[David Jones is the head of EF-Canada. Call CBC Radio with your comments now! (I did, and left them on the voice mailbox that Morning Edition graciously provided.) --Declan]
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Murmurings about Internet regulation in British Columbia
I just finished a very brief interview on CBC-Radio in Vancouver. They called asking for a comment on the BC Attorney General's statement that he has instructed his ministry to investigate whether the Internet can be regulated. The reason this is in the news is because of the so-called "white power" and "hate" web pages that are now available through a BC Internet Service Provider (Fairview Tech), after being kicked off an Ontario ISP's computers (Pathyway Communications).
I hadn't had my morning coffee, so perhaps you can be more articulate on this issue that I was. I encourage you to call the CBC-Radio's "talk-back lines" at (604) 662-6976 -- they are inviting comments on this issue. Seriously, if you don't want the BC Attorney General to regulate the Internet, speak now or forever hold your peace.
Background (from Vancouver Sun)
B.C. Internet provider is the largest Canadian site for racist material gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/vancouver-sun.19jul96a
Hate on Internet investigated gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/vancouver-sun.19jul96b
Don't expect easy solutions to cyberspace abuse gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/times-colonist.14jul96
See also:
"Skin-Net" http://www.ftcnet.com/~skinhds/main.htm
"Freedom Site in Exile" http://www.ftcnet.com/~freedom/
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