[78444] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Utah considers law to mandate ISP's block "harmful" sites
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy Engehausen)
Fri Mar 4 11:02:05 2005
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:00:41 -0800
From: Roy Engehausen <garlic@garlic.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0503041506480.18073@sharpie.argfrp.us.uu.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
You missed a very important line in the article:
"Internet providers in Utah must offer their customers a way to disable
access to sites on the list or face felony charges."
In other words you must provide a mechanism for a customer to "opt-in"
to a filter. Doesn't sound illegal to force an ISP to provide a feature.
Roy
Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
>On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
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>>"The Utah governor is deciding whether to sign a
>>bill that would require Internet providers to block
>>Web sites deemed pornographic and that could also
>>target e-mail providers and search engines."
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>>http://news.com.com/Utah+governor+weighs+antiporn+proposal/2100-1028_3-5598912.html?tag=nefd.top
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>Someone might consider pointing them to the law from the state of PA that
>did similar things... Then point them at the overturning of that law.
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