[91023] in Cypherpunks
Re: Newsflash
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (TruthMonger)
Thu Nov 27 10:57:55 1997
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 08:36:48 -0600
From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
To: Theodor.SCHLICKMANN@BXL.DG13.cec.be
CC: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
Theodor.SCHLICKMANN@BXL.DG13.cec.be wrote:
>
> The European Commission today adopted a proposal for an Action
> Plan on promoting safe use of the Internet.
Tomorrow they will be adopting a proposal for an Action Plan on
promoting safe use of thought.
> The Action Plan is the follow up of earlier initiatives by the
> European Union, and refers directly to the 16 October 1996
> Communication on Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet
> and Green Paper on Protection of Minors and Human Dignity in
> Audiovisual and Information Services , and the Parliament
> resolutions of 24 April 1997 and 24 October 1997.
AKA - the Thought Police action plan
> The Action Plan contains action lines on creating a safe
> environment through establishing a European network of
> hot-lines and industry self-regulation, developing filtering
> and rating systems and awareness action.
Don't tell me, let me guess...Volumandatory self-regulation?
> The text in English is available online at http://www2.echo.lu/legal/en/internet/actplan.html.
> Other language versions will be available shortly.
Bring your own barf bag...
TruthMonger
