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UK Internet providers plan to restrict cyberporn
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- From: lutz@as-node.jena.thur.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 96 23:31 MET DST
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>From: Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>
>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 07:34:15 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: UK Internet providers plan to restrict cyberporn
[Thanks to Stanton for forwarding. This is also a test to see if the
fight-censorship+ address will work. --Declan]
U.K. INTERNET PROVIDERS PLAN TO RESTRICT CYBERPORN
Reacting to pressure from Scotland Yard, the Internet Service Providers
Association, representing 60 of an estimated 140 providers in the United
Kingdom, will be asking its members to voluntarily block access to sites
and services featuring hard-core pornography. An executive of Demon
Internet, which has the largest subscriber base in the U.K., dismisses the
proposed action as ineffective: "This is not a solution, it is just hiding
the problem." (Financial Times 10 Aug 96)
[Excerpted from Edupage.]