[46747] in Cypherpunks
Naw, They Can't Censor the 'Net!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James M. Cobb)
Mon Jan 8 01:26:20 1996
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 01:21:30 -0500 (EST)
From: "James M. Cobb" <jcobb@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Friend,
A 01 07 96 Scripps Howard newsstory reports that a US tele-
communications firm providing Internet access to Jordan was
asked by authorities there to install a
SCREENING FACILITY
so censors could preview
ANY
messages
LIKELY
to be
PICTURES !
A censor's life in a screening facility can be hard...but the
authorities are firm. There's the urgent
...need to prevent the spread of pornography in this con-
servative desert kingdom.
And that US telecommunications firm?
"We agreed with the authorities' request," said GlobeNet's
vice-president, Carlton Tolsdorf.
"And, by the way, I think we should have the same thing
back home in the United States."
So it too can be a
PICTURESQUE
desert kingdom.
Cordially,
Jim
NOTE. The newsstory's headline? ARAB WORLD GRAPPLES WITH
THE INTERNET'S BENEFITS, DRAWBACKS.
Its dateline? AMMAN, Jordan (Jan 7, 1996 1:22 p.m. EST).
Its Nando News online filename? info57_806.html
