Xref: netcom.com alt.internet.services:40076 alt.internet.media-coverage:2932 Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!nwnexus!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: mpdillon@halcyon.com (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: alt.internet.services,alt.internet.media-coverage Subject: Re: Racism on the Internet Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 18:11:51 +0000 Organization: Memra Software Inc., Armstrong, B.C., Canada Lines: 36 Message-ID: <dfQ0lapDlT1B073yn@halcyon.com> References: <18570UODGFHLRSDHOUP@curvet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: halcyon.com This is forwarded from can.infohighway. Note the quote from Rutkowski at the bottom. This info should be more generally know on the net. In article <18570UODGFHLRSDHOUP@curvet.com>, dshaw@curvet.com wrote:

IN>ae763@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Harvey Goldberg) writes:

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I work for the Canadian Human Rights Commission. I am currently doing research on the use of the Internet for the propagation of hate material. The purpose of the research is to determine what measures could be considered to control the use of the Net for this type of purpose.

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I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has any views, information or comments on this subject or who know of anywhere on the Internet where this matter is discussed.

According to Tony Rutkowski, Executive Director of the Internet Society, "The Internet from a regulatory standpoint falls into the category of private value-added networks, and in most countries under the treaty provisions of the ITU, as well as the GATT, these are networks that are outside the purview of government. To the extent that there is any kind of obligation by governments, it is to allow such networks to exist on a competitive basis". <Internet World, January 1995>.

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