Media Releases

Media releases from the Online Policy Group (in reverse chronological order):

Court Hearing on Electronic Voting Company's Threats Against Critics Two student activists and an Internet Service Provider (ISP) will ask a federal district court judge on Monday to stop the ongoing legal harassment of them and others in a case involving disclosure of flaws in electronic voting machines, Online Policy Group (November 14, 2003)

ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website Electronic voting company Diebold, Inc., sent a cease-and-desist letter to the nonprofit OPG ISP demanding that OPG remove a page of links published on an IndyMedia website located on a computer server hosted by OPG, Online Policy Group (October 16, 2003)

Activist Gets Year in Jail for Hosting, Link to Bomb Site The Online Policy Group (OPG) today condemned the sentencing on August 4 of political activist Sherman Austin to one year in jail for hosting a website describing bomb-making and for linking from his RaiseTheFist.com website to that website, Online Policy Group (August 5, 2003)

San Francisco Celebrates Supreme Court LGBTIQQ Rights Ruling A jubilant crowd of people dedicated to human rights for same-sex partners is gathering today to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking the Texas sodomy statute, Online Policy Group (June 26, 2003)

Supreme Court Supports Library Internet Blocking Law The Supreme Court ruled today that a federal statute requiring Internet blocking, also known as filtering, in libraries receiving certain federal funds or discounts is constitutional, Online Policy Group and Electronic Frontier Foundation (June 23, 2003)

Recent Releases

top of page