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The Center for Democracy and Technology /____/ Volume 2, Number 6
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A briefing on public policy issues affecting civil liberties online
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CDT POLICY POST Volume 2, Number 6 February 8, 1996
CONTENTS: (1) President Clinton Signs CDA, Protest Begins
(2) Subscription Information
(3) About CDT, contacting us
This document may be redistributed freely provided it remains in its entirety
** Excerpts may be re-posted by permission (editor@cdt.org) **
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(1) PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNS CDA, WORLD WIDE WEB GOES BLACK
President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Reform Bill, CDA and all,
into law this morning.
In response, and in overwhelming numbers, people around the world are
making their web pages black (with white text) to illustrate the far
reaching effect of the new online 'indecency' restrictions included in the
"Communications Decency Act". Over 1500 sites have indicated their support
for the protest, including:
* Sen. Patrick Leahy - ftp://ftp.senate.gov/member/vt/leahy/general/pjl.shtml
* Rep. Jerrold Nadler - http://www.house.gov/nadler/welcome.shtml
* Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com/
* SurfWatch Software - http://www.surfwatch.com/
* Netcom - http://www.netcom.com/
* And many others.
A complete listing is available at http://www.cdt.org/speech.shtml
The story about the protest, and the concerns of the entire Internet
community over the new, sweeping restrictions on constitutional speech
enacted today, are finally getting the attention they deserve in the
National media. In addition, we've seen an amazing outpouring of support
around the country and around the world for this effort, and hope you all
feel a part of something larger than all of us put together. We certainly
do.
CDT, along with other prominent public interest civil liberties
organizations, individuals, community groups, and businesses which would be
effected by the CDA, are preparing a law suit against the provisions to be
filed in Federal Court very soon. Details will be announced on this list
and posted on CDT's web site as they become available.
48 HOUR PROTEST INFORMATION - DARKENING THE WEB
If you have joined the protest, please continue to keep your web page
backgrounds black until Saturday, noon.
Thank you for participating in the Internet's most visible Internet
demonstration ever. Together, we are demonstrating that the
Internet.Community is a growing political force capable of making our
concerns felt on a National scale. This truly is an historic moment.
More information on the protest, as well as information about the Internet
-censorship issue (including the text of the final CDA, analysis, and other
relevant materials) are available at CDT's net-censorship web page:
CDT's Net-Censorship Issues Page -- http://www.cdt.org/cda.shtml
Information about the Protest -- http://www.cdt.org/speech.shtml
If you do not have world wide web access, send email to one of CDT's
autoreply aliases:
General Information about the CDA -- cda-info@cdt.org
Current Status of the CDA -- cda-stat@cdt.org
Information about the Protest -- protest@cdt.org
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(3) ABOUT THE CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY/CONTACTING US
The Center for Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest
organization based in Washington, DC. The Center's mission is to develop
and advocate public policies that advance democratic values and
constitutional civil liberties in new computer and communications
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End Policy Post 2.6 2/8/96
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