1-10-96. NYPaper: "Group Urges an Internet Ban On Hate Groups' Messages. Joins in Move to Censor Offensive Material." Citing the "rapidly expanding presence of organized hate groups on the Internet," a leading Jewish human rights group yesterday began sending letters to hundreds of Internet access providers and universities asking them to refuse to carry messages that "promote racism, anti- Semitism, mayhem and violence." A sage says, "It is not possible to end idiocy by censoring it. The best response is cellular." TAL_kup
On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, John Young wrote:
"Group Urges an Internet Ban On Hate Groups' Messages. Joins in Move to Censor Offensive Material."
Citing the "rapidly expanding presence of organized hate groups on the Internet," a leading Jewish human rights group yesterday began sending letters to hundreds of Internet access providers and universities asking them to refuse to carry messages that "promote racism, anti- Semitism, mayhem and violence." ^^^^^^
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