From: IN%"educom@educom.unc.edu" 5-SEP-1996 22:55:23.70
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AOL BLOCKS JUNK MAIL SITES America Online is blocking all electronic mail sent from five Internet sites that have been used to send hundreds of thousands of unsolicited messages to AOL customers. In turn, Cyber Promotions Inc., which is associated with three of the sites, has accused America Online of hypocrisy for "censoring" commercial messages sent from other sites but allowing AOL itself to sponsor commercial promotions. AOL dismisses the charge as an "apples and oranges comparison." (New York Times 5 Sep 96 C2)
There's been a court suit to stop AOL from doing so, which appears to have gotten a temporary injunction to that effect... I'll forward the details.
CHINA SCREENS OUT "SPIRITUAL POLLUTION" ON THE NET The Beijing government has begun blocking as many as 100 Internet sites that offer material the government deems unsuitable for its citizens -- including dissident viewpoints from Hong Kong and Taiwan, sites sponsored by U.S. major media organizations such as CNN and the Washington Post, and sexually explicit sites such as Playboy and Penthouse. An official described the blocked sites as suspected purveyors of "spiritual pollution." (Wall Street Journal 5 Sep 96 B12)
Hmm... funny similarity between Chinese objections of "spiritual pollution" and ASEAN objections of "cultural" problems, isn't there? [...]
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