From declan@well.comMon Jul 22 11:14:44 1996 Received: from vorlon.mit.edu (brnstndkramden.acf.nyu.edu@VORLON.MIT.EDU [18.238.0.139]) by eff.org (8.7.5/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA16298; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:27:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA30801 for fight-censorship-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:22:14 -0400 Received: from po8.andrew.cmu.edu (PO8.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.108]) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA30797 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:22:12 -0400 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA10412 for fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:22:07 -0400 Received: via switchmail for fight-censorship+@andrew.cmu.edu; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:22:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from po3.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:20:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wired.com (get.wired.com [204.62.131.5]) by po3.andrew.cmu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA14606 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:19:49 -0400 Received: from [204.62.128.229] (dc4mac.wired.com [204.62.128.229]) by wired.com (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA07205 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:19:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Sender: declan@hotwired.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:24:03 -0500 To: fight-censorship+@andrew.cmu.edu From: declan@well.com (Declan McCullagh) Subject: Canada investigating Net-regulations -- call CBC-Radio now! Sender: owner-fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu Precedence: bulk X-URL: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/top/ X-JusticeOnCampusURL: http://joc.mit.edu/ [David Jones is the head of EF-Canada. Call CBC Radio with your comments now! (I did, and left them in the voice mailbox that Morning Edition graciously provided.) --Declan] >Return-Path: >Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 11:55:41 EDT >From: djones@insight.mcmaster.ca (David Jones) >To: efc-talk@insight.mcmaster.ca >Subject: call CBC with your thoughts on BC Attorney General's remarks >Sender: efc-talk-owner@insight.mcmaster.ca >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: djones@insight.mcmaster.ca (David Jones) >X-Efc-Web-Site: http://www.efc.ca >X-Efc-Archive: gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/11/org/efc > > Murmurings about Internet regulation in British Columbia > >I just finished a very brief interview on CBC-Radio in Vancouver. >They called asking for a comment on the BC Attorney General's >statement that he has instructed his ministry to investigate whether >the Internet can be regulated. The reason this is in the news >is because of the so-called "white power" and "hate" web pages that >are now available through a BC Internet Service Provider (Fairview Tech), >after being kicked off an Ontario ISP's computers (Pathyway Communications). > > >I hadn't had my morning coffee, so perhaps you can be more articulate >on this issue that I was. I encourage you to call the CBC-Radio's >"talk-back lines" at (604) 662-6976 -- they are inviting comments >on this issue. Seriously, if you don't want the BC Attorney General >to regulate the Internet, speak now or forever hold your peace. > > >Background (from Vancouver Sun) > > B.C. Internet provider is the largest Canadian site for racist material > gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/vancouver-sun.19jul96a > > Hate on Internet investigated > gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/vancouver-sun.19jul96b > > Don't expect easy solutions to cyberspace abuse > gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/times-colonist.14jul96 > > >See also: > > "Skin-Net" > http://www.ftcnet.com/~skinhds/main.htm > > "Freedom Site in Exile" > http://www.ftcnet.com/~freedom/ > > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >David Jones -- Electronic Frontier Canada >djones@efc.ca -- http://www.efc.ca/