2-14-96. NYT Page One: "Compuserve Halts Restriction on Sex Material. To Offer Blocking Software." Citing a desire to leave Internet censorship to individual tastes rather than government decree, Compuserve said yesterday that it would restore worldwide access to most of the 200 sex-related computer data bases it had recently blocked under pressure from German prosecutors. "By this action, Compuserve is intentionally providing obscene material to its subscribers, and they do so at their peril," said the Family Research Council. "We will encourage the Justice Department to prosecute Compuserve for violating CDA." The Justice Department has agreed not to prosecute anyone under the new law at least until tomorrow. SEX_hex