[sis-l] FW: U.S. bill tries to end anonymous surfing, email from libraries

[Shirl Kennedy]

One to key your eye on, folks.

Shirl Kennedy
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From: owner-politech@politechbot.com
[mailto:owner-politech@politechbot.com]On Behalf Of Declan McCullagh
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 12:10 PM
To: politech@politechbot.com
Subject: FC: U.S. bill tries to end anonymous surfing, email from
libraries


The bill requires schools and libraries receiving federal funds to prevent
"use of such computers to access an online privacy service that enables a
user (I) to send electronic mail anonymously; or`(II) to access the World
Wide Web anonymously."

Maybe I'll be flamed for saying this, but, heck, this is what you get when
special interest groups lobby the Feds for cash. Congress has a long and
miserable history of slapping restrictions on money it doles out, from
highway dollars and the 55 mph limit to student aid and dubious Title IX
restrictions (http://www.reason.com/0104/fe.ml.title.html). Sure, libraries
can sue to overturn the smut-blocking restrictions, but they may not
prevail, and even if they win that fight, they won't win 'em all. Whatever
happened to having local library boards and communities decide on these
rules?

-Declan

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Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 07:32:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jon Camfield <griffjon@yahoo.com>
Subject: No anonymous access from libraries?
To: declan@well.com

I'm surprised this hasn't hit the major alt-news
outlets yet.  I first saw it on newsbytes
(http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165792.html)

"These radical organizations are made up of loosely
knit groups from across the country that endorse
militant action in the name of a particular cause.
They use privacy sites on the Internet to anonymously
contact one another and recruit our children. Then,
using the environment or other worthwhile causes, they
manipulate juveniles into committing crimes to further
their own cause."
--Rep. Grucci (R-NY)

The full text of the H.R. 1846 bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.01846:

Bummer for Hotmail access, eh?


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