[108054] in Cypherpunks
Anti-abortion Web Site Amounts to Threat, Jury Says
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Tue Feb 2 22:35:51 1999
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:35:50 -0500
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>> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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> PORTLAND, Ore. -- A federal jury ruled on Tuesday that a Web site and
> "wanted" posters listing abortion doctors' names and addresses amounted to
> threats, ordering the site's authors to pay damages of more than $100
> million.
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> Striking a blow to militant online tactics in the fight against abortion,
> the verdict could redefine what is considered constitutionally protected
> political speech. The anti-abortion materials contained no explicit threats
> of violence, only veiled messages, such as crossing through the names of
> abortion providers who were killed.
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com>
Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/>
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[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
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