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Government Censorship Threatens the Information Infrastructure
Several bills now being considered in the U.S. Congress could, under the guise of protecting children from pornography, prevent all Internet users from exchanging their views freely. Individual states have already passed laws restricting speech on electronic networks, and the trend is spreading to other countries as well.Censorship on the Internet does not simply threaten the democratic rights of all (as if that were not bad enough); it could also undermine the Internet's value for commerce and research. Basic Internet services like News and the World Wide Web cannot survive under censorship!
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A passage that could get us arrested.
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The laws that could be used to prosecute the passage.
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What is so dangerous about censorship?
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Does censorship protect children?
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What can I do to help?
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Other aspects of democratic debate on electronic networks must also be
protected.
- Several other Internet sites cover the censorship issue.
Author:
Andrew Oram
cyber-rights @ cpsr.org
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Last updated: 11 January 1996
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