At 6:31 PM 9/23/96, tank wrote:
Hi all,
We have temporary removed radikal 154 from xs4all.
We did this because the german ICTF and BAW continued to stop IP-traffic to and from xs4all. They not only blocked the web-server (with more than ...
Unfortunately, this means that Germany wins. This will embolden Germany and other nations to apply similar pressures to other ISPs. While I don't fully understand the economic pressures the IP-traffic blockage may have had on your site, it is sad that a user account has been removed because some foreign government doesn't like it. My recommendation is that you restore radikal 154's account immediately, and post a message to all customers and on various Net forums indicating you will not remove user accounts for materials which do not violate your own national laws. --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."