Gun activists have a stake against censorware

[Seth Finkelstein]

[Feel free to forward to your list]

	As you know, the groups ACLU/ALA/PFAW will be filing a
lawsuit against the Federal censorware law (CIPA). It's important to
understand that the reach of censorware extends to far more than sex.
Anyone who can be the target of a secret blacklist has a stake.  As a
small illustration, a quick check shows the censorware program
SmartFilter blacklists many gun-related sites under the category of
"Criminal Skills":

http://www.gun-room.com
http://www.gungarage.com
http://www.gun-tests.com
http://www.guns.com
http://www.gunsamerica.com
http://www.ncggasgun.com
http://www.championfirearms.com
http://www.springfield-armory.com

And http://www.ayoob.com is considered "Extreme" (that's akin to obscene)

	These can be verified by testing the URLs using the web-form at
http://www.securecomputing.com/cgi-bin/filter_whereV3.cgi
[It would be a good idea to do such a check before you send out this
message, because the blacklist may be changed after this is publicized]

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Seth Finkelstein  Consulting Programmer  sethf at sethf.com  http://sethf.com
EFF Pioneer: http://www.eff.org/awards/20010305_pioneer_press_release.html
Anticensorware Investigations: http://sethf.com/anticensorware/



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