At 13:01 -0500 10/30/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:

At 09:20 -0800 10/30/97, James S. Tyre wrote:

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Showing my ignorance, what's the "real" censorware summit?

Check out http://www.kidsonline.org/ -- it's a hoot. Praises the CDA as a "well-intentioned effort to protect children." Grew out of the White House's kickoff Censorware Summit in July; Clinton is expected to speak at this one. Scheduled for Dec 1-3 here in DC. Chaired by former Clinton campaign official and former FTC "protect the children" Commissioner Christine Varney. (This is not to criticize Varney; I rather like her personally, but politically, well...)

Here are the sponsors... --Declan http://www.netparents.org/summit_part.html NTERNET SUMMIT: Focus On Children October 1997 The following organizations representing diverse viewpoints support the development of a national summit on making the Internet online experience more rewarding and safer for children: Industry Non-Profits America Online American Academy of Pediatrics AT&T American Association of School Librarians Cartoon Network American Library Association CompuServe Boy Scouts of America Direct Marketing Association Center for Violence and Injury Prevention Disney Online Center for Democracy and Technology GamePro Magazine Center for Media Education Highlights for Children Childnet International ISX Corporation Children's Partnership iVillage Consortium for School Networking K-III Communications/Seventeen Magazine Enough is Enough Microsoft Corporation Girl Scouts of the USA Microsystems Software National Association of Secondary School Principals Nickelodeon Online National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Prodigy National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse Teknowledge Corporation National Consumers League Thornburg Center for Professional Development National Network of Violence Prevention Practitioners Turner/Cartoon Network National Parent Teacher Association United States Telephone Association Tech Corps Warner Bros. Online