[FYI] (Fwd) FC: U.S. bill tries to end anonymous surfing, email from

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Fri, 18 May 2001 12:10:10 -0400
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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: U.S. bill tries to end anonymous surfing, email from libraries
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The bill requires schools and libraries receiving federal funds to
prevent "use of such computers to access an online privacy service
that enables a user (I) to send electronic mail anonymously; or`(II)
to access the World Wide Web anonymously."

Maybe I'll be flamed for saying this, but, heck, this is what you get
when special interest groups lobby the Feds for cash. Congress has a
long and miserable history of slapping restrictions on money it doles
out, from highway dollars and the 55 mph limit to student aid and
dubious Title IX restrictions
(http://www.reason.com/0104/fe.ml.title.html). Sure, libraries can sue
to overturn the smut-blocking restrictions, but they may not prevail,
and even if they win that fight, they won't win 'em all. Whatever
happened to having local library boards and communities decide on
these rules?

-Declan

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Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 07:32:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jon Camfield <griffjon@yahoo.com>
Subject: No anonymous access from libraries?
To: declan@well.com

I'm surprised this hasn't hit the major alt-news
outlets yet.  I first saw it on newsbytes
(http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165792.html)

"These radical organizations are made up of loosely
knit groups from across the country that endorse
militant action in the name of a particular cause.
They use privacy sites on the Internet to anonymously
contact one another and recruit our children. Then,
using the environment or other worthwhile causes, they
manipulate juveniles into committing crimes to further
their own cause."
--Rep. Grucci (R-NY)

The full text of the H.R. 1846 bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.01846:

Bummer for Hotmail access, eh?


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