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Richard Wiggins | 17 Jun 02:08

Re: USENET blocking

Way back circa 1993 the institution I work for wrestled with what to do with the child porn newsgroup.  The institution values free speech.  In this case, the decision was made that the purpose of the newsgroup seemed to be illegal activity, and the newsgroup was dropped.  I'm not aware of any other case of filtering.
 
/rich

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Oliver Day <oday <at> fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
Kevin Driscoll wrote:
> I have not been a frequent poster to USENET in several years but this
> saddens me.
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9967119-38.html
>
> Does this foreshadow future restrictions?
>
> Kevin
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when i read this the first time i thought blocking too.  but it was
pointed out to me that they are not offering usenet to their subscribers
which is different then blockng the nntp protocol.  if someone buys
usenet access through another service i don't believe these isp's will
prevent access.  while this is still sad and ultimately the wrong
decision it seems more of a net neutrality debate then a censorship debate.

o
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