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News of April 9, 2001
Demonstrate Against Blocking Technology Legislation on April 20, 2001!
Community Center Tenants Announced
The San Francisco LGBT Community Center Project has released a list of
24 organizations, including the Online Policy Group and QueerNet,
that will lease space there when it opens later this year,
Bay Area Reporter,
March 23, 2001
Sweaty Scenes From the Life of an AOL Censor
A personal account from an employee in AOL's campaign to keep the Web safe for surburbia; though
this month, the Florida Supreme Court ruled the corporation couldn't be held
accountable for its customers' behavior,
Village Voice, March 23, 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
Related media releases:
Family Research Council
defends CHIPA.
Lawsuits Slam Net Filtering Efforts
The American Civil Liberties Union and American Library Association
filed separate suits Tuesday in a federal district court in Philadelphia
challenging a new law that requires federally funded schools and libraries
to install software that blocks "objectionable" online materials,
CNET News, March 20, 2001
Related media coverage:
Libraries Spearhead Attack on Cyber-Porn Law,
Reuters
Librarians Contest Law Requiring Net Filters,
Mercury News,
Libraries: Filter Out Filters,
Wired,
Library Smut Snit Heats Up,
Wired,
Diverse Coalition Sues To Overturn Web-Filtering Law,
Newsbytes,
Daily E-Mail Alert, Tech Law Journal,
Censoring the Libraries, San Francisco Chronicle,
ALA Lawsuit Poll, Excite,
March 19-23, 2001
Internet Filters Used to Shield Minors Censor Speech
In December, lawmakers passed a bill requiring
federally financed schools and libraries to use
a "technology protection measure" like blocking products
to block Internet access to obscene material, child pornography
and anything considered to be "harmful to minors",
NY Times,
March 19, 2001
Expressions of Liberty
This Montreal-based publication interviewed OPG Executive
Director Will Doherty about his views on Internet free speech,
Voir (in French),
March 15, 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,
March 14, 2001
Joint Statement Opposing Legislative Requirements for School and Library Internet Blocking Technologies
Join this growing constituency of organizations and individuals
who have published
a joint statement in response to the US Congress' passage
of legislation requiring blocking technology in all public schools
and libraries participating in certain federal programs in order
to galvanize opposition to mandatory blocking
technology and to promote educational methods for youth to
use the Internet safely and effectively, January 17, 2001
Blocking Technology Can't Work
A new list of the top ten reasons why 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 7, 2001
Online Policy Group Web Site Listed in Major Search Engines
This story of how the Online Policy Group web site obtained
access to the web search engines and directories includes
some commentary on how to obtain access and why access may
be restricted, April 9, 2001
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