----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ _____ _______ / ____| __ \__ __| ____ ___ ____ __ | | | | | | | | / __ \____ / (_)______ __ / __ \____ _____/ /_ | | | | | | | | / /_/ / __ \/ / / ___/ / / / / /_/ / __ \/ ___/ __/ | |____| |__| | | | / ____/ /_/ / / / /__/ /_/ / / ____/ /_/ (__ ) /_ \_____|_____/ |_| /_/ \____/_/_/\___/\__, / /_/ \____/____/\__/ The Center for Democracy and Technology /____/ Volume 2, Number 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A briefing on public policy issues affecting civil liberties online ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CDT POLICY POST Volume 2, Number 18 May 13, 1996 CONTENTS: (1) Join Senator Burns online TONIGHT (5/13) at 9:00 ET to discuss Privacy and Security on the Net (2) Subscription Information (3) About CDT, contacting us ** This document may be redistributed freely with this banner in tact ** Excerpts may be re-posted with permission of <editor@cdt.org> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) JOIN SENATOR BURNS ON HOTWIRED TONIGHT (5/13) AT 9:00 ET ON TO DISCUSS PRIVACY AND SECURITY ON THE NET Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) will hold a second online 'town meeting' tonight to discuss recently introduced encryption legislation. The Promotion of Commerce Online in the Digital Era (Pro-CODE) Act of 1996 (S.1726), sponsored by Sen. Burns, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and others, seeks to relax outdated and restrictive export controls on encryption. This online chat is the second chance in as many weeks for Netizens to participate in a discussion regarding this important legislation. We hope many concerned Internet users will take advantage of this rare opportunity to interact with a U.S. Senator who is leading the fight on an issue of great importance to the Net.community. DETAILS ON TONIGHT'S EVENT: * Monday May 13, at 9:00 pm ET (6:00 pm Pacific) on HotWired's "Wireside Chat". URL: http://www.hotwired.com/wiredside/ To participate, you must be a registered HotWired member (there is no charge for registration). You must also have RealAudio(tm) and a telnet application properly configured to work with your browser. Tonight's town meeting is the second in a series of planned events, and is part of a broader project coordinated by CDT and the Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) designed to bring the Internet Community into the debate and encourage members of Congress to work with the Net.community on vital Internet policy issues. Events with other members of Congress working on Internet Policy Issues are currently being planned. Stay tuned for future announcements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ENCRYPTION POLICY DEBATE For more information on the Encryption Policy Debate, please visit CDT's encryption policy issues page at http://www.cdt.org/crypto/ You can also join CDT, VTW, EFF, EPIC, People for the American Way, Wired Magazine, and others in an online campaign to promote secure communications online. For more information, visit: * The Encryption Policy Resource Page -- http://www.crypto.com/ * The Internet Privacy Coalition Page -- http://www.privacy.org/ipc * EFF's Crypto Page -- http://www.eff.org/ * EPIC's Crypto Page -- http://www.epic.org/crypto * VTW's Crypto Page -- http://www.vtw.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Be sure you are up to date on the latest public policy issues affecting civil liberties online and how they will affect you! Subscribe to the CDT Policy Post news distribution list. CDT Policy Posts, the regular news publication of the Center For Democracy and Technology, are received by more than 9,000 Internet users, industry leaders, policy makers and activists, and have become the leading source for information about critical free speech and privacy issues affecting the Internet and other interactive communications media. 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