Friend, A 01 07 96 Scripps Howard newsstory reports that a US tele- communications firm providing Internet access to Jordan was asked by authorities there to install a SCREENING FACILITY so censors could preview ANY messages LIKELY to be PICTURES ! A censor's life in a screening facility can be hard...but the authorities are firm. There's the urgent ...need to prevent the spread of pornography in this con- servative desert kingdom. And that US telecommunications firm? "We agreed with the authorities' request," said GlobeNet's vice-president, Carlton Tolsdorf. "And, by the way, I think we should have the same thing back home in the United States." So it too can be a PICTURESQUE desert kingdom. Cordially, Jim NOTE. The newsstory's headline? ARAB WORLD GRAPPLES WITH THE INTERNET'S BENEFITS, DRAWBACKS. Its dateline? AMMAN, Jordan (Jan 7, 1996 1:22 p.m. EST). Its Nando News online filename? info57_806.html