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News: August 2000
This archive stores the news items that appeared on the front page of the Online Policy Group in reverse chronological order. You may also go to the current month's archive, which also contains links to other past months' archives.

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Protesters "Click-in" to Disable Website
Hundreds of South Koreans shut down the government's Information and Communications Ministry to protest plans for Internet content rating system, The Motley Fool, August 30, 2000

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Parties' Web Sites Are Poopers
CBS Marketwatch quotes MediaMetrix statistics on visits to electoral party web sites, August 24, 2000

BlackPlanet.com Bans Woman with "Unacceptable" Name
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BlackPlanet.com, a portal dealing with African-American topics, uses filtering software to prevent registration of names such as Babcock, although Babpenis is permitted, August 18, 2000

Judge Blocks Va. Law on Internet Porn
Washington Post, August 10, 2000

Web Co's Combat Anti-Semitism
Associated Press story on online anti-semitism in wake of nomination of Lieberman as Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, as appearing in the Las Vegas Sun, August 9, 2000

COPA Commission's Final Hearing
An OPG exclusive report on testimony and other developments at the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) Commission's final public hearing at San Jose State University on August 3-4, 2000

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