EFF "Declan McCullagh Publications" Archive

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cwd.got.away.0696.article

How the Clinton administration bungled its crypto export policy, in CyberWire Dispatch. Silly Bill.

cwd.keys.to.the.kingdom.0796.article

Do you know what your smut-blocking software is censoring? Read the Keys to the Kingdom revealed, in CyberWire Dispatch.

cwd.wiretap.in.the.night.0996.article

The White House quietly includes national wiretap plan (Digital Telephony) funding into a $600 billion omnibus spending bill, in CyberWire Dispatch.

focus.scientology.and.cmu.1095.article

The Church of Scientology on the attack, USENET flamewar spreads to Carnegie Mellon University, from FOCUS.

focus.harassment.policy.1195.article

A proposed "sexual harassment" policy promises to protect free expression but instead would stifle it, from FOCUS.

hw.banning.iran.082896.txt

The U.S. government has quietly pulled the plug on Iran's Internet connection. The catch? No one gave it permission. From HotWired

hw.browne.study.071096.article

Libertarian presidential nominee Harry Browne drops by my office for a chat about the Net, from HotWired.

hw.cda.and.supremes.100396.article

Justice Department files second phase of Supreme Court appeal in CDA case, with some new pro-censorship arguments, from HotWired.

hw.crypto.imperialism.102496.article

The Clinton administration is set to create the position of a roving ambassador whose job will be to marshal international support for a controlling new US crypto policy, from HotWired.

hw.crypto.storm.warning.071496.article

The Justice Department's second-in-command, Jamie Gorelick, escalates the Clinton administration's attack on the Net, from HotWired.

hw.doj.dodge.082196.article

The U.S. Department of Justice stalls for time, whining to the Supreme Court they need an extra month to prepare a defense of the Communications Decency Act, from HotWired.

hw.fda.drug.lords.101796.article

Forget the Communications Decency Act and the censorhappy Clinton administration. Instead, it now seems like we have to keep an eye on the pinstriped bureaucrats at the US Food and Drug Administration, who are hatching their own schemes to regulate the Net, from HotWired.

hw.fear.of.flying.091296.article

EFF's Gilmore learns firsthand the politics of terrorism -- where legislators routinely grandstand atop national tragedies, using victims and their families as backdrops, from HotWired.

hw.finnish.line.090696.article

Julf Helsingius' pseudonymous remailer under attack from scaremongering U.K. journalists and the censorhappy Singapore government, from HotWired.

hw.great.white.north.072996.article

A Canadian province considers net-censorship and the Simon Wiesenthal Center eggs them on, from HotWired.

hw.hydra.061196.article

Congress' attempts to "fix" the CDA are worse than the real thing, from HotWired.

hw.next.threat.061496.article

Even if the Supreme Court strikes down the CDA boondoggle, our elected representatives are waiting to try again, from HotWired.

hw.parade.congress.093096.article

Parade magazine's Net.terrorism fearmongering not surprising as Congress approves wiretapping slushfund, from HotWired.

hw.slow.pitch.politics.071996.article

The U.S. House of Representatives plays political softball with the Constitution with a "religious freedom" amendment tossed to the religious right, from HotWired.

hw.tenth.justice.062096.article

The fate of the CDA now lies largely in the hands of the Justice Department's Solicitor General, from HotWired.

hw.third.choice.070896.article

The Libertarian Party's ragtag but racuous convention showed they deserve the votes of Netizens, from HotWired.

hw.trouble.in.paradise.081996.article

Indonesian democracy activists have taken their fight for freedom to the Net, and the government doesn't approve, from HotWired.

hw.waiting.game.080696.article

House Republicans did the right thing on wiretapping anti-terrorism legislation, but Senate Democrats are eager to reverse them in September. Americans shouldn't award their government police-state powers, from HotWired.

iu.plague.073196.article

Governments around the globe are rushing to barricade their borders, dam the flow of foreign data, and create a new world information order. Cover story of August 1996 Internet Underground magazine: Plague of Freedom.

iw.big.brother.gears.up.0996.txt

The U.S. government, using terrorism as an excuse, is seeking a broad range of controls over the Internet, from Internet World.

iw.court.challenge.0696.article

The CDA hearings in Philadelphia continue, from June 1996 Internet World.

iw.lolitawatch.0796.article

The government's latest wacky scheme is to tag underage users as kids. Lolitawatch, from July 1996 Internet World.

nn.doj.cheesy.defense.051396.txt

3:1 odds that the CDA gets struck down as unconstitutional, thanks to the flimsy, cheesy Justice Department defense of it, from The Netly News.

nn.ducks.on.the.net.041296.txt

Ducks were a hit at today's CDA hearing in Philadelphia's Federal court when the Justice Department's cybersleaze expert took the stand, from The Netly News.

nn.japan.factor.102996.article

Japan has succumbed to U.S. pressure and dramatically tightened its export restrictions, from The Netly News.

nn.malaysian.solution.120996.article

A trip to Kuala Lumpur reveals the Malaysian government's dilemma: censorship or foreign investment? From The Netly News.

nn.net.results.110696.article

What the November 1996 election means for the Net. Bottom line: the political terrain has shifted subtly, from The Netly News.

nn.read.my.bits.112596.article

The U.S. governemnt wants to tax the Net -- or does it? From The Netly News.

nn.say.no.to.turkeys.112796.article

The European Union's wacky drug treaty deserves to go up in smoke -- and more crypto-hijinks, from The Netly News.

nn.singapore.sling.120496.article

In Singapore, netizens frequent cyber-cafes, enjoy the island-country's newfound affluence, and don't really worry that much about their lack of political freedom, from The Netly News.

nn.under.lock.and.key.recovery.111896.article

HP's crypto-announcement is not only vaporware, it demonstrates the fundamental flaws of the Clinton administration's crypto-policy. And, after all, privacy is not just a civil right, but a human right, from The Netly News.

pcw.return.of.clipper.1096.article

Call it the Return of Clipper. The administration's latest plan is designed to split industry opposition. And it's working, from HotWired.

pcw.wildcard.0696.article

Could the hard-won CDA victory be wasted by a lone wolf's lawsuit in New York? From PC World.

pg_oped_1194.article

It's not about cybersex -- it's about cybercensorship. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

playboy.freedom.on.trial.1096.article

How the Communications Decency Act played in court, from October 1996 Playboy.

rimm.cybersex.studies.0795.article

Marty Rimm and the Case of the Two Cybersex Studies. Who made whom? Who wrote what?

rimm.voodoo.research.071895.article

Marty Rimm's bogus cyberporn study and the dangers of voodoo cybersex research op-ed.

tartan.pres.debate.101692.article

A tame presidential debate means bad news for George Bush, from The Tartan.

tartan.usenet.censorship.1194.article

Carnegie Mellon University must stand fast against censorship and restore the banned USENET newsgroups. Column from The Tartan.

tartan.censorship.committee.120594.html

The university has censored its own bulletin board committee charged with ruling on USENET policy, from CMU's The Tartan paper.

wt.fein.response.070696.article

The CDA is dead meat, and Congress chows down on the same dead ideas. All about mad cow disease and censorship, from the Washington Times.

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