass of Censorware.org, the new slashdot-style Censorware.net has a lot to offer on blocking technology topics, Online Policy Group (March 14, 2001)

	American Library Association Votes to Challenge CIPA
	The executive board of the American Library Association (ALA) voted yesterday to initiate legal action challenging the recently enacted Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), American Library Association (January 18, 2001)

Blocking Can't Work A new list of the top ten reasons why Internet blocking technology can't work especially in light of the U.S. Congress' requirement for blocking technology in all public schools and libraries, Online Policy Group (January 6, 2001)

Online Oddities and Atrocities Museum Welcome to the equivalent of the wax museum of the online world... permit its horrors to titillate you, then confront those who spread hate and defamation and organize to prevent Internet blocking software from taking over access in your local public schools and libraries, Online Policy Group (January 1, 2001)

	ALA's CIPA Website
	A wealth of resources related to the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA or CHIP) including a resolution on opposition to federally mandated Internet filtering, information on the ALA's legal challenge, and the ALA's libraries and the Internet toolkit, American Library Association (January 1, 2001)

	ACLU Moves to Block Filtering Law
	The Associated Press reported that the American Civil Liberties Union plans to fight new legislation requiring all schools and public libraries that accept federal money to use Internet filtering software, ACLU (December 19, 2000)

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